question for the americans....

[Platypus]

well, Canada is probably a lot closer to Australia than GB in terms of the perople and stuff, but personally I feel no real connection with Canada but a slight connection to the UK because of my welsh grandma. Really, I only feel a connection to Wales, not to the UK, I suppose. I feel closer to the US than both, but only slightly, and much closer to NZ than the US.

[Platypus]

they should be overwhelmed that after all this we would even allow them to exist as a continent.

Canada is a continent?

I thank the United States for this new heightened designation.

sorry, only one glorious nation can be a continent at a time.

[Platypus]

they should be overwhelmed that after all this we would even allow them to exist as a continent.

Canada is a continent?

I thank the United States for this new heightened designation.

Excuse...exist on the same continent with the United States

If the United States decided that it didn't want to allow Canada to exist, exactly what do you think the international reaction to that would be?  The United States is not an island that can exist independently of any other country.

Only one glorious nation can be an island and a continent at a time.