Wouldn't Quebec get a decent chunk of the RCN anyway, or easily be able to purchase it, in the event of a peaceful split? The RCN would downsize quite a bit after a successful Quebec independece.
True. As a small nation with lots of fishing grounds to protect, they'd obviously be like Iceland in the Cod Wars and thus an invincible opponent.Newfoundland. Those Newfies are quite the empire-builders. Got to keep an eye on them.