Ontario has never been…

Ontario has never been uncompetitive, so "restoring" its competitiveness is a red herring, a straw man. But, if you want Ontario to be truly competitive, with the lowest common denominator, you should consider outlawing labour unions, eliminating minimum wage legislation, lowering the minimum working age to nine to allow for more child labour (I hear they're cheap),....... No? Never or just not this term of office? Then we can keep up with India, Bangladesh, Nigeria, Venezuela..... Who are our competitors? The developed world or the Third World? Free trade with much of Asia has made the Third World our competitors, so if you want Ontario to be competitive with them, child labour sweat shops are the way to go. Who knows -- we might even lure back air-duct-cleaner call centres to Ontario. Is Europe our competitors? I would hope so and I would hope we are already competitive with them. Is the USA our competitor? It would seem so, though I am no longer convinced they qualify as a First World economy.