I'm from Northern Ireland so this debate has a lot of similarities with what people and politicians in NI have been arguing over for decades. I think that what it comes down to, on a very simple level, is whether or not the citizens of the country or countries in question would like to change their nation in this way. Imperialism has, for the large part, died out and although borders have been broken down in a metaphorical sense by globalisation and free trade agreements, people still have a huge amount of national pride and are unlikely to consider a merger with another country a good idea if the only benefits are economic. In this case people are more likely to advocate a further liberalisation of economic borders.
I think that in order for people to agree to any sort of massive constitutional shift some sort of historical linkage or a feeling of injustice about the current state of affairs is needed. In both Northern Ireland and Scotland there is this sense of injustice, a feeling that centuries ago the indigenous people were suppressed etc. and this has led to a vocal minority of people who call for a change in borders. I don't think the same situation applies to the USA or Canada, except for a minority in the Southern states of the USA and the French speakers in Quebec.
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