DoomsdaysCWSep 26, 2025

Hmmmm? What say you all?

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From Jane of the North @JaneotN - Sep 24

"#Canada will never be a State. But hey, does anybody want to be a Province? We have universal health care and our leader isn't orange. And, like, don't worry about the language, eh? p.s. hullo there, Gulf of Mexico!"

Image: A map of North America with the borders of Canada extending down the west coast (Washington, Oregon, California), Minnesota, and most of New England/Northeastern Seaboard, including New York and Washington DC. EXCLUDES New Hampshire (sounds about right).

#WestCoastHealthAlliance #NortheastPublicHealthCollaborative

Show threadWesDymSep 26, 2025

@DoomsdaysCW As a New Englander, I am EAGER for our region to become a province. Assuming both sides are willing, of course, we'd realistically be provisionally a territory, probably for at least a decade or more, maybe several. I'm fine with that.

And this almost happened a long time ago, during the War of 1812. Lots of New Englanders seriously entertained the idea of asking Canada (then under British rule) to take us, because we had no beef with them and were sick of being part of that war.

Show threadsOlOw-NH

@wesdym @DoomsdaysCW

No! Don't leave us behind....

Sep 26, 2025 at 6:06pmWeb
Show threadDoomsdaysCWSep 26, 2025

I know there's quite a few good folks in NH. I'm sure we could figure something out, @solownh !

@wesdym

Show threadsOlOw-NHSep 26, 2025

@DoomsdaysCW @wesdym

I'm preparing to move to Vermont just in case

Show threadWesDymSep 26, 2025

@solownh Same here. I've been thinking about it for many years. There's a semi-serious movement in Vermont to try to join Canada. Technically a joke, but not entirely. Called the 14th Province project or something like that.

Weird thing, though: The most conservative towns in Vermont are all on the border. I have no idea why. It makes no sense to me.

Show threadWesDymSep 26, 2025

@DoomsdaysCW I've met wonderful people there, and still do. NH's main problem, as I see it, is having much too large a state legislature, which makes it all but inevitable that jerks and nuts will get elected who wouldn't in most other states.

That's been made worse by the libertarian Free State Project, which seeks to exploit that weakness to pursue a kind of autonomy.

Show threadDoomsdaysCWSep 26, 2025
Yeah, I've heard of LSFP. All the other New England states weren't very welcoming. Like when the Neo-Nazis tried to move to Maine. @wesdym
Show threadDoomsdaysCWSep 26, 2025
Though unfortunately, @solownh , NH is not part of the Northeast Health Alliance. I guess some folks take the whole "Live Free or Die" thing too seriously. As in, Live Vax-free!
Show threadsOlOw-NHSep 26, 2025

@DoomsdaysCW

The same ones who take away rights from the rest of us