Growing up in and around Toronto, there were two questions my parents never asked me. Read this article for free: Already have an account? To continue reading, please subscribe: * Growing up in and around Toronto, there were two questions my parents never asked me. Read unlimited articles for free today: Already have an account? Opinion Growing up in and around Toronto, there were two questions my parents never asked me.
One was “when are you gonna get married?” My folks split up when I was young and marriage was, you know, not an issue. The second was “would you please promise me you’ll stay in Ontario after school is over and never leave?” Premier Wab Kinew (middle) chats with attendees before giving a state of the province address at a Manitoba Chambers of Commerce breakfast on Tuesday morning. (Mike Deal / Free Press) As it turned out, I did leave my home province upon completing school to take a summer internship at the .
When that ended in the fall, I landed at gig at the . I can’t say this was all planned out: Winnipeg was really just the first job offer I got as I was travelling eastward on my way back to my mom’s basement in Etobicoke. I didn’t think my decision to leave Ontario and head west was that noteworthy.
That was, until I was firmly rooted in Manitoba and learned that leaving your home province — and perhaps contributing to a net loss in population from interprovincial migration — was a crime against the economy. I looked on with stunned .