A long time ago Time Magazine ran a now famous story titled, "There Is No   
   Canada". Time declared what Americans called Canada was in fact 10 little   
   kingdoms spread out along the northern border of the United States that were   
   more hostile towards each    
   other than they were towards Americans. Being naïve,  I found this humorous;   
   however, now I'm not so sure.   
      
    Once I took my girlfriend MP to visit Cape Cod. There was a Tourist   
   Information just before the bridge going over to the Cape there is a map of   
   Cape Cod, the size of a billboard. While I was looking at the map a young   
   American said, "Americans are sick    
   and tired of the war between Ontario and Quebec. The people of Massachusetts   
   are going to let you and your girlfriend have a good vacation.   
      
   As  a student in Quebec City people would say to me openly in the streets,   
   "You're a spy from Ontario. We're going to make you pay for the sins of   
   Ontario."   
      
   When Brian Mulroney was leader of the Progressive Conservatives people in   
   Quebec City openly declared, "Brian Mulroney is a true son of the soil of   
   Quebec. He's going to take us to Ottawa and help us beat Ontario from there."   
      
   When I first came to study in Vancouver I rented in an upper income area. One   
   day at the local super market a woman reminded me, "You don't have any rights   
   in Vancouver or BC because you come from an other part of Canada. The only   
   rights you have here    
   are those you fight for."   
      
   Several years later the buzz topic of conversation in Vancouver was building   
   iron gates on the Rogers Pass in the Rocky Mountains to keep Canadians coming   
   into BC from Alberta.    
      
   JL - 09-24-16   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)