| Ontario's economic decline will strain Canadian unity Ontario's decline from its traditional role as Canada's economic engine is setting off alarm bells about the implications for Canadian unity.
Since Confederation, Ontario was Canada's centre of gravity, a thriving manufacturing hub that consumed resources from the rest of the country and for the last few decades was the source of much of the money the federal government paid out in equalization payments.
Equalization is designed to ensure all provinces can offer comparable
levels of health, education and social services. it's become part of the federation's bedrock.
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jfmezeiPremium
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Got news for ya: Ontario has only been Canada's economic engine since the mid 1970s when half the companies moved from Québec to Toronto. Before that, Montreal was the metropolis, the economic centre, the largest city and toronto was just home to branch plants of american companies.
The trend started before the PQ got to power, but it was really after 1976 that the decline accelerated with the loss of major head offices and manufacturing capacity.
It was ironic to see the PQ say "god riddance" to Sun Life (insurance), but when Cadbury announced they were moving to Nontario, the PQ begged them to stay. I guess chocolates are more politically difficult to lose than insurance  |
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| Nice revisionist history, but wrong (though it is true that the PQ's rise to power did give Ontario an additional boost).
Hey, wind power will save us. Oh, wait... |
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said by jfmezei:Got news for ya: Ontario has only been Canada's economic engine since the mid 1970s when half the companies moved from Québec to Toronto. Before that, Montreal was the metropolis, the economic centre, the largest city and toronto was just home to branch plants of american companies.
The trend started before the PQ got to power, but it was really after 1976 that the decline accelerated with the loss of major head offices and manufacturing capacity.
It was ironic to see the PQ say "god riddance" to Sun Life (insurance), but when Cadbury announced they were moving to Nontario, the PQ begged them to stay. I guess chocolates are more politically difficult to lose than insurance
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| I thought that quebec always was getting money from the rest o canada, or well just cause, right ? corect me here ..
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by the way why don't we tax bad ideas in Ontario's parlimentary tax dealins ,
oorr em non taxes like ExtraBilling on everything from oil filters to e-lektronik quipment and Dalton nose sharpenins ?
Do we pay pst on the extra billing charges ?  |
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Yup, I think you should pay an extra $50 fed tax just to be able to say I am from TO, or any of its surrounding brothels.........oakhoe to ajizz, to ............... to whoreMarket.
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Where is Ontario? |
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North York, ON | reply to GeoStar
said by GeoStar:I thought that quebec always was getting money from the rest o canada, or well just cause, right ? corect me here ..
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by the way why don't we tax bad ideas in Ontario's parlimentary tax dealins ,
oorr em non taxes like ExtraBilling on everything from oil filters to e-lektronik quipment and Dalton nose sharpenins ?
Do we pay pst on the extra billing charges ?
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Ontario is facing a heap of problems and it will get worse as they continue to lose their manufacturing base throughout the province. Tough times ahead indeed.
You can be sure Ontario will be one of the top beneficiaries of equalization payments in the near future; probably even surpassing the province of Quebec. |
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