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Gov. Jared Polis made sure Trey Parker and Matt Stone ’s South Park Canadians Terrance , Phillip , and Ike know they were loved and apprize .

While POtuSDonald Trumpand his DOGE - bagElon Muskcontinue finding ways to pluck fight with our allies like Canada and Mexico , Colorado GovernorJared Polisis take it clear to our friends to the magnetic north that the land appreciates the grow close ties between Colorado and Canada . Over the weekend , the Canadian National Flag was raised at the State Capitol , and the construction was unhorse up in Canadian lily-white and red to celebrate March 15th as Colorado - Canada Friendship Day . " From maple sirup to hockey players and much more , we in Colorado appreciate our friendship and close ties with Canada . kick upstairs the Canadian flag today is symbolic of our friendship , showing that when we mold together , even in challenging time , we grow our economy and make the people of both autonomous nations well off , " Gov. Polis partake in in a command honor the limited 24-hour interval . " I am thankful for our friends to the due north , and appear fore to annually celebrate Colorado Canada Friendship Day . " If you ’re like us , you saw Colorado and Canada and mechanically thought ofTrey ParkerandMatt Stone’sSouth Park – well , so did Gov. Polis .

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" Our relationship with Canada brings Brobdingnagian benefits to Coloradans — from good - paying jobs to robust trade partnerships , tourists , and even prominent fancied characters in Colorado ’s famous show , [ South Park ] . Ike Broflovski , Kyle Broflovski ’s adopted brother , is from Canada . Do n’t draw a blank the funniness duo Terrance and Phillip , beloved by our favorite 4th grader , and do n’t ' blame Canada ! ' " Polis write in his Emily Price Post , which admit an animated interlingual rendition of the regulator with Terrance , Phillip , Ike , and Kyle . And that ’s an excellent point – from a soda culture perspective , Canada has played an essential part in the long - running animate serial publication . In fact , South Park : Bigger , Longer & Uncutproved that a war between the U.S. and Canada was exactly what Saddam Hussein and a loath Satan wanted all along .

Our relationship with Canada add vast benefits to Coloradans — from good - pay jobs to full-bodied trade partnership , holidaymaker , and even striking fictional part in Colorado ’s famous show,@SouthPark . Ike Broflovski , Kyle Broflovski ’s adopted pal , is from Canada . Don’t … pic.twitter.com / I9jOkvVZ2 M

— Governor Jared Polis ( @GovofCO)March 16 , 2025

" Unless President Trump pulls back from tariffs on products from Mexico and Canada , go at midnight , the President ’s ugly sales tax will give to all hardworking Coloradans . Trump ’s tariffs are a costly sales tax that will bring up the price of groceries , dress , homes , technology , elevator car , and everyday item Americans rely on and anguish North American competitiveness , " Polis issued as a statement to begin with this month in reaction to Trump hitting Canada and Mexico with tariff . " President Trump is playing chicken with people ’s pocketbook , small-scale stage business , and our economic system , and it is harmful . While Colorado is bear on ahead to downhearted costs , the President ’s tariffs alone will make economical destruction across America in their wake . "

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