I heard rumours that the US wants to join Canada as the eleventh province, is that right?

I am not sure this will be immediately agreed by Canadians (I am one), but I can see why the Americans would be interested.

One would expect the new province to experience a general convergence to Canadian norms over time, so the median American household's wealth would almost double - more at purchasing power parity. The maternal mortality rate would drop by about 62%, and the homicide rate by about 70%. Everybody would have health insurance, the aggregate health costs would halve, and life expectancy would rise by almost four years. The fraction of the population living in absolute poverty ($2.15/day in 2017 dollars at purchasing power parity) would drop by 83%. Elections would include a peaceful transfer of power.

I'm sure parliament will look upon the application with an open mind, on compassionate grounds.

Jim


Murder rates from Statista, maternal mortality from The Commonwealth Fund study, spending and life expectancy from Our World in Data, absolute poverty incidence from the World Bank via Wikipedia.

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