Canada cannot become a superpower like the US despite similar oceanic protection because the Canadian Shield (permafrost and hard ground) covers most of Canada, making agriculture and settlement impossible in the interior; nearly 90% of Canadians live within a few miles of the US border, severely limiting geographic advantage.
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“if you look at the population of Canada and then you impose it upon a map of Canada you will see that close to 90% probably more live within just a few miles of the American Border so yeah Canada is a massive country you look where everybody lives and it's nearly entirely along just a few mon miles above the border”
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Why Geography Explains the Ukraine War, China's Expansion and Everything Else— Decoding Geopolitics Podcast with Dominik PreslCreated: 8/11/2026, 1:24:02 AM
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