Should The City Of Toronto Become Canada’s Eleventh Province?

Here is a letter from today’s  Toronto’s Star:

Al McPherson says Toronto should become Canada’s  eleventh province? What do you think? Is Mr. McPherson  writer off the mark or does he have a point? How would Toronto’s elevated status help the city? How would it not?

Re:There’s no pain-free way

to cure city’s ills, Opinion Feb. 5

Hugh MacKenzie suggests that Torontonians need to pay more taxes. What we really need to do is keep more of the taxes we pay in Toronto. We can do this by making Toronto Canada’s 11th province.

Our city has more people than all four Atlantic provinces combined. It is stupid to allow Toronto to have less power than P.E.I. or New Brunswick. We need provincial status – and soon – to be able to fix the problems outlined in Mr. MacKenzie’s essay.

Al McPherson, Toronto