March 16, 2003
MARK STEYN reminds us to
MARK STEYN reminds us to fear Canada's ferocious expansionist ambitions:
Posted by Tim Blair at March 16, 2003 11:43 PMIn 1898 Sir Wilfrid Laurier, prime minister of America's northern neighbor, declared that just ''as the 19th century was the century of the United States, so shall the 20th century belong to Canada.''
The line caught on. ''The day is coming,'' predicted another prime minister, Sir Charles Tupper, ''when Canada, which has become the right arm of the British Empire, will dominate the American continent.''
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