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    In Canada, Deep Divisions Brilliantly Managed

    Here is a good article from George Friedman from Geopolitical Futures. He spent some time in rural Canada and came up with this- his views on just how divided Canada really is and how they manage this in foreign policy matters.

    Canada is the second largest country in the world, larger than China and the United States. But as has been frequently said, a country is its people. If Canada were reduced only to its populated areas, it would be a much smaller country. It would be a narrow strip bordering the United States, stretching unevenly from the Atlantic to the Pacific. The widest point of Canada would be 420 miles in Alberta. The narrowest point would run only a few miles from the border. Most important, the country would be divided into its eastern and western parts, separated by 400 miles of sparsely populated land.From this perspective, there are two Canadas. Eastern Canada runs from the base of southern Ontario northeast along the U.S. border and St. Lawrence River. It extends into Nova Scotia and as for north as Newfoundland. This is the most densely populated area in the country, with the population concentrated in cities like Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal and Halifax.


    The second Canada runs through Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta and into British Columbia. Its northern border extends in a diagonal line westward until the structure collapses west of Edmonton. The population here is also concentrated along the U.S. border but also runs north in a narrow line toward western and central British Columbia, finding an anchor in Vancouver.
    The eastern segment of Canada was the area first settled and fought over by the English and French. It has vast areas of farmland, with a social structure similar to the American upper Midwest.

    The western segment was settled later. It also has extensive farmland, but extractive industries are a key part of the economy here. The area on the map that shows a major surge in population toward Edmonton is where energy resources are pulled from the earth. This region has long prospered drilling and mining. So, for example, the pattern of population distribution in British Columbia is a remnant of similar activity.


    Culturally and economically, some of these western regions have more in common with parts of the U.S. than they do with other parts of Canada. Vancouver is far more in tune with Seattle than it is with Alberta; Alberta has more in common with Texas than it has with Manitoba and Saskatchewan; and Manitoba and Saskatchewan have more in common with their southern neighbors than they do with Ottawa. Culture and economy are determined by the ground a society rests on, and the land in Western Canada links it to the United States more than to other Canadian provinces.


    The eastern population bloc also has internal variations in culture and economy, but it’s less culturally linked to the United States. There are three parts of the bloc: the Maritime region, Quebec and Ontario. Quebec is differentiated from the other two regions by language and culture. It has historically been the least comfortable in Canada, and Canada with it. The two English-speaking areas are also wildly different from each other. The maritime region is the poorest in Canada, its economy still rooted heavily in traditional and declining activities like fishing. Ontario, built around Toronto and Ottawa, has the most modern and self-sustained culture of the group.

    Read the entire article at the link.
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    We talk so much about division today. I wonder what the author's politics are.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ransom View Post
    We talk so much about division today. I wonder what the author's politics are.
    I expect he leans towards globalism.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Peter1469 View Post
    Here is a good article from George Friedman from Geopolitical Futures. He spent some time in rural Canada and came up with this- his views on just how divided Canada really is and how they manage this in foreign policy matters.






    Read the entire article at the link.

    Managing divisions instead of exploiting and increasing them? What kind of polticians do they have? Decent and respectable $#@!s? Anyway, it is very much the unpopulated parts of Canada that allows the People of Canada to be who they are, regardless of where they live.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Peter1469 View Post
    I expect he leans towards globalism.
    I do too. "Deep divisions" are well known throughout history, why a government needs to step in and 'manage brilliantly' is beyond me. Can we not wipe even our own arses today?

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