There were more people who fled Ontario to other provinces and territories in 2021 than have left the province since 1981. And they left because of harsh lockdowns, the cost of housing and the ability to work from home.
Ontario will continue to suffer its fate as the northern edge of the great rust-belt. Free trade started it, bad provincial energy policy accelerated it. Covid policy helped of course and the final nails in the coffin will be US protectionism and Justin’s economy killing green-scams.
