Pete McMartin: In fear of an American invasion

“Why should we stand back and let our biggest trading partner, the country with which we share the longest border — and actually, I should just say, I love Canada, I’ve always loved Canada, it’s a great country for its natural beauty — why should we let it become Cuba? Why don’t we liberate it.”

— Fox News commentator Tucker Carlson, advocating last month that the U.S. should invade Canada and overthrow its government.

First of all, I should just say that I love the United States.

I love it not only for its natural beauty — having grown up across the border from Detroit — but for the many wonderful things that our neighbour has given the world, such as:

Superhighways.