The problem for Toronto, over the last half-century, is that Hogtown problems can never compete for priority along the filthy Ottawa trough. Toronto is the A-student that quietly turns in its work in a homeroom overrun with class clowns and those in need of extracurricular help. Toronto is the country’s V-12 economic engine, producing enough torque and horsepower to make it the second largest financial centre on the continent. Pick a sector, any sector, and Toronto is crushing it, including in tech, green energy, fashion, design, entertainment, digital media and life sciences. On Monday night, as the election returns came in slower than a three-toed sloth on Ambien, what you also quickly realized is that Toronto will never be on the country’s front burner.

Source: thestar October 22, 2019 02:37 UTC