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The fact that we don't have an open border between the U.S. and Canada is a real shame. Just a waste of everyone's time to indulge the U.S. border paranoia. I

The fact that we don't have an open border between the U.S. and Canada is a real shame. Just a waste of everyone's time to indulge the U.S. border paranoia. I'm not really worried about the US being flooded with poutine and hockey. Or even better, a sort of super-Schengen area including the EU, the US, Canada, and Japan. Yeah, I know I'm dreaming, but it's not like this set of countries would produce mass migration or security issues that would cause problems beyond the economic benefit of a free migration. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17382400 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17382400

pcrh 8y ago
You need to add the UK to your super-Schengen list :-/
eloisant 8y ago
I think the reason why US wants a border with Canada is that the immigration policies of those 2 countries are widely different.
- smnrchrds 8y ago
  And one of the main reasons Canada wants a border with the US is that gun control policies between our countries are widely different. But EU countries also have widely different immigration and gun control policies, yet somehow they managed to form a union. I am sure these are not irreconcilable differences.
  - petre 8y ago
    ...and now quarrel among themselves after several waves of refugees want to become immigrants. So the union tried to distribute the refugees somewhat evenly, which led to further quarrels. It's just as if me and my girlfriend and all of our neighbours have to accept refugees into our apartments, after our senior neighbour, crazy refugee lady, invited them over. The refugees all want to stay in my girlfriend's room because it's nicer, but most our neighbours collectively decided that we should split them between ourselves according to room size. My girlfriend reluctantly agrees, but I'm quarelling with her and the neighbours over the refugee issue. This can only lead to one thing: breakup.

pcrh 8y ago

You need to add the UK to your super-Schengen list :-/

eloisant 8y ago

I think the reason why US wants a border with Canada is that the immigration policies of those 2 countries are widely different.

smnrchrds 8y ago
And one of the main reasons Canada wants a border with the US is that gun control policies between our countries are widely different. But EU countries also have widely different immigration and gun control policies, yet somehow they managed to form a union. I am sure these are not irreconcilable differences.
- petre 8y ago
  ...and now quarrel among themselves after several waves of refugees want to become immigrants. So the union tried to distribute the refugees somewhat evenly, which led to further quarrels. It's just as if me and my girlfriend and all of our neighbours have to accept refugees into our apartments, after our senior neighbour, crazy refugee lady, invited them over. The refugees all want to stay in my girlfriend's room because it's nicer, but most our neighbours collectively decided that we should split them between ourselves according to room size. My girlfriend reluctantly agrees, but I'm quarelling with her and the neighbours over the refugee issue. This can only lead to one thing: breakup.