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Qu�bec is an integral part of Canada. Most of the birth of Canada started in Qu�bec. The major settlements back in the 1600's were along the St. Lawrence river in Qu�bec. Hell, the "fight for Canada" was fought in the Plains of Abraham, which are in Qu�bec. That is how the British were able to get Canada. Whoever controlled Qu�bec, controlled Canada. Now, Qu�bec is still a part of Canada today. I mean, most of the goods that come into the Maritimes nowadays are routed and distributed from Montreal and St. Hyacinthe. Face it, people. We need the province.
Also, Qu�bec gave birth to the delightful 11:30
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Well, aside from the fact that Quebec Separation isn't as big an issue as it used to be, and that people who say "Er, yeah, eh, they should just sep'rate. Damn Frenchies" are uneducated in the actual situation there, and the fact that less than 30% of the province is actually seperatist, and only 10% of that actually want separation, and not recognition of their distinct society, and the fact your friend seems to be an idiot, the situation there is about as urgent as when Vermont decides it wants to be a country every year.
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A while ago I read this magazine article (I think it was in "OMNI" about these guys who were 'futurists,' that is, they took a look at trends and predicted future events.
These people, according to the article, had published predictions of the collapse of Soviet domination in Eastern Europe, the breakup of the USSR, the reintegration of Germany, the fragmentation of Yugoslavia, and the Iraq-Kuwait invasion, months, if not years, before they happened, with astounding accuracy.
I also recall they predicted a Quebec separation by a very slim margin, followed by a time of instability in Canada, during which the maritime provinces might actually seek admission to the United States, to shore up their fragile (and now, isolated from the reast of Canada) economies, a trend that would eventually be followed by the rest of Canada. They pointed out that two Canadian provinces, Manitoba and Nova Scotia, had already applied to the US State Dept. for info on how they might become states. They predicted this process would begin around 2010.
*looks around* *hushed voice*
I suspect some of the higher-ups among our Canadian friends have read about this too, and that their total revulsion at the concept is what's REALLY holding Canada together.
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I think I speak for most Canadians when I say about the Rest of Canada joining the United States: "Over our dead, rotting, putrid, and stinking bodies."
Present company excepted.
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This reminds me of how I've been asked before about what the British think of Northern Ireland wanting to leave the UK and join EIRE, and about how we're horrible for not letting them go, and keeping them under our wicked and oppressive thumbs. Even though only a tiny percentage of people who live in N Ireland want to leave the UK.
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It's not the Brits themselves that are holding the north, it's the Unionists living in Northern Ireland pressuring the Prime Minister not to give the province back. It's all about staying in government, if you give Northern Ireland back, you lose Unionist votes.
Besides, I don't think the Republic could support the infrastructure of the north right now.
Getting back to Canada, do you think the USA would take the Canadian states? Who would benefit from such an amalgamation? I personally would like to see Canada stay separate, as the Americans would probably just plunder the natural resources and start a new race of white trash to appear on the Jerry Springer show.
Well, we are in the Flameboard....
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We might be better off if we let the guys in Amsterdam run everything. At least we could relieve stress by going down to the red-light district when things got rough on the Flameboard...
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GA: Something like that. Britain is fairly awful at the Olympics. If Ireland reunified, Britain would have less athletes to choose from, so theoretically, we'd do even worse. It was a bad attempt to be light-hearted, but if failed. I shall attempt to regain my dignity by doing an impression of a cow.
Moo.
There you go.
As for what I seriously think, I honestly don't know. I don't think I know enough about the situation to make a decision either way, and I haven't really got the time to study the subject in depth. Sorry.
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