Canada-U.S. border wall idea ridiculed on social media
Haydn Watters | CBC News | Posted: August 31, 2015 9:06 PM | Last Updated: August 31, 2015
Republican presidential candidate Scott Walker calls northern border wall a 'legitimate issue'
Scott Walker, the governor of Wisconsin and a Republican contender for the president's job, has been ridiculed online since raising the idea of building a mammoth security wall along the Canada-U.S. border.
Walker entertained the idea during an interview on NBC's Meet the Press on Sunday, where he called the wall a "legitimate issue."
- Scott Walker: Canada-U.S. border wall worth considering
- Donald Trump's policy paper calls for U.S.-Mexico wall
- Donald Trump emphasizes plans to build 'real' wall at Mexico border
It's rare to see the Canadian border being discussed during a presidential campaign, as candidates more often talk about the southern border. Walker's fellow presidential candidate, Donald Trump, has called for a "real wall" to be put up between the U.S. and Mexico. And he plans to get the Mexican government to pay for it.
The possibility of a Canadian wall, on the other hand, got a whole lot of laughs online.
Of course, the Democrats also got in on the fun with a little help from Kanye West (another possible presidential candidate?).
Fellow Republican presidential hopeful Rand Paul took a jab at Walker too.
The Kentucky senator told a Boston radio station that a wall between Canada and the U.S. would be a "pretty dumb idea."
Some Canadians responded with a shot of sarcasm...
... while others put some serious thought into the logistics of how it would be built.
It would be a long wall. The border stretches 8,891 kilometres across land and water.