Canadians are more talkative, and that is because they generally have more to say. I always understood that the QC'ers used channel 1, but Rich is also correct that farther east they do as well. I feel bad for the QC'ers and Pakistanis, they take a lot of heat in Ontario for sure!
What is the point of a channel 29, I can't even raise my "brothers" when I pass them, let alone any other expeditors. When I get a little bored, I leave 19 on and have some conversations in the states. Inevitably, some ex-con (you can always seem to tell) starts up the garbage, and off it goes... Just the way it is these days...