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Originally Posted by SignalHillHiker
Probably not much. Canada is exceptionally bad at this sort of nation building. If we’d gotten Alaska, I’m sure Anchorage today would be no bigger than Prince Rupert. And the same for this territory, unless Vancouver consequently developed farther south. But Canada definitely would never accomplish two large cities on the west coast.
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If Canada was in control of the PNW (including Alaska) there is no guarantee that the likes of Boeing or Microsoft would establish themselves in Canada. We have a poor record of growing great establishment of the likes of those giants.
Look at our sports and entertainment. Until the NHL was wholly taken over by Americans it was going to remain a niche sport confined to New England and the Great Lakes region. It wasn't until the American Bettman pushed the NHL to expand into non traditional markets. Would that have happened if the head office remained in Toronto or Montreal? I highly doubt it.
Our entertainment industry (English) is a laughable and anyone with an ounce of talents seems to head to the states as soon as they can.
Same with our Universities both in research and sports. Every Canadian kid in sports seems to have dreams of getting a NCAA scholarship or an Ivy League Law degree. Our schools are content to not do the work to make it attractive for the best student and student athletes to stay in Canada.
On the professional sports side we laugh at the leagues that remain in Canada (CFL, CPL, CEBL) and only seem to care or feel validated if Toronto is playing New York vice playing Edmonton.
Hell we can't even muster the courage to renovate our Prime Minister's Official Residence!
Canada is a cheap, small minded provincial country. We could be so much more
but our inferiority complex holds us back.
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