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Originally Posted by Acajack
I know the reaction of many to what you're saying is to claim that other Canadians want to impose something on Toronto that just doesn't fit. I don't think that's true. I think there is room for Toronto to be Toronto. (Just at there is room in the US for NYC to be NYC.) I just don't think there much interest in mutual sharing and dialogue on the part of the GTA. And also that there is an unrequited eagerness in the ROC to see Toronto play more of a leadership role as the head of the family so to speak.
As I said upthread, the attitude seems to be "That Canadianistic stuff is cute and all, but we're just too busy doing more important shit with New York and New Delhi. So just follow our lead and STFU."
(This is also an appropriate moment to recognize that Quebec most definitely doesn't play ball very much with the rest of the country on such matters. Even less so than Toronto of course. But at least Quebec doesn't lay claim to a coast-to-coast leadership role.
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I wonder what kind of country Canada would be today if René Lévesque had not been elected and that had not kicked off the exodus of Corporate Canada from Montreal to Toronto. Would Montreal then be the #1 city in the land? And much more importantly, would the Expos still be playing?
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