[Beedok]

I'm sorry, but in Alberta's case it's probably more that there's two cities of about equal size that's at play. If the capital were in Calgary but Edmonton was still the same size it is in our reality that they'd probably have a fairly similar power balance. The two are what like 150k apart maximum?

With Toronto's treatment, as people have brought up many times it's status as a large city means it produces disproportionate amounts of wealth for the province. I'm sure that even if the capital were in Barrie or London or where ever it would still seem to be getting special treatment thanks to it's economic importance. Maybe not to the same degree, but that wouldn't stop the rest of the province from complaining.