B.C. MLA enraged by U.S. senator's secession pitch

A B.C. legislator was enraged by a U.S. senator's proposal for western Canadian provinces to join the United States, calling it an attack on Canadian identity. Maine Sen. Joseph Martin pitched the idea, suggesting the four provinces could "leave behind failing ideologies" and find "liberty" under the U.S. Constitution, which he contrasted with Canadian institutions. B.C. Conservative MLA Brennan Day rejected the proposal, stating Canadians prefer to improve their own country rather than adopt American systems, and that the U.S. senator's views were "nonsense."