Suggest an auxiliary/ceremonial capital city for Canada. - Page 2

kwoldtimer · #21 Posted **May 2, 2016, 11:46 PM**

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I've heard it's one of the most pleasant butts in the land.

Warm and welcoming?

Corndogger · #22 Posted **May 2, 2016, 11:51 PM**

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Okotoks.

It's a nonsensical topic as far as I'm concerned (do we have money to burn?) but if we needed a "special" place Okotoks would be hard to beat.

vid · #23 Posted **May 3, 2016, 12:01 AM**

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It's a nonsensical topic as far as I'm concerned (do we have money to burn?) but if we needed a "special" place Okotoks would be hard to beat.

Okotoks would be great for hosting foreign dignitaries on account of its number of things to do.

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Warm and welcoming?

The warmest.

rousseau · #24 Posted **May 3, 2016, 12:10 AM**

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I'm thinking that we do need to look more closely at rousseau's butt.

I take a backseat to no one when it comes to exhibitionism, but I can't get behind this.

I was just being cheeky.

BIMBAM · #25 Posted **May 3, 2016, 12:15 AM**

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Why not Gatineau? Most government offices are already there.

Barring that, I third Rousseau's butt.

This is honestly the only choice that actually might have some real world rationale and feasibility at this point in our country's history. It'd turn the National Capital Region's other city from a junior partner and suburb into a peer, and serve as a symbolic gesture to French Canada of equal partnership. It would be a move to cement national unity. It also wouldn't really be that radical a move because, of course, Gatineau is already the seat of one quarter of the federal government. Making it co-capital could also potentially help with downtown revitalization efforts in Gatineau.

Pinion · #26 Posted **May 3, 2016, 12:22 AM**

Masset, BC. Even out the geography a little

Corndogger · #27 Posted **May 3, 2016, 1:27 AM**

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Masset, BC. Even out the geography a little

Too environmentally sensitive according to those who hate pipelines and tankers.

Acajack · #28 Posted **May 3, 2016, 1:30 AM**

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This is honestly the only choice that actually might have some real world rationale and feasibility at this point in our country's history. It'd turn the National Capital Region's other city from a junior partner and suburb into a peer, and serve as a symbolic gesture to French Canada of equal partnership. It would be a move to cement national unity. It also wouldn't really be that radical a move because, of course, Gatineau is already the seat of one quarter of the federal government. Making it co-capital could also potentially help with downtown revitalization efforts in Gatineau.

The federal government and its grand plans is arguably one of the reasons why Gatineau's downtown is so fucked up today, so...

kwoldtimer · #29 Posted **May 3, 2016, 1:34 AM**

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The federal government and its grand plans is arguably one of the reasons why Gatineau's downtown is so fucked up today, so...

Your are old enough to remember it before the burotowers from Hell?

Acajack · #30 Posted **May 3, 2016, 1:38 AM**

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Your are old enough to remember it before the burotowers from Hell?

No. They were built when I was a kid and living in the Maritimes. But I do know my local history!

kwoldtimer · #31 Posted **May 3, 2016, 1:40 AM**

I've always assumed that the area was a scenic delight, akin to the "vibrant community" in Lebreton Flats that was razed a few years earlier.

Acajack · #32 Posted **May 3, 2016, 1:43 AM**

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I've always assumed that the area was a scenic delight, akin to the "vibrant community" in Lebreton Flats that was razed a few years earlier.

Not nearly a delight, but perhaps a bit like Lower Town in Ottawa.

MolsonExport · #33 Posted **May 3, 2016, 2:17 AM**

Tuktoyaktuk.

Or North Battleford.

These are extremely obvious choices, I would think.

someone123 · #34 Posted **May 3, 2016, 3:42 AM**

Maple Creek. It would be the temperate winter capital. MPs would have to leave at the start of the torrid summer season in late February.

O-tacular · #35 Posted **May 3, 2016, 4:46 AM**

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Okotoks.

isaidso · #36 Posted **May 3, 2016, 5:04 AM**

Gatineau

Acajack · #37 Posted **May 3, 2016, 12:48 PM**

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Tuktoyaktuk.

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Then we could all get those cool University of Tuktoyaktuk t-shirts!

Tuk U!

SignalHillHiker · #38 Posted **May 3, 2016, 12:56 PM**

I wouldn't mind St. John's being a national capital again.

But if it's a serious question, then rotate the ceremonial capital among the province's and territories in sequence.

MolsonExport · #39 Posted **May 3, 2016, 1:12 PM**

^yeah, weighted by population proportions...PEI can hold it for 1 year out of every 300.

SignalHillHiker · #40 Posted **May 3, 2016, 1:27 PM**

Awesome.