[hedgetrimmer]

Do you think Canadian citizens want their country to be merged with the US?

[middie]

No. We're as close as any two sovereign nations can be but still jealously guarding our independence. Each has outstanding attributes of governing: eg: our civil court system is more equitable and easier to access to the small business and individual; the Canadian healthcare system delivers excellent care to all levels of society whereas we do not; the parlimentary government is less stable than our three independent branches with clear separation of powers and strong judicial review. There others that an investigative essay could describe; but not here.

It's better to be close friends than move in together and risk the best of each.

[Jedi Master Pikachu]

NAFTA is not a merger of countries, and the United States and Canada have had close trade ties for much of both countries' history.

[nopardons]

Most of them think it is already and have done, for more than a century. Yes, that is a joke, but only sort of. LOL