Anyone want to start an Ontario party?

[viktor_haag]

Don't look now, but the notion of Canada as a federal union may well be passé. How long before these guys field federal candidates to "more properly represent the unique interests of Saskatchewaners as a nation within a nation"?

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[madmanofprague.livejournal.com]

Can we call it the Toronto And Some Other Stuff Party?

[viktor-haag.livejournal.com]

I'm sure my father, his rural pals, and all their firearms would be only too happy to meet with you to congratulate you on your choice of name... 8)

[james-nicoll.livejournal.com]

Parties like that are a fine old Canadian tradition: the Nova Scotians formed one within minutes of Confederation back in 1867. Almost every province save for Ontario has had one and we had a *regional* party up north that wanted to chop Northern Ontario off from the southern bit.

[thebitterguy]

Oh, God, cutting us loose of the drain on provincial resources that is the north! What a wonderous world that would be.

I mean, seriously, what's the income for fees on lumber these days?

[james-nicoll.livejournal.com]

Oh, God, cutting us loose of the drain on provincial resources that is the north! What a wonderous world that would be.

Well, except that creating a new province requires amending the constitution. I guess we could tack New Ontario (as the north used to be called) onto Manitoba or make it into a territory.

We'd still end up sending money there via transfer payments.