I thought that we'd be waiting for a first brief update.
*****
Prime Minister Borden was, at the moment, a very tired man. The sudden influx of technology from other parts of the country was a radical change, but necessary, in order to survive alongside other future worlds.
The global situation was growing ridiculously confused. America was in chaos, fighting dinosaurs, Confederates, and mobsters. Europe was apparently in some sort of bizarre war involving Rome and some future forms of Russia (or were those the Mongols?) and Germany.
He sighed, leaning back on his old chair in the Prime Minister's office.
"Sir."
"Yes?"
"We've got some diplomacy from Newfoundland and Labrador."
"The Newfoundland colony? What about it?"
"Sorry, I'm from the future. Newfoundland joins confederation sometime after the Second World War."
"Hmm? What was the first one?"
"Oh yeah, that never happened. Probably for the best, it kind of sucked. But it's irrelevant, the Newfoundlanders want to join now, seeing that their central government has shifted into... I'm not sure what."
"Send a messenger. And someone from the right time, okay?"
"Yes sir."
"Fighting a war would be so much easier than this..."