We didn't annex Canada. We have a common market agreement with Canada. Atlasians residing in Canada have the ability to vote in our elections, like in any other civilized country. Each province is also considered, for regional voting purposes, to be associated with one of the five regions.
Precisely. Although, I will say that this is a common misconception held by a lot of people who don't actually read the detail of the agreement. Perhaps we should better integrate the common market into the game policy-wise? To my knowledge, after the agreement itself was ratified, nothing else has been done.