Hi,
Canadien history.is an odd one.
The Yankee rebels tried to spread the revolution to Canada (c1775?) and were soundly beaten back.
It is interesting to watch the French part (basically Qubec) want its own way.
IIRC, the Qubecers (Qubeciens?) wanted to form their own country about in the 1980s.
It would have torn the English Canada into two parts with Eastern part maybe a self reliant country and the western part (who has a lot of economic ties to the US) resulting in a two-part Canada or having the western part a separate country or even joining the US (make Alaska part of the contiguous US by the way).
The push for CN was to join the western Canada a bit more closely to the Eastern part. Heck CN seems to have been trying a General Sherman by dividing the US rail net some.
This is analogous to the early colony of Massachusetts being in two parts. The north eastern part became Maine. The southwestern part (No tacos or frijoles) ran from Boston to New Amsterdam/New York. Since the first 24" gauge common carrier was in Massachusetts and when it failed was transported to Maine (formerly Mass), it seems we have a 24" gauge connection connection also.
Logic does not hold up ewe dumbie. No matter what the "facts" or "raw data" is, you can prove almost anything from a single set of data including diametrically opposite positions. I have not done it in years but anyone can have their mind blown starting with their raw data and using "correct" analyeses and catch them off guard.
I do like proving both mutually exclusive claims from the same agreed upon data. I love the pollaxed steer look (where'd the wall come from?).
Back to your regular programing and stay tune next week on the same bat-channel, same bat-time.
Doug vV
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