By Ian Johnston, NBC News
The U.S. and Mexico are not secretly planning to invade Canada, a State Department spokeswoman confirmed to laughter during a daily press briefing.
Spokeswoman Victoria Nuland was taking questions from journalists about its activities Tuesday, which included a meeting between Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Mexico Foreign Minister Patricia Espinosa.
She was asked about ?a signing ceremony? with Espinosa ? what was being signed and why was the ceremony not open to the press.
?I think it?s an update on Merida, but I will get that for you,? Nuland reported, referring to the Merida Initiative to fight organized crime.
The journalist asked, ?This isn?t some secret thing ? to invade Canada or something like that??
Amid laughter, Nuland replied: ?No, no, no. It?s not anything classified.?
The U.S. did draw up a secret plan to invade Canada in 1935, codenamed ?War Plan Red,? some of which was accidentally published by mistake and reported by The New York Times. ?
A U.S. invasion of Canada also featured in the film, "Canadian Bacon," starring John Candy, Alan Alda and Rhea Perlman, and the movie South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut, which included the song "Blame Canada."
There is also a website called www.invadecanada.us, which lists reasons such as connecting the mainland U.S. with Alaska, ?they?re just a little too proud,? and ?they stole our basketball teams.??
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