I don’t think it’s a question of amount of effort. Both undertakings would be monumental. It’s more so a question of what skillsets you have and what you’re more capable of doing.
In Canada, we had a third party nearly come into power a while back until we lost the leader to cancer.
You can also build a nearly straight railway going from California through Canada and Alaska all the way to China.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bering_Strait_crossing