quebec is a province, not one that i particularly like, for the last 30 years or so, they have been trying to break off and become their own country, but the problem is it's locates inside of canada, so it would break land ties from nova scotia, pei, new brunswick, and newfoundland (more provinces) from the rest of canada, additionally, CFB st-jean (canadian forces base st-jean-sur-richaleu) is the biggest training facility for the canadian armed forces, there is one other training facility located in ontatio, but it's more of just an overflow for basic they need to get done that won't fit in st-jean
and of course we can't train our troops in a foreign country, if quebec breaks off and becomes a new country...