Country Divided

It's not a nice thing to think of your country, the place your ancestors called home more than a 100 years ago, splitting into 2 or even 3 separate countries.  Quebec has often been a source of disgruntled citizens wanting to separate from Canada but it's only recently that I became aware that western Canada, the prairie provinces, felt the same way.

Maybe Canada is too big.  Maybe the differences from east to west are too vast to make one cohesive country.  Maybe it's just that the grass often looks greener on the other side.  Make a change and there will be instant gratification.

I've always felt that Quebec is catered to by the rest of the country and given more than their fair share of government resources but learning that the western provinces also want out is a sad thought.  It would kind of leave little old Ontario stranded in the middle.

Would we be swallowed up by the United States?  I'm betting that would be a natural option and Canada, as a country, would disappear forever.  

Who would have thought that there was a good probability that a country as huge as Canada could actually be broken apart and disappear from the map?  I have to admit that it could happen.