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Default 150 years ago.....

On 9/1/14 11:52 AM, True North wrote:
We barely escaped the rabid snarling jaws of Yankee Imperialism and it's so called 'manifest destiny'
Yes, we were afraid the North would turn it's attention to us after defeating the South.

Only trouble is... the new confederation was tilted in favour of Ontario and Quebec and Nova Scotia quickly dropped from probably the richest province to a poor cousin after it's normal trading partners in the Boston States disappeared.

http://thechronicleherald.ca/opinion...ar-made-canada


You lucked out...remaining a province of Canada. Had you been taken over
by the USA, you'd be as backwards and racist as we are.