Pretty self-explanatory. When I say "world power", I mean Canada emerging from the 20th century on par with Britain in OTL (and rising).
Derek Jackson said:I think you also have to have Canada break with Britain?
Until the late 1860s Canada was actually a colony of Britain.
Query- Might Britain siding with the CSA have REALLY upset Canadians so much that they would do their own 4th of July?
Grey Wolf said:No
Why would Canada be pissed off about British backing for the CSA ?
Its not a logical position
The MAIN way to make Canada a world power is to boost
1. Population
2. Centres of population
With regard for the latter, Ottawa, Montreal, Toronto, Vancouver are not known as major industrial cities in this period, powerhouses with a future role etc
Grey Wolf
gettin tired
JLCook said:Yes, You'd have to find a way to drasticlly boost Canada's population. If you find a way to grant Canada vastly larger and more exploitable mineral resources such that huge numbers of people are required, giving Canada a vast immigration boost,, and then provide for the developement of a huge industrial base, it could be done!
Give Canada a population of 100,000,000 to 150,000,000 people and you'd have a Canad world power!
Grey Wolf said:No
Why would Canada be pissed off about British backing for the CSA ?
Its not a logical position
The MAIN way to make Canada a world power is to boost
Yes, they do. The industrialization requires a lot of manpower, ditto for a reasonable standing army.JimmyJimJam said:Question: Why are we all assuming Canada needs a high population base along with resources? Aren't there ways of achieving power without these (technology, good leadership, even being in the right place at the right time)? Look at Britain on the eve of Empire: did it have a high population and resource base?
Derek Jackson said:Until the late 1860s Canada was actually a colony of Britain.
LordKalvan said:Yes, they do. The industrialization requires a lot of manpower, ditto for a reasonable standing army.
In Britain, the Industrial Revolution was set up (among other things) by an abundant reservoir of manpower, created by the closure of the commons and the migration of a lot of evicted tenants toward the cities.
fhaessig said:Easy.
Due to different kingly/cardinal policies, you have mass emigration ( 2,000,000+ ) of french protestant to Canada before the 1670s. So France keeps Canada. Coureurs des bois explore and colonise the Mississipi and Link the colonies of Nouvelle France and Louisiana. The USA are limited to the Atlantic coast ( plus Cuba ). *Canada occupies the rest of the north American continent except for Mexico ( which includes California and Part of Texas ).
french majority superpower canada. double shudder.JimmyJimJam said:French majority Canada. Shudder.
Straha said:french majority superpower canada. double shudder.