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Originally Posted by eternallyme
Revisiting this issue...I really think a new provincial capital is necessary. The reason is simple: the fact it is in Toronto seems to push bureaucrats and parties even more to only focus on that city, knowing the GTA can form a majority government in itself.
But where would be the best place for a new Ontario capital?
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We could split it up into three:
Northern Ontario
Province population, ~730,000
Capital City, Sudbury: metro population of ~160,000 (22% of province)
Northern Ontario is very pro-NDP which would give them what they want for a change.
Southern Ontario
Province Population ~10,880,000 (excluding Ottawa/NCR)
Capital City, Toronto: metro population of ~5,583,000 (51% of province excluding Ottawa/NCR)
Rural areas are conservative strongholds, urban areas are mostly liberal with barely any NDP representation. Fairly sure they'd elect liberal.
National Capital Region
Province population ~1,400,000-1,500,000 estimate
Capital City, Ottawa/Gatineau (de-facto by federal district) (100% province population)
Rural areas are conservative strongholds, urban areas are mostly liberal but they can swing a bit. I don't know how they'd do election-wise.
This is an interesting bit, because it involves removing Gatineau/Hull/Aylmer from Quebec and merging it with the National Capital Region + Ottawa Valley to form a single federal entity.
Thoughts?