Canadians in oil-rich province explain reason they want to become America's 51st state

Some of the pushback we've been getting is that: 'You know we love Americans, and we know they love us, but we'll see you in four years,

Rose said

It really feels for most Canadians like we've been backstabbed, that the person that we trusted the most is now sort of turning on us and attacking us for no apparent reason,

said Joel Bilt, an economics professor focused on international trade at the University of Waterloo in Ontario

That's worse than a tariff,

said Lawson Whiting, chief executive of Brown-Forman, on the Kentucky-based company's earnings call this month

All we're doing is saying we want this, yeah, we accept President Trump's offer,

Alberta native Peter Downing told the Telegraph

Donald Trump’s comments about Canada becoming the 51st state have overnight created advocacy groups for merging with America,

said John Bourassa, 42, from Vancouver

The threat of a Trump-sympathetic Conservative national government looms in the next election,

said Colin Martin, a university instructor from Calgary, Alberta

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Since Trump began to threaten Canada with becoming the 51st state, the Canadians around me have become much more aligned politically.”

Scott Duncan, 54, a management consultant, said

Family and friends who are more to the right and left have come to the centre to fight Trump,

said Andrea, 59, a teacher from Toronto

I await the arrival of Poilievre as our new PM and his adoption of Trumpian policies to reduce waste in our government and other administration spending,

he said, hoping this would “help reduce the national overdraft”.

I find myself feeling a lot of anger at Americans I interact with, even though I understand that many of them will suffer much more than I will under this administration,

said Sarah, 26, a retail worker from Montreal

Those that boasted to support Trump – colleagues at work – have quieted down for the meantime,

said Nicholas Mickelsen, a 35-year-old structural firefighter from Edmonton, the capital of Alberta – a province that has long been considered a Conservative fortress, and where the newly minted prime minister, Mark Carney, grew up

The tariffs imposed by Trump are reshaping our political landscape,

said Richard Nantel, a 65-year-old from Montreal, Quebec

Trudeau’s legacy is looking very different now,

she said, pointing to the outgoing prime minister’s remarkable popularity comeback over the past few weeks

I look at America as our enemy,

she said

I signed up to the Liberal party to vote for Carney to replace Trudeau, as I felt he would be the best person to steer us in the right direction with tariff threats, Trump, world stability, and so on,

she said

What is Mr. Trump’s end game other than chaos? And what’s the point?”

Malloy said

He’s been sort of the global elite all his life,

Malloy said

The Liberals have basically been resurrected from the dead” because of the crisis Trump created

Malloy said

Mark Carney has experience in the U.K., he has experience in Canada, but he also has private sector experience, ... which I think will give him an advantage, especially when it comes to tariffs and and speaking with Trump directly.”

Gonzalez Latorre said

The degree of disappointment and disillusionment is very high,

said Jonathan Malloy, a political science professor at Carleton University in Ottawa, the Canadian capital