In the face of new American imperialism, we need to strongly come together. Please, friends of this beloved country, converse with your American friends and extended families that our nation is unique, we do not wish to become another state.

Consider not vacationing in the U.S.; consider not buying from Amazon or any other American monopoly.

Please join a political party of your choice, it costs little, or nothing.

We are facing an abyss. Our country needs all of us now!

Sabine Orlik

Victoria

If Vladimir Putin has a wish list for the New Year it must surely be a weakened and divided NATO. How better could his buddy in Washington do that than by threatening to annex both Canada and Greenland?

Given the threats this useful idiot is making even before returning to office, Canada should be recalling our ambassador and making the strongest possible protest regarding this proposed anschluss. Justin Trudeau may be ruling on borrowed time, but he has a golden opportunity to finally speak for the vast majority of his constituents.

David Lowther

Mesachie Lake

In light of the recent proclamations of U.S. president-elect Donald Trump, it may be interesting to look back to December 1861, when James Douglas, then governor of the colonies of British Columbia and Vancouver Island, wrote to the Duke of Newcastle, Secretary of State for the Colonies, suggesting that, in light of the then-existing disagreement between the United States and England regarding the seizure at sea of the British vessel Trent, it might be an opportune time for England to regain the Washington Territory relinquished in the 1846 Oregon Treaty.

The United States was fully engaged in the Civil War and few American troops or warships were on the west coast. A small body of British troops and ships could occupy Puget Sound and the Columbia River. Douglas wrote: “With Puget Sound and the line of the Columbia River in our hands, we should hold the only navigable outlets of the Country, command its trade and soon compel it to submit to Her Majesty’s Rule.”

History reveals that no action was taken but could have been.

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