Absolutely NOT.
If we allowed Alberta to become a state, we’d have no real argument against also allowing DC statehood (a disaster) and Puerto Rico statehood (a bigger disaster).
NO! NO!! NO!!!
Alberta actually brings something to the table, and you’d be hard pressed to find better people to make patriots. Comparing Alberta to those other places is an injustice.
DC can never be a state. At least not constitutionally. Puerto Rico is a legit worry. But if DC became a state we would have long since completely burned the Constitution.
I know. I know it’s already burning. I’m holding out hope.
Also, DC will never become a state.