Ontario City Wants To Secede, Join Manitoba

The pulp and paper company cited Ontario's high energy costs as one of its reasons for closing the mill. The closure means as many as 360 people will lose their jobs. Canfield told CBC News the mill might have stayed open if Kenora were a part of Manitoba. "Obviously if we were part of Manitoba, this wouldn't be happening, because the energy costs are less than half for this industry and a lot of other things are different," he said. Canfield said people in Kenora are growing increasingly frustrated with the feeling of alienation from the politicians in Toronto. He points out Kenora is 1,800 kilometres away from Toronto, but only 200 kilometres away from Winnipeg, the capital of Manitoba. "We would sooner be part of Ontario, work with the government, work co-operatively and be treated equally. Unfortunately, that just is not happening," he said. http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2005/08/04/kenora-separate050804.html

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