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The Canada US border along the Detroit river should move 250km north to reduce tariffs for the automotive industry (lemmy.ca)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/canada@lemmy.ca
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This may be an unpopular opinion but we should consider moving the Canada / US border 250km north along the Detroit river. Moving the border north 250km would reduce the amount of cross border trips for the automotive industry negating a lot of the tariff issues. And I don't think the geniuses ruling the US would realize that moving the border north along this stretch would result in Canada gaining over 9000km² of land.

The reason this may be unpopular is because Canada would inherit the Detroit Red Wings.

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[–] 1 point 2 years ago (2 children)

Looked up this area on a map… are you talking about absorbing Detroit into Canada? As in, expanding our borders into America and taking over Eastern Michigan?

Or are you talking about pulling our border back up the Ontario panhandle, towards London and Mississauga?

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    I’m suggesting moving the border due north along the Detroit river. This would result in over 9000 square kilometres of land being ceded to Canada (including most of Detroit and many of the automotive factories). The beauty of this proposal is that it would have support from loads of MAGA folks because they’re likely geographically illiterate.

    Edit: to be crystal clear, I’m not suggesting ceding any Canadian territory.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago

    What confuses me is that the Detroit river, and the border with it, runs almost completely north to south. So saying you want to move that border westward to absorb Detroit would make a hell of a lot more sense.

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