Why Canada isn’t a super power

I mentioned yesterday that we in England in currently experiencing the worst snow we’ve had in 6 years. It’s affecting us quite severely. Let me paint you a text based picture of the mayhem:

• There are no Southeastern (amongst other network) trains running into London at all.
• Sections of motorways and major A-roads are closed because of snow and snow based accidents.
• Countless schools are closed.

I’m sure this has negative effects on our economy in some pretty severe ways. Major sections of our capital’s workforce just can’t get into work, and those who work in more remote areas (hello me!) are quite simply boned.

I’m not trying to suggest that our country is a little bit on the useless side, but let’s take a look at Canada. They have some fucking crazy weather over there. To save you the trouble of clicking here is the vital information. Most of the country has snowdepth of over 30cm with approximately half the country having snow depth of over 50cm. That’s a whole half of a metre people! And those numbers are averages, which means at times there was probably deeper snow.

So what’s it like in England right now you ask? Barely 10cm in most places by the sounds of it.

This is just one day. Canada deals with this shit for months.

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