WTF!!! There is no Envy, I was just pointing out HISTORY..
You're envious of a country which is more successful than yours.
Inferior to Britian, come man quit smelling the sheep ****.. It's ****ing with your head..
There's no shame in Canada being inferior to Britain. Because every country is, so there really is nothing to be ashamed of.
Living in Britian would be like Vancouver, BC during the rainy season just all year long for you..
Canada is under a vast polar ice cap, something which Britain has not been under for 10,000 years, and is so cold that boiling water freezes instantly the moment you take it outside, so I think it's a bit rich you poking fun at British weather.
It's a shame I have to remind you of that.
You wish Britian had a hold on the USA but as a child of Britian it grew up bigger and smarter than the parent, as many children do...
I wish Britain had a hold on the WHOLE WORLD, not just the USA, which was a minor non-important penal colony.
Sorta like the parent being a Coal Miner (Britian) and the child goes to University and becomes a Lawyer (USA).
Britain has contributed much more to this world and been far more successful than the USA has.
Britain's contribution to the fields of science, literature, the arts and the modern world has been far greater than the USA's.
As far as the Canadian military being second rate and if invaded it would look to Britian, not going to happen, the USA is Canada's protector, not the UK..
Britain is Canada's protector because Canada has a second-rate military equipped with Cold War-era equipment. Should Canada find itself threatened by a foreign power it would be the British having to bail you out.
But why have a huge military
You need a huge military so you can defend yourselves rather than rely on the best Armed Forces in the world (Britain's) and also the USA (they'll only come to your aid should they feel threatened themselves).