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Wednesday's letters: U.S. annexation wasn't a real election issue

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63% Informative

In electing Mr. Carney and his Liberal Party to a fourth term, Canadians have allowed Donald Trump to tell them how to vote.

Issues that were real and critical mere days before the election faded into insignificance.

Canada was never going to become a U.S. state, and everybody knew it until Carney made it his election issue.

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61

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55

Neutral language

64

Article tone

informal

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English

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53

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short-lived

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