From: morrisj@epsilon3.me   
      
   On 2/7/2026 1:57 PM, The Horny Goat wrote:   
   > (In 1941 following Pearl Harbor the Canadian parliament WAS in session   
   > and actually declared war on Japan BEFORE the United States due to the   
   > prime minister convening the meeting of parliament, and immediately   
   > called for a vote before any debate - as opposed to the US Congress   
   > where several Reps and Senators insisted on making speeches before the   
   > vote (which everyone expected to be unanimous. Obviously nobody in   
   > Canada expected the US NOT to go to war after Pearl Harbor))   
      
   Almost was. 388–1. Representative Jeannette Rankin of Montana, a   
   pacifist, was the sole dissenting vote.   
      
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