The Beaver’s best course was, no doubt, to procure
A second-hand dagger-proof coat—
So the Baker advised it— and next, to insure
Its life in some Office of note:

Th longest shared, demilitarized border in the world.

Largest trading partner for each country.

Joint stewardship of the most extensive freshwater ecosystem in the world…(the great lakes).

Sharing the same air we breathe, including the acid precipitation that is continuously polluting our forests and lakes.

Contiguous ocean fisheries.

A common heritage of colonial exploitation and manipulation by the two super powers of the 18th century…France and England.

Not too mention what either Lake George or Old Orchard Beach would do without hordes of tourists coming south over the boder.

And where would our senior citizens go for cheap prescription drugs?

And lastly how could a world class engineering school like Rennselaer Polytechic Institute, a top liberal arts college like St. Lawerence University or a bog standard state college like Plattsburgh State field top notch ice hockey teams without an influx of our Canadian neighbors.