Joes you said elsewhere here "For much too long, the country known as Canada has inflicted it's damage on the people of BC ..." Maybe you should look to Alberta and the several hundred billion dollars Trudeau Sr. took from Alberta with his National Energy Program. You probably don't remember Sr. kept Alberta oil below world price while at the same time subsidizing the East oil price purchased from OPEC. Or the Petroleum Gas Revenue Tax put on Alberta oil and gas which funded exploration in the north and offshore.  I don't remember getting anything from BC for less than world price.
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And you said Canada is failure is wrong.  Perfect -- No,   
Opportunities lost -- without a doubt
But I would rather live in Canada with some imperfections than any other country in the world.  Well, maybe Bermuda too.