In my opinion Alaska will never be given to Canada. Alaska as it is is one of the USA's most strategic locations. Alaska's rich abundance of natural resources are in the form of low grade oil, of which there is more than 25 BILLION barrels estimated in the Prudhoe Bay area, the overabundance of Pacific Salmon and other wildlife, the large supply of coal, gold, iron, and other natural minerals, and Alaska is a very large farming state. Although most of you would think that Alaska is a frozen wasteland, with its almost constant sunlight in the summer, comfortable 80 degree F weather, and nitrogen enriched soil Alaska produces some of the largest vegetables in the world and a lot of it. Now besides all of this Alaska also holds the USA missile defense system in Fort Richardson, AK. This system protects the US from any long range missile threat including ICBMs loaded with nuclear warheads. On top of this Fort Wainwright is also the military's cold weather training and research facility. With all of this said and I having lived in Alaska for 4 years on a military base of my 16 years of life, I would die before I see Alaska handed over to anyone even the Canadians. Oh and for those who think Canada could take over Alaska just know that there are over 25,000 active duty soldiers stationed in Alaska alone thats about 1/4 of the Canadian military including there reserves; the USA's military is about 3 million active and reserves so good luck to the fool who tries to take Alaska from the USA.