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Originally Posted by MarchHare
Dude, do you realize that the vast majority of Canada's landmass is sparsely or almost completely uninhabited? It's not like there are thousands of commuters driving from Alert to Iqaluit daily.
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You're right.. no one commutes from Alert to Iqaluit daily... but how about the essential and frequent road and rail traffic from Vancouver to Calgary, Calgary to Edmonton, Calgary to Regina, etc.
Germany's land size, with 82 million people could fit in Alberta from Edmonton to the US border. Ditto Japan and its 127 million people. There are significant advantages to density that Canada simply can never enjoy, particularly Western and Northern Canada. The time (and fuel) required to ship goods to cities and towns simply does not compare between Canada (a net supplier of fuel) and Japan (a net purchaser of fuel). Shooting the country in the foot for political ideology is very irresponsible.