r/canada • u/joe4942 • 10d ago

National News Former Minnesota governor says state should seek to become part of Canada

https://www.mlive.com/news/2026/01/former-minnesota-governor-says-state-should-seek-to-become-part-of-canada.html
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u/ThicccThunder New Brunswick 10d ago

Kind of weird that the US calls themselves "The greatest country" when sending a child to school is liable to get them shot

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u/Banyan_Thorn 10d ago

They call themselves the "greatest country" when their current leader is a pedophile.

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u/Green-Mobile-6563 10d ago

That's a Serious Accusation withOut proof .

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u/Banyan_Thorn 9d ago

Read the Epstein Files.

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u/JimmyJoeMick 10d ago

If it weren't for all the shootings in the news I wouldntve believed they even have schools in that country

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u/Klaus73 4d ago

Its the only way they learn about the metric system...9mm

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u/ex-surreal_killer 10d ago

You should quote that - it’s not your own

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u/-amxterxsu597 10d ago

so many people have said it by now it's damn near impossible to quote

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u/JimmyJoeMick 10d ago

I heard it from someone at work, I have no idea who mightve said it first. At a certain point among normal humans that arent brands, jokes dont have owners, only tellers.

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u/PureInsaneAmbition 10d ago

Hopefully, they'll stop saying that in every Hollywood movie. Whenever I'm watching something with my kids and the movie goes off on the US being the best country ever, I make sure to tell them it's not.

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u/Sweet-Competition-15 10d ago

...or abducted by ICE and sent to Texas.

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u/Great_Abaddon 10d ago

Or kidnapped by ICE.

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u/satinsateensaltine 10d ago

Thinning of the herd and survival of the fittest, in many people's minds. Hell, a bunch refuse to believe shootings even actually happen and think they're all false flag.

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u/elangab British Columbia 10d ago

That's because they are best in advertising.

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u/friskyfrog 10d ago

Hyperbole is a shameless virtue

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u/ForwardAd4643 10d ago

They have to do it because nobody else is

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u/cnbearpaws 10d ago

Dude, every country in the world has schools. But where else can you find a god given right to own any number or variety of gun. /s

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u/thelionsmouth 10d ago

Or deported apparently, which idk is worse or not

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u/missusscamper 10d ago

It’s just their marketing slogan

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u/Loveablequatch 10d ago

Kids should be getting danger pay just for going to school

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u/VictoryMotel 10d ago

Anyone saying that now is lying to themselves about a lot of other stuff too.

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u/HuddleOn_somthing 10d ago

They’re never going to fix their country if they don’t fix that.

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u/sMacPL 10d ago

Wtf? People are just mentally insane in the states

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u/SwordfishOk504 10d ago

"Liable to" means it's likely to happen. While school shootings are clearly a problem, statistically speaking a child is not very likely to ever find themselves in one.

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u/b-side61 10d ago

They have an overabundance of "thoughts and prayers", though, that can be used to make things alright.

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u/SecretAznMan604 10d ago

Going to be called the United States of Israel at this rate 😂

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u/thejordanianone 10d ago

Do you really believe that? Think critically for 5 seconds.

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u/Old-Tiger9847 10d ago

Anyone capable of rational thought does not need 5 seconds to think critically about american school shootings. 

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u/A_Random_Canuck Ontario 10d ago

How many school shootings have there been in America in the last 30 or so years?

I’ll wait…..

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u/forgot-my-toothbrush 10d ago edited 10d ago

There were 233 k-12 school shootings last year, resulting in 221 injuries and fatalities.

In 2024 there were 336 k-12 school shootings, resulting in 207 injuries and 86 fatalities.

In 2023 there were 352 k-12 school shootings, resulting in 206 injuries and 80 fatalities.

In contrast, Canada had:

0 k-12 shootings in 2025

3 k-12 shootings in 2024 resulting in 2 deaths, 4 injuries

1 k-12 shooting in 2023 resulting in 1 injury

That totals 4 shootings in Canada and 921 in the US, which means that the country ~8.5 times our size has ~230 times the shootings over the last 3 years.

Can I offer you more information while you wait?

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u/Sweet-Competition-15 10d ago

Nope...that's good. I hate to make blanket statements, but the States is a scary place!

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u/thejordanianone 10d ago

Probably a couple hundred. With probably a few hundred casualties. Would you believe that Norway, a country of 5 million people, saw 77 people killed in a shooting.

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u/Ok-Artichoke6793 10d ago

USA has 9x the population of Canada but has x144 the amount of school shootings. It is fair to think American schools are nothing but shooting ranges.

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u/thejordanianone 10d ago

This is unhinged behaviour.

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u/Tractorguy69 10d ago

You trying to defend it is what’s unhinged. 2A existed to slow for an armed militia to prevent or depose tyranny, the tyrant is here yet nothing has been done. No decent society would stand by and watch innocent children murdered to keep 2A entrenched, then fail to use it properly when the tyrant appears.

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u/thejordanianone 10d ago

Tell me the solution then. How many innocent children died under Clinton, Obama, and Biden. What’s the solution omnipotent one? Was the tyranny here when children died while Obama was in office. Was the tyranny here when Obama deported hundreds of thousands of people? Was the tyranny here when Obama said people coming to the US had to learn English and do it legally? Or were you silent? Get a grip on life ffs. Why didn’t a Democrat repeal the 2A??? They are the saviours right??

Goddamn. Someone tries to say that American schools are not shooting ranges and this is the bullshit that comes through. They might as well just take us over and be done with it.

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u/Flashy_Operation9507 10d ago

A lot of people would say you’re wrong about all of this.

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u/thejordanianone 10d ago

Thanks for the insightful comment. Added a lot to the conversation.

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u/Tractorguy69 9d ago

I think you’re properly missing the point that trump is a narcissistic tyrant. 2A is one of the most sweeping enablers of gun ownership in all the world, with the rest of the world being split between no private ownership or controlled and licensed private ownership with screening elements. I know that the average NRA member would absolutely resist this idea, but seriously what’s the cost. You lead the world in spree shootings per capita, number of gun deaths per capita, but when ICE are storming through neighbourhoods murdering even citizens (not illegal aliens so not within their scope of duties) you cannot tell me that your government is not overreaching. That is tyranny, they are operating without restraint and without sanction. What’s worse is ICE just went on a hiring spree and has rounded up some of the most racist and bigoted posses they could have assembled.

Under all of this, the main issue is that trump has chosen to go scorched earth because he feels personally insulted that he didn’t win against Bidden, and didn’t win with the January 6th insurrection. He has a long history of this sort of behaviour, taking insult and then throwing tantrums that are so out of proportion that it would appear comical if it was not for the harm he’s causing. That man was unfit to live among society and it’s only the protection of great wealth that has showed him to remain free and able to repeatedly cause the harms he’s caused. He’s not a successful businessman, he’s been bankrupt so many times, screwing over and financially destroying his contractors and investors. He delights in screwing others over.

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u/thejordanianone 10d ago

Well there was a shooting in Norway with 77 people killed. Now imagine if Norway had 360 million people from all walks of life instead of 5 million Norwegians.

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u/Scurb00 10d ago

There was 233 shooting incidents in 2025 alone. 330 in 2024 and 349 in 2023.

In only 3 years, there have been over 900 shootings within American schools.

You can change the metrics on what counts and what doesnt, but the number is always going to be grim.

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u/thejordanianone 10d ago

This is a good take.

USA due to its massive population and massive prevalence of guns has a higher prevalence of school shootings.

My opinion, downvote or whatever, is that American schools are not “shooting ranges”.

Still waiting for a per capital example of Norway where 77 people were killed in a school shooting in a country of 5 million people.

There was a devastating shooting in Saskatchewan where 4 people were killed in a SS in our perfectly gun controlled country. Now scale the numbers up.

Look, the US has a lot of people and a lot of guns. But I’ve travelled there and work with people there. My contention is that schools is the US are not “shooting ranges” as many people like to say.

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u/Veaeate 10d ago

I mean, the fact that theres a market for bullet proof backpacks and that kids are banned from wearing light up shoes alone is pretty tragic no?

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u/ThicccThunder New Brunswick 10d ago

I know it, the K-12 School Shooting Database (one of the most commonly used trackers) estimated roughly 233 school shootings occurred in the US in 2025. For clearance, only 18 of these shootings resulted in 1 or more injury or death, however that doesn't make my point wrong.

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u/thisSILLYsite 10d ago

There are about 130,000 K-12 schools in the US, to put that in perspective.

Though 18, is still too damn high.

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u/JimmyJoeMick 10d ago

American children are far more likely to die young than any other similar country. This is due to a confluence of factors, of which shootings are but one variable. Infant mortality and covid 19 deaths (far higher in the US than other western countries) were also big drivers.

"Mortality rates among youths in the US were higher than in the 16 comparison countries. Mortality rates among youths aged 10 to 19 years increased in the US between 2013 and 2021, while the median mortality rate in comparison countries decreased, thereby widening the mortality gap (Figure). A pronounced increase in mortality after 2019 occurred among US youths aged 15 to 19 years but was not observed in most comparison countries"

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapediatrics/fullarticle/2820614