MP tells Trump California could join Canada

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Canada’s Green Party leader has taken social media by storm after hitting back at Donald Trump for saying Canada would make a “nice 51st state.”  Here’s what Elizabeth May had to say about the U.S. president-elect….  #trump #us #canada

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00:00Mr. Trump, please, before making public pronouncements that Wayne Gretzky should run for Prime Minister,

00:06give yourself or get yourself a briefing on the nature of parliamentary democracy, a Westminster

00:13parliamentary system, and a constitutional monarchy where no one runs for Prime Minister.

00:19We have elections for members of Parliament.

00:22We don't get to pick and choose among our billionaire friends for who gets a seat at

00:25the Cabinet table.

00:27If they're not an elected member of Parliament, well, the Canadian system is different from

00:31that of the United States of America.

00:33I suggest that Mr. Trump find one of his grandchildren's school books and look at the year 1776, which

00:40may explain a few things to him about why our systems of government are different.

00:44I don't want to belittle Mr. Trump, but on the other hand, hey, Donald, have we got a

00:49deal for you?

00:50You think we want to be the 51st state?

00:53Nah, but maybe California would like to be the 11th province.

00:56How about it?

00:57California?

00:58Oregon?

00:59Washington?

01:00You've got geography in common with us, and not only that, we've already got a carbon

01:06trading system between California and Quebec.

01:10We've got some strong alliances on our west coast from British Columbia.

01:14There's been a lot of academic papers on the idea of Cascadia.

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