Cheeks

It was a tongue in Cheek comment unfortunately the Cheeks belong to a rear end television network. About two days ago a story about a new provincial tax on diamonds wound up on the firing line of this blog. I was encourage to contribute to the dialog in TVO comment site.

TVO is a provincially owned agency that operates a substandard television network chalked full of CBC wannabees, use to bees, and general quasi functional intelligentsia. Actually when I had cable if it weren't for the Saturday Night at the Movies I would be the first to ditch this media dinosaur. But the topic was this horrid tax.

Below is the text that I submitted to the TVO discussion website. To date it hasn't appeared. Open and frank discussions about Northern Ontario are not allowed. Why did Rob Woito trust these guys?

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For almost forty years I have been advocating the division of Northern Ontario from Southern Ontario. For that reason I actually hope this tax does go through. Something is needed to spur the movement to separation. And this tax will be it.

I take the contrary view. It will help.

There is no point in reiterating in this forum the spectacularly long list (southern ontario media insist on misusing the religious word litany) of grievances. All actions specifically directed to harm Northern Ontario. It goes from the Spring Bear Hunt, Softwood Lumber, Gun Registy, underfunding of schools, over taxation of Northern industries, provincial sales tax and more.

Now this wholly inappropriate mineral tax comes from the greedy minds of Queens Parks politicians. I mean it keeps getting longer every day but something like this is totally good. First its a sneaky tax. Second its specifically maliciously directed against Northern Ontario.

And like. Its not that any southerner really cares. I mean the mineral money goes to them.

So this tax makes the dream possible. Most Northern Ontario people are gentle loyal hard working and private people. They would prefer quiet isolation of a park than the fiery political environment necessary to achieve political self determination.

The separation of Northern Ontario will take place in major two stages. First, Northern Ontario must leave Ontario. Second Northern Ontario must convince Canada to recognize it as a full independent province within Canada. It requires the formation of an aggressive political party never seen before. And it doesn't matter whether or not the party is "officially" registered in Ontario or Canada.

As far as the mechanism of independence from the province it will be totally peaceful begun by a referendum enacted by the municipalities of Northern Ontario. I am a fan of Ghandi. A series of peaceful protests and substantially important commercial disruptions will occur. Caledonia will look like a tea party hosted by the Daughters of the Empire.

This should encourage a separation concession by Southern Ontario or face decades of economic and political disruption. If that unlikely event occurs I should also state I am also a devoted fan of Clausewitz.

And such a sequence of events cannot be accomplished without the greed and avarice of Southern Ontario. Every successful revolution really needs a trigger any silly little trigger will do. The American Revolution had a lowly tea tax. The French had cake. Vietnam welcomed the French colonial fleet into Haiphong. Any little thing.

So heck. I am really in favor of this tax. I say bring it on. Make my dream.