With the U.K. in the process of leaving from the European Union, there's renewed talk of a second referendum on Scottish independence. While Scottish nationalists are hoping to leave the U.K. in a bid to rejoin the European Union, Canadian author Ken McGoogan suggests another option: Joining Canada instead as its 11th province.
McGoogan made the argument in a column in the Globe and Mail earlier this month, and the notion has been making the rounds in international media since then.
"It makes sense because we’re already so closely linked,” McGoogan told CTV this week. "We have more of Scotland in us, more of a concentration than any other country."
By that, McGoogan is referring to the fact some 4.7 million Canadians claim Scottish heritage, almost as many as Scotland's current population of 5.3 million. Scottish immigration to Canada is a very old tradition, and Canada's first two prime ministers -- John A. MacDonald and Alexander Mackenzie -- were born there.