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Old Posted Oct 18, 2019, 5:49 PM
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Originally Posted by Acajack View Post
My wife is descended from people who were part of the first waves of farmers in that part of Ontario. Must have been a tough life.

Then the regional economy quickly shifted toward forestry and mining.
Tangential question re: that area of Northern Quebec.

Do the residents of Rouyn or Val d'Or ever feel slighted by the Province of Quebec in the same way that residents of Northern Ontario do sometimes?

It is quite isolated from the rest of the province - the only link between the north and south is Quebec Route 117 and it's a pretty remote drive. I'd imagine that Montreal and Quebec City would feel very far away, like how someone in Timmins might feel Toronto is very far away, both in distance and politically speaking.

Or is it just not a thing?
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