PS: I'm taking a class on Canada, and the country seems funny.

Regional conflict
Quebec thinking it should have special status
A dual executive (PM/GG)
First provinces that formed Canada that have at least 40% more seats than ones that were added subsequent to the confederation (e.g Alberta has 6 and Nova Scotia has 10)

Justinian
depends on the scale of the map, ass!

easy,it is about  political correctness.
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Hmm...  Scale has nothing to do with it.

When you have a huge expanse of nothingness.....Canada....you are GREATFUL to be able to put SOMETHING on the map.

And water and tar sands that you wish you had

Baker Lake is likely on the map, because it's one of the largest cities in the North. By comparison, the capital of Nunavut, Iqaluit has a population of 6000. The capital of Yukon, Whitehorse, has a population of 22000.

Regional conflict happens everywhere. It's probably more noticeable in Canada because of a couple of factors. The first is that we don't have too many provinces. The second is that the majority of the population is concentrated in Ontario and Quebec (60% or so).

The third is...well...if you're interested, read up on "transfer payments".

Section 36(2) of the Constitution Act 1982

    (2) Parliament and the government of Canada are committed to the principle of making equalization payments to ensure that provincial governments have sufficient revenues to provide reasonably comparable levels of public services at reasonably comparable levels of taxation. (96)

Those get lots of people (re: Albertans) steaming mad If you want to read a bit about them:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equalization_payments

The dual executive isn't really a dual executive. The last time a Governor General disobeyed the wishes of the PM was in the 1920s with the King-Byng crisis.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King-Byng_Affair

Your tally of seats is somewhat off. Wiki lists the guaranteed minimum number of seats for each province.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_House_of_Commons

Canada is by far the best country in northern america

even mexico

Old thread, but you guys need to get your facts straight:
If it's a 50:50 split on a vote in Paraliment, the speaker of the house will cast the deciding vote, not the Governor General. The GG is a purely ceremonial position.

As for Quebec being given special status? That claim is based upon the fact that the majority of Quebeckers are a minority within the country, and have a slightly different history then white, english specking Canadians.

Oh yea.... Quebeckers are different.

They are White, French and English speaking, Canadians.

Same as the TEXICANS, or CREOL, or ........... any significant large portion of different Americans that come together as one.

But, leave it to the only difference being that they speak FRENCH be the wrench in the entire fabric of being "Canadian."

Being "French Canadian" is not enough......... no they want to BELIGIUM the Country.

Canada actually comes from 'Canata' which is 'eskimonian' for 'Village', but the settlers thought it meant 'kingdom'

that was part of what I learned this monday hehe, aswell about nova scotia and the french, the dual system (which isn't that strange)

and don't be stubborn, get allong with the french