In A Nation Too Good to Lose, former Canadian Prime Minister
Joe Clark worried that the future of Canada was by no means guaranteed:
“I am surprised by the number of thoughtful Canadians, particularly
outside Québec, who assume that Canada will stay together in the
future simply because it has stayed together in the past” (1994,
50). He noted that, “There is no rule that says every country should
succeed, and none that requires failed countries to stay together. Divorce
is acceptable in international relations. So no one argues that Canada
should stay together just because it is here” (125).