The idea has been picking up steam both north and south of the 49th parallel. Robert Waite ... ridiculous as the idea of Canada becoming the 51st state. So, I just offered that as an alternative ...

And to the dismay of many on both sides of the border, he reiterated his call for the United States to annex Canada and make the nation the 51st ... the 54th parallel, 350 miles north of what ...