🚀 go-pugleaf

I like you would like to see Canada remain as is...together.  But I am not prepared to have 
Quebec hold us ransom as a cost of being united.

I must say, I don't get it.  What do those who wish to separate want? Are you or I 
threatening their distinctness?  If you are, knock it off. (:-  I'm certainly not.  So if 
neither you nor I are threatening their distinct nature, what do those who wish to separate 
expect to have if they were to separate that they don't already have?  Can someone explain 
this to me?

As for what would happen if they separated?  Well, for one thing, I don't for a moment 
believe that Canada would fall apart.  Quite the contrary.  Sure there would be some 
temporary hick-ups in the financial marketplace, but this would quickly settle down.

Ontario would likely benefit.  It is likely that certain companies would choose to leave 
Quebec in the event of separation.  Which companies?  I don't know, but that is certainly 
what happened in the late 70's and early 80's when this thing last reached the pitch it is 
at today.

But where would they go?  If Ontario were the spot of choice, real estate would be spurred, 
vacant office space consumed, more jobs for non-Quebecer's etc.  This doesn't sound like an 
economy that would faulter just because some mal-content want out.  It would simply shift 
the balance of power further to the remaining provinces, with Ontario likely having the most 
to gain.