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  1. Reasons why Canada didn’t became a superpowers?
https://www.quora.com/Why-cant-Canada-be-a-superpower-like-the-USA

    1. “Other writers have already identified the order-of-magnitude population difference between Canada and the US as the immediate reason.
      This difference in populations between Canada and the USA has persisted for over two centuries (varying in magnitude), even when both countries had no immigration quotas back in the 1800s and early 1900s. While we can't know the exact motivations of early migrants, it seems likely that the much greater quantity of arable land in the USA and the generally more favourable climate were key factors.
      Unfortunately, this suggests that Canada has basically no chance of catching up, unless the USA were to somehow implode. Not that we want to be a military superpower, anyway. But it would be nice for us if our economy were as strong as the US economy---fewer of us would have to move south for better jobs.”

    2. “My most upvoted answer to date has been my June 2014 answer to Why didn't Australia become a world power, given its comparable background and size to that of the U.S?. There, I compared Australia to Canada, another country that was settled by British migrants almost two centuries after the foundation of the first British colonies in what is now the United States. Both of these countries have grown quite quickly, but they are still two centuries behind the curve, literally--the United States surpassed Canada's current population some time late in the 1860s. On top of this, both countries have hostile environments which impose real limits on the number of people who can live there, Canada's cold possibly becoming less of an issue in the context of global warming.
      Over at Is it possible that Australia could become a future superpower?, I just now addressed the question of whether Australia could do that. I think Canada has a better shot, if only because its environmental issues are less severe. For Canada to have the potential to be a superpower, though, it would need a much larger population than it currently supports. Since Canada fertility rates are not high enough to shift the country's population from the range of tens of millions to the hundreds of millions in a human lifespan, a very open immigration policy would be required. In addition to these crude demographic factors, Canada would also have to be capable of supporting this new, much larger population. How will this new Australia's economy function? Where will everyone live?
      The critical issue is that Canadians would have to want their new, larger, wealthier country to become a superpower. It's entirely possible they might opt out and concentrate on just living the good life. Right now, we're currently happy with our international profile. I can't imagine what would make us want to change this.”
  1. https://www.quora.com/Why-didn’t-Canada-become-one-of-the-superpowers

    1. “Countries are defined by there conditions and their surroundings. If the US never federated and each state became its own country (European or African style), and Canada was a be federated country, then Canada might have the conditions to be more involved. However, the US is a cohesive single nation, and will always dominate Canada’s economy, policies, culturally and socially.Doesn’t have to be that way, Canada could be playing a leading role in South America, in North Africa and in Europe. Canada could play a major role in the South China Sea. But Canada doesn’t see itself as leading nation, it follows, sometimes. It doesn’t. Canada benchmarks everything against the US.”

    2. “Canada has resources, but instead of being a nation of producers (by transforming the resources into useful things), it continues to be content exporting its resources to producing nations so THEY can create the things for the world. Canada started out as a colony, and for the reason I just highlighted, will never be a superpower - because it continues to think and act like a colony in the worst kind of way. Canada ain’t no Hong Kong or United States - both of which started as colonies of Britain before forging globally competitive economies for themselves. Ever notice how almost nothing is made in Canada, but some of the things the world uses are manufactured from materials that were exported out of Canada to productive nations? The other major reason why Canada didn’t become a superpower is because politically, the nation is much closer to socialism than the world’s leading superpowers. Rather than creating conditions favorable to entrepreneurship, creativity, and risk-taking, Canada drives away ambitious, highly skilled, and/or well-educated people by punishing them (with higher taxes) rather than enticing them to stay.”
  2. What role would it playout if Canada become a superpower? Would the British give away some of the Caribbean territories to Canada?

  3. What would be the Canada’s role in foreign affairs if it became a superpower in comparison to the US?
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