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Originally Posted by esquire
Well, what is the downside to not recognizing Scotland by virtue of a 51% plurality?
I mean, we don't fully recognize Taiwan, do we? I'm not aware of any drawbacks to that, however.
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That's a really good question.
I would assume that the millions of Canadians of Scottish origin are somewhat distanced from their "Scottishness", and that there isn't that big of a passion among them that is unanimously in favour of the Yes side. My guess is that a lot of people are only mildly interested, and that of those who have a view they would probably be split between Yes and No supporters.
So there probably wouldn't be that much pressure on the government to recognize an independent Scotland if ever the Yes side did win.
It's not like if the Punjab declared independence. Then there would be considerable political pressure on Ottawa.