1976 - How Ontario Achieved Its Imperial Position

This article by William Y. Smith, has a lot about it that rings true.  Forty-two years later, things do not seem terribly different.

In the digital age, when communication is virtually instant, and where the great Canadian geography could often be worked to commercial advantage, for some reason, the country still clusters primarily in the "Golden Horseshoe".  Curious when we are long past the ascendancy of the horse.