Quilotoa@lemmy.ca to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month ago'Minnetoba'? Some Minnesotans want to join Canada as tensions flare with Trump administrationwww.cbc.caexternal-linkmessage-square54fedilinkarrow-up1336arrow-down17
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minus-squareTriumph@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down4·1 month agoOut of the fire, into the frying pan?
minus-squareAmidFuror@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 month agoMy first thought. Would their politics shift right or are Manitoba and the PC only right-wing in the context of Canada? Minnesota has about 4x the population of Manitoba, by the way. Edits: subject-verb agreement and punctuation
minus-squareLemmyoutofhere@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·1 month agoThe most left wing of the US is still right of anything in Canada.
minus-squareFaceDeer@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 month agoMinnesota voted 47% for Trump last election. It would be the most right-wing province in Canada if it joined. No thanks.
minus-squareWest_of_West@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 month agoI did not know that Minnesota was that populated.
minus-squareAmidFuror@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down1·1 month agoI mean, it’s not. Unless you live in Manitoba.
minus-squareWest_of_West@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 month agoHah, or the rest of Western Canada. At 5.8 million it has more people than either British Columbia or Alberta. Although it is close.
minus-squareDaddleDew@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-21 month agoIn the purely hypothetical situation where Minnesota joined Canada, it would most likely become its own province and not be fused with Manitoba.
Out of the fire, into the frying pan?
My first thought. Would their politics shift right or are Manitoba and the PC only right-wing in the context of Canada?
Minnesota has about 4x the population of Manitoba, by the way.
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The most left wing of the US is still right of anything in Canada.
Minnesota voted 47% for Trump last election. It would be the most right-wing province in Canada if it joined. No thanks.
I did not know that Minnesota was that populated.
I mean, it’s not. Unless you live in Manitoba.
Hah, or the rest of Western Canada. At 5.8 million it has more people than either British Columbia or Alberta. Although it is close.
In the purely hypothetical situation where Minnesota joined Canada, it would most likely become its own province and not be fused with Manitoba.