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Alberta might leave Canada. Trump must pick up the phone before China does

Few Americans know that on July 2, 1866, Massachusetts Rep. Nathaniel P. Banks introduced H.R. 754 to annex British North America. Washington had just concluded the “Reciprocity Treaty,” so Banks considered it ideal to offer markets and citizenship in exchange for soil. Congress ultimately tabled the bill, but the raw geopolitical threat forced a Canadian […]

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