What if Ontario 100 years ago said that all tax remittances by Ontarians have to be cycled back to Ontario?
How would that have impacted the development of Canada and its hinterlands? How would that have impacted the economic structure and social systems we enjoy today?
Or is there no dividend to maintaining a broadly equitable level of services across the federation? Some here think so.
I don't think the answer is that simple. In either case, we aren't discussing this like the policy issue that it is. We're discussing it to feel superior and project blame for our situation on well-worn tropes and myths that are mostly irrelevant.
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