There is a really great and entnrtainieg movie/documentary on the subject. It’s called Lets all Hate Toronto and it’s hilarious. There’s this guy from Toronto travelling across Canada declaring National Toronto Appreciaition Day and gauging the response of the locals. Most people hated on the T-dot for their obliviousness to their percieved obliviousness to the rest of the country. And more hated them purely for the Leafs. Which I think is a totally legitimate reason.I personally don’t like Toronto. If I’m going to be going to a big city I prefer Montreal or Vancouver. There’s something much more lively and friendly about those cities to me. I’m not going to lie. I don’t like Toronto. It’s got some great museums, shops, parks, etc. But there’s something about the city itself that doesn’t appeal to me. It’s the vibe, man. And Toronto doesn’t have it for me.A lot of people dislike Ontario because it dominates everything. Or so they feel. In elections it doesn’t matter what Halifax votes. Everybody in the Maritimes could vote for the Elephant Party but it wouldn’t really make a difference because Ontario holds more seats. Ontario (and Quebec but they so often vote Bloc that they’re throwing their votes away) ultimately decides the government. So they feel underrepresented. Politicians often cater to Ontario’s values and desires because they NEED Ontario and Toronto in particular to cement elections. Toronto’s the target because it’s the biggest Ontario city and the most populous part of the most populous province. So the west and east feel politically overpowered.Imagine this. Canada is a highschool. And Ontario is the average, semi-popular, rich, sporty and preppy kids. The rest of canada are everyone else the loners, the geeks, the nobodies’. When prom rolls around Ontario wants to have a Barbie/Ken theme. Everyone else wants a Casino theme. Students vote and Barbie/Ken wins. When the senior trip rolls around, Ontario wants to go to a Britney Spears Concert, the rest want to go to an amusement park. Ontario wins. When the valedictorian slot comes available the rest want to vote for the affable yet totally nerdy Iqaluit. Ontario wants to vote for trendy Toronto. Toronto wins. Ontario/Toronto always has the advantage of SIZE and POPULATION.The rest of Canada feels ignored. Look at the CBC front pages. Fires are raging out of control in BC. Only now that we’re having full-scale evacuations AND the strike has ended’ are the fires getting substantial press. When the auto-manufacturers were going bankrupt everyone was getting their knickers in a twist over lost jobs in Ontario. Massive press, huge protests. Yet the closure of dozens of mills in British columbia is virtually unknown nation-wide. Our industry is collapsing and losing jobs and livelihoods, threatening entire towns and cities. But it wasn’t widely reported on like the crises with the auto-makers who’ve been overpaying their workers and skwandering their funds. The government wouldn’t even stand up in the softwood lumber dispute. If we were the deciding vote in elections, bet your *** politicians would have been spewing about lumber and forestry like nobody’s business.People are constantly criticizing the Alberta Tar Sands. Particularly those in Ontario. But what they don’t realize is that Ontario, as a province, is one of the biggest polluters on the continent. What about the COAL-POWERED operations led by the Ontario Power Corporation? How can you legitimately criticize Alberta for trying to produce oil and power when you’re using such a dirty and antiquated way of extracting power. It’s pure hypocrisy.
There is a really great and entnrtainieg movie/documentary on the subject. It’s called Lets all Hate Toronto and it’s hilarious. There’s this guy from Toronto travelling across Canada declaring National Toronto Appreciaition Day and gauging the response of the locals. Most people hated on the T-dot for their obliviousness to their percieved obliviousness to the rest of the country. And more hated them purely for the Leafs. Which I think is a totally legitimate reason.I personally don’t like Toronto. If I’m going to be going to a big city I prefer Montreal or Vancouver. There’s something much more lively and friendly about those cities to me. I’m not going to lie. I don’t like Toronto. It’s got some great museums, shops, parks, etc. But there’s something about the city itself that doesn’t appeal to me. It’s the vibe, man. And Toronto doesn’t have it for me.A lot of people dislike Ontario because it dominates everything. Or so they feel. In elections it doesn’t matter what Halifax votes. Everybody in the Maritimes could vote for the Elephant Party but it wouldn’t really make a difference because Ontario holds more seats. Ontario (and Quebec but they so often vote Bloc that they’re throwing their votes away) ultimately decides the government. So they feel underrepresented. Politicians often cater to Ontario’s values and desires because they NEED Ontario and Toronto in particular to cement elections. Toronto’s the target because it’s the biggest Ontario city and the most populous part of the most populous province. So the west and east feel politically overpowered.Imagine this. Canada is a highschool. And Ontario is the average, semi-popular, rich, sporty and preppy kids. The rest of canada are everyone else the loners, the geeks, the nobodies’. When prom rolls around Ontario wants to have a Barbie/Ken theme. Everyone else wants a Casino theme. Students vote and Barbie/Ken wins. When the senior trip rolls around, Ontario wants to go to a Britney Spears Concert, the rest want to go to an amusement park. Ontario wins. When the valedictorian slot comes available the rest want to vote for the affable yet totally nerdy Iqaluit. Ontario wants to vote for trendy Toronto. Toronto wins. Ontario/Toronto always has the advantage of SIZE and POPULATION.The rest of Canada feels ignored. Look at the CBC front pages. Fires are raging out of control in BC. Only now that we’re having full-scale evacuations AND the strike has ended’ are the fires getting substantial press. When the auto-manufacturers were going bankrupt everyone was getting their knickers in a twist over lost jobs in Ontario. Massive press, huge protests. Yet the closure of dozens of mills in British columbia is virtually unknown nation-wide. Our industry is collapsing and losing jobs and livelihoods, threatening entire towns and cities. But it wasn’t widely reported on like the crises with the auto-makers who’ve been overpaying their workers and skwandering their funds. The government wouldn’t even stand up in the softwood lumber dispute. If we were the deciding vote in elections, bet your *** politicians would have been spewing about lumber and forestry like nobody’s business.People are constantly criticizing the Alberta Tar Sands. Particularly those in Ontario. But what they don’t realize is that Ontario, as a province, is one of the biggest polluters on the continent. What about the COAL-POWERED operations led by the Ontario Power Corporation? How can you legitimately criticize Alberta for trying to produce oil and power when you’re using such a dirty and antiquated way of extracting power. It’s pure hypocrisy.