Kudos on this article, Tim. I'm from Saint John, NB and currently live in Toronto. I recognize strands of this deluded dogmatism from both places, and see it is as symptomatic of a struggle to articulate an economy in an investor-heavy climate that sees success at an order of magnitude higher than could ever be achieved by an the actual capabilities of the place in question. Around the world, citizens of struggling municipalities are often held hostage to the shifting winds of wealthy executives and charismatic hucksters, but there does seem a peculiar susceptibility to the appeal of "world class" in Atlantic Canada.
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