Digs at Canada ‘don’t necessarily represent the views of the folks in our town,’ says mayor of Haines, Alaska

Things have gotten a little weird lately with the U.S. and Canada, but one small-town mayor in Alaska hopes his town can still be Valentines with its neighbours across the border in the Yukon.

Mayor Tom Morphet of Haines, Alaska, penned a love letter of sorts this week and sent off a copy to his counterparts in nearby Haines Junction, Yukon and Whitehorse on Wednesday.

It says the Haines Borough wants to “reaffirm a relationship of friendship, cooperation and mutual assistance” with those Yukon communities.

  • breakfastmtn@lemmy.caOP
    30·
    6 days ago

    “We recognize that as northerners, we sometimes have as much in common with our Canadian neighbors [sic] as we do with our own countrymen in the southern latitudes.”

    That SIC is a savage act of aggression from CBC.

    • VE7WYC@lemmy.radioEnglish
      24·
      6 days ago

      I wonder how most of Alaska voted, especially those in Haines. It’s a nice platitude, but if it’s what they voted for, it doesn’t sound like enough of an apology. It’s more of a “please don’t be too mad at us” type of note. Elections matter. Feeling bad because the entire country is trying to buy Canadian and booing the American national anthem is one thing, but unless they act in a way that shows they are going to do something concrete about it, it’s a useless gesture at this point.