If you ask average Ontarians why their province has lost upwards of 200,000 well-paying manufacturing jobs in the past dozen years, most would probably blame globalization.
Average Ontarians (particularly those in the Greater Toronto Area) vote Liberal by default. So, it’s easy to convince them that greedy corporations have used freer trade to move jobs offshore in search of higher profits at the expense of workers.
The truth, though, is that Ontario’s obsession with “green” energy drove up input costs for manufacturers by doubling their electricity bills.
