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reply to FaxCap

Re: Chicago Tribune Gives Canada a Shout Out

Don't worry, your point is obvious enough that I already figured it out for myself.

reply to Gone
Not only is Toronto a Canadian city, it's probably the most typically Canadian of all our major cities -- diverse, tolerant, and with a balance of business and entertainment. Montreal is wonderful but for many reasons is totally unique, Vancouver is afflicted by whatever is trapped in the air between the Rockies and the Pacific that makes them the way they are, and most other cities just reflect regional characteristics, the way Saskatoon will always be Prairie Town and Calgary, Oil Town.
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"The promoters of the global economy see nothing odd or difficult about unlimited economic growth or unlimited consumption in a limited world."
-- Wendell Berry

reply to Misaow
No it was par baked, not frozen

reply to DKS
How can any list of best-things-in-Canada omit "beer" and "Elisha Cuthbert" and expect to be taken seriously?

and Kimmy too

reply to fast4ward
Boss was an awesome show, well written,well acted.
Too bad America loves shows like How I met your mother instead

reply to Wolfie00

Not only that, but almost three-quarters of Calgary's head offices are energy companies, mostly oil and gas. Toronto not only has twice as many corporate head offices, but they are more diversified.
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"The promoters of the global economy see nothing odd or difficult about unlimited economic growth or unlimited consumption in a limited world."
-- Wendell Berry

Yup, and this is also the reason why the number of HQs in Calgary climbed dramatically in the last ten or so years, as that's when the price of oil - and in turn, the value of the tar sands - increased.

reply to DKS
Canada has a petro dollar not an Ontario manufacturing dollar.
Ontario is carrying a debt that may bury it some day soon.

FaxCap

And what's your point again, FaxCap?

Or, like before, is it obvious enough for everyone to figure out for themselves?



As for dollars and debt, my oh my what a short term memory Western Canadians have when it comes to debt and the economy of their own provinces.

Care to share with us what prompted you to turn this into yet another [Insert Western Canadian Province Here] vs. Ontario "discussion" ?

reply to DKS
Sure....the story was about Canada not Toronto/Ontario.

FaxCap

Toronto and Ontario are both a part of Canada. Sorry to burst your bubble.

reply to DKS
Chicago doesn't have sesame seed bagels? What the helllll?

Also, why no shout out for our butter tarts? Me angry!
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If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough. - Albert Einstein

reply to Gone

reply to DKS

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Chicago and Toronto may as well be twins separated at birth. This isn't surprising.

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