(Southern) Ontario is geographically located within said 48 States, so whatever geographic need they have may still be fulfilled by someone within certain parts of Canada. It does not seem to be a legal need, else why exclude other US states?
It almost certainly is a legal need. I don't know why you're dismissing this so quickly. Their product is the #1 access management platform for citizens to log into US government websites, I think that a lot of their employees will need basic security clearances from the US government because of their proximity to personal data.
It wasn't dismissed, it was met with a question. A question you bizarrely didn't answer. What's the point of replying to a question that you don't have an answer to?
And Canada mostly shares the same timezones and works hard to keep them in sync (e.g. daylight savings time) with US timezones exactly to allow these kinds of business dealings to happen comfortably. There are exceptions, but few Canadians live there. It is unlikely that the one asking is among the exceptional.
> Ontario is most definitely not within the Continental United States, geographically or otherwise.
Better look at a map again... Position yourself in the north end of Windsor. Pick a direction, any direction. Start travelling in that direction. No matter which direction you choose, you will end up in the continental US. The geography of the United States has it surrounded.
What am I pretending? If the continental United States did not end at the border of the continental United States, this discussion wouldn't work. The latter half of the question does not logically follow the first, so it is not clear what the pretending is in reference to.
Perhaps you are questioning why I am pretending to be engaged with your trolling? Mostly because I enjoy your sense of humour. Some of the stuff you come up with is downright hilarious. Well done!
Sure. The combination of Michigan, Ohio, New York, and Pennsylvania completely wrap around some parts of Ontario.
Situate yourself in one of those parts. Pick a direction, any direction. Start travelling in that direction. As you are geographically located inside that combination of states, you will eventually end up crossing into one of the aforementioned states. There is no heading you can choose that would avoid it.
