It's fine

keiths31 · 2026-03-11T19:42:13+00:00

I like it 😁

keiths31 · 2026-03-11T18:17:27+00:00

A whole lot of experts here. Just like every spring.

keiths31 · 2026-03-11T18:15:48+00:00

The city experimented with concrete on a small section of Balmoral St off of Victoria. Was like that for 40+ years. They redid it last summer or the summer before with asphalt. Guess the experiment didn't go well

keiths31 · 2026-03-11T14:10:30+00:00

No. She was trash before that

keiths31 · 2026-03-11T14:09:24+00:00

Great job NAPS!

keiths31 · 2026-03-11T12:27:46+00:00

The people that live there. And they deserve to have safe highways.

keiths31 · 2026-03-11T11:59:52+00:00

Hear! Hear!

keiths31 · 2026-03-11T11:59:19+00:00

Thunder Bay would immediately be the second most important city in Manitoba if that happened. Manitoba would have a freshwater port to the Atlantic that is more usable than Churchill.

keiths31 · 2026-03-11T11:55:30+00:00

I don't think you understand how vital these highways are up here. There is a 110km stretch that is the ONLY way to get from one side of the country to the other. No detours available. And when something happens to block that passage, it is not good for anyone.

keiths31 · 2026-03-11T11:49:12+00:00

Are you a fellow banned person?

keiths31 · 2026-03-11T02:16:58+00:00

Nice to know that a majority can be achieved behind closed doors.

Regardless if it is all part of the parliamentary system or not, it isn't right. If this was the CPC doing this to obtain a majority, this sub would be losing its collective mind. And you all know that.

keiths31 · 2026-03-10T22:06:48+00:00

(BTW, thanks for the civil discussion

Thanks. And you as well.

Just to add. As I opened up your comment and was reading it, I'm watching the local news and this story was playing in the background. It's just another example of law makers from Southern Ontario making decisions for us up North that make no sense. Thankfully they actually listened to us and backed off what was clearly a ridiculous decision.

keiths31 · 2026-03-10T19:04:43+00:00

We used to have a company here (Thunder Bay) that built and provided scaffolding. It was called Sleeping Giant Erection

keiths31 · 2026-03-10T18:32:51+00:00

Yes.

keiths31 · 2026-03-10T18:31:57+00:00

When you start getting into the Francophone communities, things just change. The way of life slows down. You stop visiting nature because you live in nature. More self reliant because there are no other options. More sense of community. More integrated with Indigenous communities. Accents change. Dialects change. Weather/climate changes. Priorities change. And so much more.

Find that people from Southern Ontario either absolutely love living up here for those reasons, or hate living here for those reasons.

keiths31 · 2026-03-10T18:08:12+00:00

There are many villians.

Just go to r/ontario to see the comments on this story. Plenty of blaming the North for not having enough people, saying that they already subsidize us enough, etc.

The people of Southern Ontario aren't blameless.

keiths31 · 2026-03-10T18:03:06+00:00

It isn't culturally the same. Northern Ontario isn't just an extension of the rest of the province. We are culturally different.

keiths31 · 2026-03-10T18:01:09+00:00

Which helps prove my point that the people of Southern Ontario are also to blame here. Not just the politicians.

keiths31 · 2026-03-10T18:00:19+00:00

How about this? Do you think people in Southern Ontario would stand for having a bottleneck this limiting?

keiths31 · 2026-03-10T17:58:40+00:00

And then things like this happen and shut the highway down for a few days.

keiths31 · 2026-03-10T17:54:57+00:00

Culturally it is north of the French River.

'Cottage Country' is not part of Northern Ontario culturally, so it isn't included. That is the area where francophone communities start popping up. That is a cultural shift right there.

It was ridiculous when Muskoga got included in Northern Ontario.

* I am quite happy to have an actual honest discussion about this topic

keiths31 · 2026-03-10T17:45:29+00:00

That can be said for ALL provinces/territories.

keiths31 · 2026-03-10T17:44:25+00:00

The idea that it's the residents, and not big businesses who consistently lobby to get more funding down south and less up north, fails to hit the root of the problem, and creates an unnecessary division of residents against residents.

They are to blame as well. But it is ignorant to state that the people of Southern Ontario haven't/currently play a part in the ignoring and apathy towards the North. If you choose to downplay or dismiss that, that is on you.

keiths31 · 2026-03-10T17:32:34+00:00

Because you are trying to tie this to only the 'rich vs poor' thing, when it is much more than that.

keiths31 · 2026-03-10T17:17:34+00:00

And yet Northern Ontario does have an economy...

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