Talk:Southern Ontario
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I have found some difficulties in discovering some of the routes for the underground railroad. One of the questions that I have are where did the various lines of escape end. I know of several in the United States but very few in Canada and yet we know that many escaped slaves came to Canada to find their freedom. I know of one such area in in a small community called Canfield. As a matter of fact not only was this part of the underground railroad but many of these ex-slaves settled not far from there. There later grew a small settlement of these escaped slaves on what became unofficially known as the "Darkie Side Road" this was not a slur against anyone but rather intended for reference alone. This information came from word of mouth and I am in the process of attempting to confirm some of this.
By A. Gowling
[edit] Clarification
"...more arable land in the south" -- how many of those nearly 12 million work on farms? I rest my case.
"...its more moderate climate" -- compare Southern and/or Northern Ontario to, oh ... Arizona? I rest my case.
"...proximity to populated areas of the United States" -- Thunder Bay is 28 minutes from the US border. I rest my case.
Bottom line: GOVERNMENT. Massive government interference in the private capitalist economy over 200 years. That's how you explain Southern Ontario.
Please read David Kilgour's: "Inside Outer Canada"; http://www.david-kilgour.com/inside/index.htm
... and Easterbrook & Watkins': "Approaches to Canadian Economic History"; http://www.amazon.ca/Approaches-Canadian-economic-history-selection/dp/088629021X/ref=sr_1_1/701-6255712-1451566?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1177217999&sr=8-1
Everything that Southern Ontario has (including its almost 12 million people) has come from the government subsidized exploitation of a traditional staple-based natural resource economy, aided by a British modelled (and un-American) parliamentary system. Had Canada had a US-style Senate, with effective representation based on geography, not population, things might've been different.
Think of it: Canada is 1/10th of America, so that means that the New York/Connecticut/New Jersey tri-state area (equivalent to Southern Ontario) should have almost 120 million people? And the BosNYwash megalopolis (equivalent to Southern Ontario and Southern Quebec combined) should have 180 million people? Instead, it has 45; I rest my case.
Be it import tariffs, differential freight rates, centralized banking laws, or preferential government procurement, everything in Canada's history has been aimed towards protecting and nurturing the Southern Ontario - Southern Quebec urban corridor ...
... at the expense of -- and to the detriment of -- the rest of Canada. 74.101.192.117 05:27, 22 April 2007 (UTC)
