[dufekin]

Well, easy enough. Have Alberta submit an (US) application for statehood.

[VOA]

Have Alberta submit an (US) application for statehood.

I'll never forget the mayor of Calgary talking up his city (IIRC, during their
hosting of the Winter Olympics).

He said something like "if you look at the skyline of Calgary, you probably would
think you're looking at Dallas!"

I have relatives in Edmondton/Sherwood Park. They are proudly Canadians. While sympathetic
to US interests/intentions, they would probably need a few more pushes by the
real loonies in Ottowa/Quebec before they'd ask to be the 51st star.

But my gut tells me that long-shot is not a total impossibility.