U.S.A. AND CANADA

Northern Advocate, 5 February 1926, Page 7

U.S.A. AND CANADA

I WILL THEY JOIN UP ? AN ADVOCATE BISHOP. A spirited controversy has heen occurring in Canada as to the probability or possibility of the vast Dominion linking its destinies with the United States, and thus “cutting the painter” with the Empire. The following is the contribution to the discussion by “Canadian Born”: Canada must work in harmony with the United States, which can get along without Canada better than Canada can get along without the United States. I believe every born Canadian would be glad to see Canada and the United States one country. The only ones in Canada who would object are a few loyalists who prefer to sec Canada remain as she is, a British colony, regardless of her development or exploitation of her resources. Some of these people making their homes in Canada want us Canadians to look upon the United States as a foreign country. Let us analyse that. It is estimated that there are over fourteen million Canadian-born making their homes in the United States, and many more going there as soon as they finish schooling, and less than five million Canadian-born making their homes in Canada. There are ten English-born, making their Romes in the United States to the one English-born . making his' home in Canada, and the proportion of i Scdtch and Irish-born making' . their j homes in the United States'compared to Canada is over to one. There ! are over two million Americans making' their homes in Canada. Most every family in Canada is divided between the two countries. Imagine' the rush ) to Canada of English, Scotch and Irish if our Government were to start negotiations with Washington for Canada to become a part of the United States. This would quickly solve our immigration and high tax problem. With our standard of living, business connections north and south, railroads, automobile highways and tourist business, surely Canada and the United States are not foreign countries to each other, compared to South Africa, India, Australia and England. It is that imperialistic propaganda that we Canadians are reading ..through some of our papers, and which is preached to us in our so-called Canadian clubs and taught in our schools that is keeping Canada in the colonial position she occupies. People of any country subject to another country lack a national spirit. That is why Canadians want to join the United States, where they can become citizens of the country in which they are trying to make their homes and raise their families.