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EricS5617

I am an American and I'm VERY upset that my people are so ignorant some of them don't even know Canada is part of NATO.So I want to drive somewhere in Canada to get far far FARRR away from the USA geographically and politically (well not really, this is a joke but if it weren't), the problem would be ....(Read below)Windsor is too close to Michigan, Niagara is too close to Detroit, London and Toronto are less than an hour from Lake Eerie which is a Ferry's ride away from New York stateOttawa too close to Thousand Islands, New YorkMontreal is too close to Vermont, Quebec City is too close to freakin MaineThe Maritimes....The Maritimes! St. Johns, Laborador City! MAYBE Sault Ste Marie is too close to MichiganAnd anything on the road over Lake Superior you're only a freakin lake away from the USAWinnipeg is too close to North Dakota, Thunder Bay too close to Minnesota, Regina and Calgary too close to Montana, Edmonton too close to USA....(politically speaking) Saskatoon (MAYBE) Prince Albert is too small,Canadian Rockies (too touristy)-all those American tour groups in Banff and Lake Louise and Jasper and Kamloops and WhistlerVancouver and Victoria too close to WashingtonYellowknife!......maybeWhitehorse and Dawson too close to AlaskaIqaluit is not accessible by road and anywhere up there is too freakin DanishSo I should consider Labrador City, Saskatoon, and Yellowknife? to be in Canada and nowhere near the states?Most frustrating is how treacherous it is in winter to drive from Winnipeg to Toronto without crossing into the states. I'll take the dangerous 2-lane road conditions to FIGHT the forces making you have to drive into the USA.Ughhh...whoops correction...Niagara is too close to NiagaraSince there are few roads North, I may have to drive on the grass to get far enough away from the states. Would I be stopped for that?Wait if I drive on the grass to go north of where roads go, I'm exercising Freedom of Mobility under the Charter, right?My mobility rights ought be protected by Canada's Charter of Rights and Freedoms. If I'm trying to get AWAY from the US and the road East of Thunder Bay forces me to a width of 2 lanes?That's entrapment, I should be able to drive onto the grass north of this prison-like roadEdit: Uranium City, SK is only accessible by road in wintertime I believe. La Ronge is the end in summerI guess the the heart of the heart of Canada does not necessarily have anything to do with the geographic centre. Otherwise Baker Lake would be the place to be

chuckles9516617

There are no other big Canadian cities than on your list. A smaller one might be Uranium City, Saskatchewan. Maybe Fort Smith in the NWT

xomoc

St John,s Newfoundland

RandyB5065

Um....check your map. Niagara is much, much (touching except for the river) New York State in general and the big city of Buffalo (no disrespect to Niagara Falls NY) in particular. And your interpretation of "freedom of mobility" is too "American". Our mobility rights mean that we have the right to move, both inside and outside Canada and that is reflected in Section 6 of the Charter. It gives every citizen (read CITIZEN) the right to enter, remain in, and leave Canada. It also gives both citizens and permanent residents the right to move into any province and pursue an economic livelihood. However, these latter rights can be reduced by certain types of provincial laws and programs including the requirements that people not drive on the grass where ever they want in order to trek up north. Driving on a two lane road is not entrapment since you are free to choose whether or not to drive AND you are not forced to go only one way. You are free to drive either way within that road. Since you always have "a way out" that you can consciously take or disregard it's not entrapment in any way. Also, our entrapment laws are very different then yours so your (semi comedic) argument won't work in this case.

KarenL9980

Since all the bigger cities seem to have the problem of being too close to the US in one way or another, I guess you're SOL.

Kayla0327

All I can say is move to Nunavut. The states is no where close to there.

spookie

Saskatoon is your city hands down. The surroundings are pretty and the people are open minded and friendly. To my thinking they embody most of the universal Canadian stereotype..you know - polite apologists, reasonably well educated, secular, law abiding, handy in the woods and in the sack but mostly, dammed polite. The winters are amongst the coldest that you will find. However, this services to protect the city by 1) keeping passionless people out and 2) ensuring an end to mosquito season.Saskatoon, go for it. If my wife were not a big city Brit I would buy an old pickup and head there today.

StN

The problem with your criteria is a big city and apparently road accessibility. The roads in Northern Ontario may be only two lane but they do have the occasional passing lane and are well maintained in winter. We even have the inland route through Kapaskasing to avoid winter storms. I think you may want to settle for St John's or Labrador City.

GeneD

Saskatoon is NOT a big city. The only really large city that's far from the US border is Edmonton.