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The topic of Alberta separating from Canada is the subject of a number mainstream media reports. [37] [33] [34] The geopolitical analyst Peter Zeihan in his 2014 book The Accidental Superpower presented the reasons why he believed both Alberta and the U.S. would benefit from Alberta joining the United States as the 51st state.
The party advocates New Zealand becoming the 51st state of the United States of America. The party's secretary is Paulus Telfer, a former Christchurch mayoral candidate. [ 220 ] [ 221 ] On February 5, 2010, the party applied to register a logo with the Electoral Commission. [ 220 ]
In his 2014 book The Accidental Superpower, American geopolitical analyst Peter Zeihan suggested that both Alberta and the United States could benefit if Alberta became the 51st U.S. state. Zeihan argued that Alberta's economic contributions significantly support the Canadian national budget, noting that it consistently contributes more than it ...
President Donald Trump has been touting a plan to make Canada the 51st state since November. The U.S. imports approximately 60% of its crude oil from Canada , with Alberta alone supplying 4.3 ...
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has re-iterated that Canada has no intention to become the 51st state of the US. "It's not going to happen," he said. Speaking to former White House press ...
The traditional Lower 48 states would become the contiguous 50 as the Canadian territory between the U.S. mainland and Alaska disappears, leaving Hawaii as the only noncontinental state. “If people wanted to play the game right, it would be 100% certain that they’d become a state,” Trump said recently.
Some have shrugged off Trump’s suggestion Canada should “become the 51st state” as an old joke or mere posturing, while others dismiss it as a bad political idea, given Canada’s blue…
Part of their joint platform was a proposal that New York City should secede from New York State and become the 51st state. [86] [87] At around the same time, a public-affairs series on the local educational TV station, WNET-TV, channel 13, was called The Fifty-First State. [88]