Forget the 51st state – some say New England should be 11th Canadian province

Not only are some people rejecting President Trump’s idea to make the Great White North the 51st state — they think Canada should annex New England as the 11th Canadian province. 

Backers say the mostly left-leaning states of Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut and Rhode Island would fit right in.

The idea has been picking up steam both north and south of the 49th parallel.

A red flag with a pine tree in the top left – seen here flying outside Waite’s home – is sometimes used as an unofficial flag for New England. Courtesy Robert E. Waite

Robert Waite, a Professor at Seneca College in Toronto, even flies an unofficial New England flag outside his Ottawa home.

Waite, who is originally from Boston, wrote

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