M; O Canada! STAND on GUARD

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Fifty-first state
Inadmissible
Dual citizenship
Honoured
Canadian bacon
Tariff terror

Authors' Note:  The Canadian author regrets the unapologetic tone of this diatribe (see borrow). He does point out, however, that the verse constitutes a trio of timely diplomatic nonsense along with Panama Canal Zone and Greenland.

Authors' Note:  In Canada, a longstanding rule decrees a candidate for entry (visitor or immigrant) "inadmissible" if they have a criminal record elsewhere.  Over 30 other countries have such rules, although generally less harsh and better specified, dependent on length of incarceration, etc. The European Union ('Schengen-countries') will activate new regulations in mid-2025, likely more severe than previous versions. The government of Italy undertakes policing functions for the small, enclosed, but otherwise independent Vatican City.

Incidentally,  the current US President, Joe Biden, had been scheduled to visit Pope Francis in Rome on January 11th to present him with the Presidential Medal of Freedom. The visit was postponed due to the California wildfires. 

  

Authors' Note: In the US recently, there has been a concerted effort to pin many of society's putative ills on immigrants. In Canada, on the other hand, the significant portion of citizens who hold two passports is honoured. Commonly, through training programs and other personal initiatives (e.g., marriage), the US is the second country involved.

As a feature left over from earlier times, when there were fewer global immigrants, the expression dual citizen, or even more curtly dual, is assumed by Canadians to imply, failing further specification, a person who holds citizenship in both the US and Canada.

The verb subdue, and its derivatives seem to derive from a different linguistic root.

Authors' Note: 

The above verse gives an apocryphal Canadian response to tongue-in-cheek proposals made in January 2025 for the liberal-leaning New England states to secede from the US.

Authors' Note: The sentiment expressed in the above verse is likely totally bogus. It is doubtful that a single Canadian, even if terrified by looming tariffs,  would approve the changes of name from "Lake Ontario" and "Niagara Falls". In fact, the possibility of such name changes is apocryphal, although "Mt. McKinley" and the "Gulf of America" seem to have entered a state of geographic quasi-reality (please refer to our posted poem "National Pique"). 

In traditional American procedure, any proposed name-change would have to be reviewed by protocols of the Board of Geographic Names.

Readers might also enjoy the three sets of verses collected under the rubric "Canadiana". Start by clicking HERE. 

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