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We generally don’t like to be reminded of that … or, at least, we don’t like to be reminded of that if the smaller and rural connotation moves from notions of quaint adorable or spunky to the reality that it dissuades businesses and people from relocating here. Enticements to airlines? Deregulation? Slashed airport fees? Incentives? Tax breaks on fuel here? Maybe. Maybe not. But let’s think of something because complaining and playing politics hasn’t really accomplished much.
It even affects the capital of Canada, Ottawa. Often you can’t get there from here unless you fly through the centre of the universe, Toronto.