"Canada is a great country that won't permit bad things to happen to it."

which suggests the united states is too big and too diverse...

we would do better as six regional countries instead of one?

- united states of the northeast

- confederate states of the southeast

- united states of the midwest

- confederate states of the southwest, including hiwahyee

- united states of the northwest, including alasker

- and then there is the republic of texas...

keep it simple and keep it safe...