A Petition To Sell Montana To Canada For 1 Trillion Dollars Is Gaining Attention With Hilarious Comments
Although it’s no secret that petitions can have the power to change the world (or someone’s life), most of us can’t help but shrug and scoff when we see someone share a rally for signatures on their social media. It’s mostly because the thousands of petitions circulating around usually have causes that are either ridiculous or don’t inspire people enough to move their fingers across the keyboard to sign it. And while examples like Caroline Criado-Perez’s banknote petition or the infamous Californian Recall Election Of 2003 exist, it’s no surprise that some appeals are created not to change the status quo, but to have a good laugh.
Someone recently created a petition, urging people to sell Montana to Canada
One of such petitions created on change.org is titled “Sell Montana to Canada for $1 Trillion to eliminate the national debt” and has recently gained attention from the people of the internet. The petition seemingly originated on Reddit as a joke, but slowly gained traction as people started signing it and leaving hilarious comments.
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The author of the petition summarized their claim, saying “We have too much debt and Montana is useless. Just tell them it has beavers or something,” and it’s just about as serious as people think it is. Even Montana locals expressed their support, jokingly asking everyone to sign so they could move to Canada without moving costs. As long as people get to have innocent fun, right?
Here are some of the backers’ funny comments under the petition
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Share on Facebook"Sell Montana to Canada" .. that implies Canada want's Montana ... which speaking as a Canadian: we don't
Is there a state you would be interested in? Perhaps North Dakota?
Load More Replies...This reminds me of the time that Canadian politician Stockwell Day proposed that we should have a national referendum on any issue that could get support from 3% of Canadians. Naturally, someone made a petition for him to change his name to Doris Day and it got over a million signatures (like 3x the required number).
Take me along with you monatana i dont want to live in the us anymore
Canada: "Alright, we've got $1 trillion just lying around. With free healthcare, and every single working-age citizen having a job, we're looking to invest, so we'd like to ask the rest of the world to suggest how we do that." America: "Oh! Oh! How about we sell you Montana, and we''ll use the money to clear our national debt?" Canada: "Uh, why would we want to buy Montana?" America: "Well, there's lots of land, and..." Canada: "And?" America: "...Sheep..." Canada: "Hard pass. England, you had your hand up. What have you got?"
All England has is chavs and brussle sprouts. We literally can't produce anything worth while, I'd take a look at Australia, at least its sunny there.
Load More Replies...I love Montana and I love Canada. Seems like a good idea to me. And Montana isn't empty ! They have Glacier National Park and beautiful mountains !
Flying down Logan's Pass on a bicycle, passing 4 cars, two pickup trucks, and a motorhome, is one of my fondest memories of visits across the border to Montana.
Load More Replies...I dont know what these people are talking about - I'm a Canadian who's visited Montana twice, and it's amazing! We'll gladly take it! Have you seen some of it's mountain passes? Gorgeous. And Yellowstone for goodness' sake. And there's this little town called Helena that was so quaint, all red brick and such, with this area called Readers Alley, you've got to look it up. I once drove through Bozeman and they were hosting the - get this - International *Fly Fishing* Film Festival!! You can't make this stuff up. Please sell us Montana.
We Canadians have had our eye on Turks & Caicos for a while - pretty sure that's our first takeover target. I can understand Americans' interest in free medical care, legal weed and the fact we managed to dump Justin Beiber on the US, but you'll just have to wait your turn.
Monberta. Canamju (Canada America Junior)!
Load More Replies...Oh no they don't! If any state should be sold to Canada it should be Michigan (because I live in Michigan ;))
I was going to say the same thing, but you beat me to it.
Load More Replies...I have a bone to pick with whoever drew that map. I see that the southern part of Vancouver Island is shown as part of the U.S. Now it is true that the 49th parallel does go through Ladysmith which is upisland, from there down to the bottom includes our province's capital of Victoria.
I'm Canadian, let me just say that we aren't going to fall for no banana in our tailpipe.
It's the same thing as with the border wall: The other country doesn't want to pay for it! :D
I’m Canadian!! I say yes! Throw in Alaska, you keep Bieber and it’s a done deal! Montana is beautiful!
With Montana gone, Puerto Rico can become a state without having to change the flag! Or the Upper Peninsula of Michigan can become the state of Superior (named after the lake).
Sell? Heck, I live in California and we'd give Canada a trillion dollars if they'd take us in. I mean, Trudeau instead of Trump? Make it two trillion.
California, you can totally join our new country, Monberta - Alberta and Montana each seceding and forming our new country. You host many an Albertan snow bird, this just means that the poor snow birds can stay longer than 6 months before getting kicked out back to Canada. I'm sorry but 6 months is not long enough to fully escape Canadian winter. You think I'm joking but I'm not!
Load More Replies...We have Montana in Bulgaria. If Amercans start missing it - come and get it. We will gladly give it to you as a gift and we will even pay you a buck or 2.
Do it, and tell me right before it happens so I can move to Montana and then become a Canadian citizen the next day and my leader can be Justin Trudeau instead of Donald Effing Trump.
I think Canada can get a better deal. Throw in a couple other states at a lower cost and we’ll put it on out Canadian Tire credit card (or offer softwood lumber or pot at a discount).
I think Canada can get a better deal. Throw in a few more states and we’ll put it on our Canadian Tire credit card (or give the US a discount on softwood lumber or pot).
Are you kidding me? We Canadians won't pay $1 trillion dollars for a state nobody in the U.S. seems to want. Your national debt is YOUR problem. We have our own. Keep Montana.
Just after the 2016 election, someone created a petition for Minnesota to secede from the US and join Canada. Probably not entirely serious, but not obviously a joke in any way. 5 million people in MN. I think it got some 10s of thousands of signatures. They removed the petition eventually, so I can't check.
Most of the comments are very sad - "who's even been to Montana, there's nothing there, i forgot it existed etc. etc." I get it this is a joke, but Montana is truly one of the most beautiful states in the US, it is a shame people do not know that and are not curious about their own country.
Why stop with Montana? Let's throw in Washington, Oregon, part of Idaho, North Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin, all of Michigan, Maine, New Hampshire, New York, Connecticut, and Rhode Island.
Right after we do that can we give Texas back to Mexico and tell them we don't want it anymore
I want to go too and get out of this country until we have a new president and better healthcare.
Flat earth?! Remember what I said about cats pushing everything off the earth if it was flat?! Come on!!! (Scroll up to the 7th comment above in the actual post)
We might not PAY to buy Montana, but we would definitely allow it to be Canadian if it agrees to work hard and be polite to everyone.
Someone said, “America would be better off without montana” but is the 2020 election goes south montana might be better off without America
Don't know about you but I would looove to see that border just loose it a little. What a stiff-hiney little boo-boo dividing a continent like that, it really needs this whole Montana sell to act like a muscle relaxer. Maybe Beyonce can come up with a new anthem for that, like "Put a dent in it"
We do like beavers, and sure, whatevs, separate...but you should know that we in Alberta are kind of trying to quit the country too right now (and go google it, it's a serious thing in the Albertan news right now - that would be the province in Canada that they are stuck to for all you non-geographers out there). This is a legitimate thing that people are suggesting...no one ever thinks it will happen but hey - *I* say we should (Albertans) just join forces with Montana and make a new country! Bringing together Huckleberries and Saskatoon berries at last! Oh the deliciousness (and yes I KNOW Saskatoon is in Saskatchewan - we still eat and grow them though!)! We shall dub thee, Monberta...or Canamju! (Canada America Junior). I dunno, tough choice, they both have significant merit, as far as I am concerned...
SOMEBODY...please give travis county and bexar county Texas to the canadians...they will fit in a lot better there...and CA, WA, and OR while you are at it...and NJ and NY states too...and all of Illinois starting with south chicago...Nancy Pelosi's mansion can be the new white house
They'd need to think it through. Once Montana belongs to Canada, Trump would want to build a wall, and which would go around three sides and 1200 miles in length. The conditions would mean the wall would cost most of the trillion dollars.
So if Montana got sold to Canada, would that make David Letterman a Canadian? That's where he lives, on a ranch in Montana.
Hey man! Come on over! You see, we're secretly going to take over the world with our "niceness'. You can't be mad at someone who apologizes for EVERYTHING, also we have Canadian Geese & and even we're afraid of them!
I've heard the Weird Al song... We all know what's going down in Canada...
Load More Replies...Imagine if we did all the flags with 50 stars would become obsolete.
As a Canadian, I say no. Montana is full of survivalists living in holes in the dirt. The state is basically Swiss cheese.
Can Belgium tempt you? Best beer, best chocolate, best waffles, best mussels, best fries (they are NOT french!) ... they just need a little snow from time to time so everybody can stay at home
Ok, you had me at “beer”, one of the nicest countries we have been to.
Load More Replies...Sounds reasonable, then bring in Puerto Rico, and we don't even have to change our flag.
Come now, can't we all be friends? It's our way, you know it is! ;P
Load More Replies...Canada's National Debt is $1.4 Trillion dollars. Why would we double our debt to eliminate the US'?
does people of montana are big firearms user? they would have to get ride of them. i think for most american it's a no deal.
Actually yes, I hear some of them are kinda like Texas when it comes to guns. I could be wrong about that.
Load More Replies...only 21 trillion to go till that debt is paid off. Maybe sell half the country to Canada.
In case you don't know whom you should thank for this honor, someone told me about 10 years ago that the american gypsies own huge areas of forest in Montana. Maybe not only forest.
"People are just don't actually think before they speak" I'm assuming you're a troll but nonetheless it made me laugh
Load More Replies..."Sell Montana to Canada" .. that implies Canada want's Montana ... which speaking as a Canadian: we don't
Is there a state you would be interested in? Perhaps North Dakota?
Load More Replies...This reminds me of the time that Canadian politician Stockwell Day proposed that we should have a national referendum on any issue that could get support from 3% of Canadians. Naturally, someone made a petition for him to change his name to Doris Day and it got over a million signatures (like 3x the required number).
Take me along with you monatana i dont want to live in the us anymore
Canada: "Alright, we've got $1 trillion just lying around. With free healthcare, and every single working-age citizen having a job, we're looking to invest, so we'd like to ask the rest of the world to suggest how we do that." America: "Oh! Oh! How about we sell you Montana, and we''ll use the money to clear our national debt?" Canada: "Uh, why would we want to buy Montana?" America: "Well, there's lots of land, and..." Canada: "And?" America: "...Sheep..." Canada: "Hard pass. England, you had your hand up. What have you got?"
All England has is chavs and brussle sprouts. We literally can't produce anything worth while, I'd take a look at Australia, at least its sunny there.
Load More Replies...I love Montana and I love Canada. Seems like a good idea to me. And Montana isn't empty ! They have Glacier National Park and beautiful mountains !
Flying down Logan's Pass on a bicycle, passing 4 cars, two pickup trucks, and a motorhome, is one of my fondest memories of visits across the border to Montana.
Load More Replies...I dont know what these people are talking about - I'm a Canadian who's visited Montana twice, and it's amazing! We'll gladly take it! Have you seen some of it's mountain passes? Gorgeous. And Yellowstone for goodness' sake. And there's this little town called Helena that was so quaint, all red brick and such, with this area called Readers Alley, you've got to look it up. I once drove through Bozeman and they were hosting the - get this - International *Fly Fishing* Film Festival!! You can't make this stuff up. Please sell us Montana.
We Canadians have had our eye on Turks & Caicos for a while - pretty sure that's our first takeover target. I can understand Americans' interest in free medical care, legal weed and the fact we managed to dump Justin Beiber on the US, but you'll just have to wait your turn.
Monberta. Canamju (Canada America Junior)!
Load More Replies...Oh no they don't! If any state should be sold to Canada it should be Michigan (because I live in Michigan ;))
I was going to say the same thing, but you beat me to it.
Load More Replies...I have a bone to pick with whoever drew that map. I see that the southern part of Vancouver Island is shown as part of the U.S. Now it is true that the 49th parallel does go through Ladysmith which is upisland, from there down to the bottom includes our province's capital of Victoria.
I'm Canadian, let me just say that we aren't going to fall for no banana in our tailpipe.
It's the same thing as with the border wall: The other country doesn't want to pay for it! :D
I’m Canadian!! I say yes! Throw in Alaska, you keep Bieber and it’s a done deal! Montana is beautiful!
With Montana gone, Puerto Rico can become a state without having to change the flag! Or the Upper Peninsula of Michigan can become the state of Superior (named after the lake).
Sell? Heck, I live in California and we'd give Canada a trillion dollars if they'd take us in. I mean, Trudeau instead of Trump? Make it two trillion.
California, you can totally join our new country, Monberta - Alberta and Montana each seceding and forming our new country. You host many an Albertan snow bird, this just means that the poor snow birds can stay longer than 6 months before getting kicked out back to Canada. I'm sorry but 6 months is not long enough to fully escape Canadian winter. You think I'm joking but I'm not!
Load More Replies...We have Montana in Bulgaria. If Amercans start missing it - come and get it. We will gladly give it to you as a gift and we will even pay you a buck or 2.
Do it, and tell me right before it happens so I can move to Montana and then become a Canadian citizen the next day and my leader can be Justin Trudeau instead of Donald Effing Trump.
I think Canada can get a better deal. Throw in a couple other states at a lower cost and we’ll put it on out Canadian Tire credit card (or offer softwood lumber or pot at a discount).
I think Canada can get a better deal. Throw in a few more states and we’ll put it on our Canadian Tire credit card (or give the US a discount on softwood lumber or pot).
Are you kidding me? We Canadians won't pay $1 trillion dollars for a state nobody in the U.S. seems to want. Your national debt is YOUR problem. We have our own. Keep Montana.
Just after the 2016 election, someone created a petition for Minnesota to secede from the US and join Canada. Probably not entirely serious, but not obviously a joke in any way. 5 million people in MN. I think it got some 10s of thousands of signatures. They removed the petition eventually, so I can't check.
Most of the comments are very sad - "who's even been to Montana, there's nothing there, i forgot it existed etc. etc." I get it this is a joke, but Montana is truly one of the most beautiful states in the US, it is a shame people do not know that and are not curious about their own country.
Why stop with Montana? Let's throw in Washington, Oregon, part of Idaho, North Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin, all of Michigan, Maine, New Hampshire, New York, Connecticut, and Rhode Island.
Right after we do that can we give Texas back to Mexico and tell them we don't want it anymore
I want to go too and get out of this country until we have a new president and better healthcare.
Flat earth?! Remember what I said about cats pushing everything off the earth if it was flat?! Come on!!! (Scroll up to the 7th comment above in the actual post)
We might not PAY to buy Montana, but we would definitely allow it to be Canadian if it agrees to work hard and be polite to everyone.
Someone said, “America would be better off without montana” but is the 2020 election goes south montana might be better off without America
Don't know about you but I would looove to see that border just loose it a little. What a stiff-hiney little boo-boo dividing a continent like that, it really needs this whole Montana sell to act like a muscle relaxer. Maybe Beyonce can come up with a new anthem for that, like "Put a dent in it"
We do like beavers, and sure, whatevs, separate...but you should know that we in Alberta are kind of trying to quit the country too right now (and go google it, it's a serious thing in the Albertan news right now - that would be the province in Canada that they are stuck to for all you non-geographers out there). This is a legitimate thing that people are suggesting...no one ever thinks it will happen but hey - *I* say we should (Albertans) just join forces with Montana and make a new country! Bringing together Huckleberries and Saskatoon berries at last! Oh the deliciousness (and yes I KNOW Saskatoon is in Saskatchewan - we still eat and grow them though!)! We shall dub thee, Monberta...or Canamju! (Canada America Junior). I dunno, tough choice, they both have significant merit, as far as I am concerned...
SOMEBODY...please give travis county and bexar county Texas to the canadians...they will fit in a lot better there...and CA, WA, and OR while you are at it...and NJ and NY states too...and all of Illinois starting with south chicago...Nancy Pelosi's mansion can be the new white house
They'd need to think it through. Once Montana belongs to Canada, Trump would want to build a wall, and which would go around three sides and 1200 miles in length. The conditions would mean the wall would cost most of the trillion dollars.
So if Montana got sold to Canada, would that make David Letterman a Canadian? That's where he lives, on a ranch in Montana.
Hey man! Come on over! You see, we're secretly going to take over the world with our "niceness'. You can't be mad at someone who apologizes for EVERYTHING, also we have Canadian Geese & and even we're afraid of them!
I've heard the Weird Al song... We all know what's going down in Canada...
Load More Replies...Imagine if we did all the flags with 50 stars would become obsolete.
As a Canadian, I say no. Montana is full of survivalists living in holes in the dirt. The state is basically Swiss cheese.
Can Belgium tempt you? Best beer, best chocolate, best waffles, best mussels, best fries (they are NOT french!) ... they just need a little snow from time to time so everybody can stay at home
Ok, you had me at “beer”, one of the nicest countries we have been to.
Load More Replies...Sounds reasonable, then bring in Puerto Rico, and we don't even have to change our flag.
Come now, can't we all be friends? It's our way, you know it is! ;P
Load More Replies...Canada's National Debt is $1.4 Trillion dollars. Why would we double our debt to eliminate the US'?
does people of montana are big firearms user? they would have to get ride of them. i think for most american it's a no deal.
Actually yes, I hear some of them are kinda like Texas when it comes to guns. I could be wrong about that.
Load More Replies...only 21 trillion to go till that debt is paid off. Maybe sell half the country to Canada.
In case you don't know whom you should thank for this honor, someone told me about 10 years ago that the american gypsies own huge areas of forest in Montana. Maybe not only forest.
"People are just don't actually think before they speak" I'm assuming you're a troll but nonetheless it made me laugh
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