51st state?

It's interesting how perspectives can change.  I spent the first 2/3 of my life living, working, and serving in Canada.  I always had a deep affinity for the United States and would have gladly seen Canada join the U.S., a feeling shared by many of my friends and family.  I was born and raised in and around Vancouver, B.C. and believe it or not, back then B.C. was relatively conservative with the ruling party being the Social Credit Party run by W.A.C. Bennet, then later by his son Bill.  I watched ruefully as B.C. politics began a slow slide to the Left where it is now firmly entrenched.  I'm now living in the U.S. and became a citizen in 2010.  I would vote against Canada joining the U.S. if given the opportunity because Canada is irrevocably a socialist nanny-state nation and we already have enough problems keeping our own Commie Democrats under control.  I'm afraid too many Canadians would support the American democrat party and America and the world wouldn't survive the U.S. turning socialist.  What are your thoughts?  

Moot point..Canadians want too much (healthcare, pensions etc) from the gov't.
They would never get it from an American gov't - so there you are.
Add to that the indigeonous people's demands for property, rights & restitution - & you would have a completely untennable situation.
Now Quebec is raising the spectre of separation - again!
Instaed of QUEBEC holding a referendum on separation...maybe the rest of Canada should hold one instead...Find out if WE want to keep them! My guess is overwhelmingly LEAVE!! For all their belly-aching, demands & bitchin they just aint worth it!

They get more federal $$ than any other province. They force French language on the rest of Canada.(All food products have to be french labelled costing us MILLIONS!! )
They're constanly coming up with new demands for the rest of Canada to meet.
Don't even get me started on they're Bloc Quebecois Party!!
   In ANY other country in the world, a polictical party who's agenda is to separate would be held for TREASON!!

Time will tell.

The Quebec referendum should be voted in by Canadians... Nobody outside Quebec cares a whit aboot them, but they get the most in government transfer payments.

I think that’s a fair assessment of what the large majority of Canadians think, and probably most of the world too.  

Hoadie, I wasn't saying the US was a super power in WWI, or WWII for that matter.  But it emerged from WWII as a super power.