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Originally Posted by YUNEMUS
At least Boeing and Microsoft would have been Canadian companies  
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They just would be located somewhere else. Maybe California. Those companies wouldn't develop in Canada. Boeing is a a machine in the US Military industrial complex, and Microsoft was reliant on US venture capital. Neither would happen north of the border.
Canada would likely have a much higher population and Vancouver would be a small backwater town. Seattle would likely be Canada's #2 city above Montreal, and a huge portion of the country's growth would be happening in the area due to the favourable climate (Canada without the cold!) and accessibility to the Californian economy.