Canada – United States border

Why Three Sister Nations Need to Stay Independent Every few years, a provocative proposal emerges that challenges the identities of three sister nations: the merging of Canada, Mexico, and the United States. Although flashing with various benefits for each country, the proposition is simply outlined by award-winning economist Simon Mainwaring as, “Change is almost impossible without industry-wide collaboration, cooperation, and consensus” (Mainwaring qutd. by BrainyQuote). This quote…

culture is slipping away? Is Canada too close with America for comfort? As an immigrant, it is obvious that Canadian culture is very similar to American culture. The influences from the United States are incredible; Canadians watch American TV programs, listen to American pop music and buy American products. Being close with America, not only occur cultural influences, but also need to face a sometimes unfriendly neighbor. The United States changed their attitude to Canada on occasion. They…

Lately, many people have been walking in the freezing cold to Canada from the United States. They are walking into the boarder of Manitoba, but not where the immigration and custom offices are. They are walking in through prairie fields, where there is very deep snow for miles. They are escaping America and seeking refuge in Canada because of Donald Trump’s new travel ban. These people, whom are refugees and immigrants to America, are afraid of being kicked out and sent back to their old homes…

prevent Canada from being annexed, as it would create a border between the United States and Canada that would protect them Source #4: Creighton, Donald Grant. The Road to Confederation: The Emergence of Canada, 1863-1867. Toronto: Macmillan, 1964. Print. - creating a transcontinental railway would allow for increased settlement across the continent - increased settlement to those areas would allow Canada to stake claim of the land, west of Canada West - settlement to the west would provide…

always obvious, this leading us to the uncertainty when it comes to the way we deliberate our decisions. So is the case of the United States when facing the…

now in the comedic world and the rate that it happens seems to be growing. The joke “It’s easy to forget about Canada, all tucked away down there”, first off, is not very funny, it also is not even close to being a correct statement. In this essay Canada will be spoken about for its’ importance to the United States and also why it is so important for Americans to be in tune with Canada and its’ world affairs. After only doing a quick Google search, it was easy to find that this joke came from…

To most people America and Canada have always been sister countries and have shared friendly borders. During the 19th century this was not the case between the countries. War Plan Red and Blood and Daring: Now Canada Fought The American Civil War and Founded A Nation are two books that examine the boarder relationship between the United States and Canada. War Plan Red written by Kevin Lippert is divided into three parts: Part One: The War of 1812, and Part Two: Border Disputes, Part Three:…

Canada played a role in the Vietnam conflict as a member of the International Control Commission, they also had a significant contribution of war materials to the United States. The Prime Minister of Canada publicly maintained that he was against the war, but some of his actions suggest that pressure from Washington was affecting his decisions. While some took to the streets in protest, Canada took thousands of draft resistors into the country and thousands of Canadians volunteered to fight with…

Canada is considered part of the international community. Canada and internationalism has a relationship between one another as shown in the three sources. Internationalism benefits Canada both economically and politically by creating trading agreements or helping to keep peace throughout the globe. Many people have different views on embracing internationalism whether it is through settling land claims between countries, getting involved as peacekeepers in foreign countries conflicts, or all…

The War of 1812 was a military conflict between Great Britain and the United States that was fought from 1812 to 1815. Canada became involved due to the fact that they were a colony of Great Britain at the time and Canada had been invaded on multiple occasions by the United States. The war began because of conflict between Great Britain and the United States when Great Britain adopted economic sanctions that restricted American trade. Britain also infuriated the Americans when the HMS Geurriere…