Conveniently, if any states were to join Canada, they would most likely do so as territories (at least initially), and so would be somewhat politically neutered.

Israel is America’s client state. If Israel magically ceased to exist, America would recreate it, so as to maintain their military position in the region. If America magically ceased to exist, Israel would soon follow.

Though the way things are going, pretty soon they’ll both be more like Belarus

Yeah, their client state Israel, as well as Russia and presumably its client state, Belarus

Plastic is generally cheaper; for a while there was a misguided push against using paper/cardboard because sAvE tHe TrEeS