Of the thousands of books tucked into the library’s stacks, one author has emerged as a patron favourite: Louise Penny, the bestselling Canadian novelist and creator of the detective Armand Gamache. … Penny made headlines in recent weeks after donating C$50,000 (US$36,000) to help fund a new entrance to the library, an “elegant” solution to the diplomatic snafu created in wake of new restrictions. “I have the resources to help because of the support of American and Canadian readers. The least I could do is give back,” Penny said. “Plus, it’s like giving the finger to the current administration: you close one door, we will open another one.”
This is exactly what I would do - make sure there is an accessible entrance on the Canadian side. Make it so that if the US really wants to be difficult, they have to put up a wall down the middle of the library.
Eventually, a Berlin-style wall, with ICE agents gunning down any citizens disloyal enough to try to escape to Canada.
So it’ll just be the border library then?
They’re going to rename it as Library of America.
then they can ban all the books inside
Not after they start taking offence to the books contained within.
Or the border
Wait, the US cares about libraries now? Aren’t they actively defending things like Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library? I saw WA state removed it from the budget.
They’re going to start burning books any minute now
They will say its government efficiency to save money. “Why would we keep spending so much money on heating our homes with all these expensive expenses? We have piles of books made of fire starter! There’s just words on it. Do you want words or do you want a fire? In my day we spoke words over a fire, not instead of a fire. We need to make fires great again” - donald trump probably
The only smuggling I’ve ever heard of happening in that library was a guy FROM the US trying to smuggle some guns in to Canada back in like 2010 or so.
