Give Coachella to Canada: U.S. journalist says Canadians buoyed Palm Springs-area economy

Many Canadians head to California’s Coachella Valley during the winter months, and one American journalist is asking why not just give the region to Canada?

Joe Mathews is the editor for the news site Zocalo Public Square and he published a piece this week titled O Canada, Please Colonize the Coachella Valley, arguing that the economic support Canadians have brought to the region has helped the area thrive.

“It’s been true for much of my life, we used to go out there in