Annex Canada, Eh? Not So Fast

President Trump’s likening of America’s northern neighbor to Mexico fails to compute.

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Prime Minister Trudeau and President Trump at Mar-a-Lago in December. X.com

As a Canadian, I commend to American readers the desirability of avoiding unnecessary friction with that country. It is almost impossible to distinguish an English-speaking Canadian (as opposed to French Canadians — a little over 20 percent of Canadians), from an American from a northern state. 

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