Because we are one country, bound together by remorseless history. Thirty years ago, more or less, the Trudeau-led Liberals initiated a process, a movement even, to expunge actual Canadian history, and replace it in the schools and media with a Potemkin village of a Canadian history, filled with struggling workers and women oppressed by the patriarchy, various other folk-marxist takes on life and let's not even approach the First Nations question.
I see I'm starting to slide into a rant, so I'll just say the politically correct Canadian Establishment party line is false ... faux - it's all BS in both official languages.
Canadian history is actually compelling, inspiring, and ... almost lost. Harper is proving to be a tough, smart leader. So there is hope!
I understand that, and I don't mean to get you fired up, but would Canada really be off worse without Quebec? They don't like you, they're liberal, they're basically French.
Wouldn't you be richer, more conservative and more cohesive without that province?