Talk:Toronto-Montreal rivalry

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Contents 1 Soverignty? 2 Assessment 3 Relevance

[edit] Soverignty?

While I'm not saying that Anglos didn't move from Montreal to Toronto in the 70s and after, I don't think that is the primary reason Toronto overtook Montreal in terms of population. Toronto basically draws on most of English Canada as it's hinterland, while Montreal only has Quebec. That's the main reason. Kevlar67 11:33, 22 August 2007 (UTC)

First of all, the usage of Anglos for the Anglophones is a bit offensive. Second, your rationale is correct, however it is also linked to the Sovereignty issues. Before, the whole Canada (English and French) WAS Montréal's hinterland. The Sovereignty movement pushed people out from the city in 70s and 80s indeed. Moreover, it also made Montréal more exclusively French and more Québec-centric. That is why, as you said, Montréal only has Québec as its hinterland. 192.245.246.6 (talk) 15:00, 17 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Assessment

I have assessed this as a Start Class, as it does have a decent level of organization, albeit with not much information. I have assessed this as mid importance, as many readers may be familiar with the topic of the article. Cheers, CP 19:47, 28 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Relevance

This page is completely irrelevant Addionne (talk) 19:56, 28 March 2008 (UTC)

That could describe about 1.5 million articles on Wikipedia. Is there a more specific complaint – perhaps one that we can address? Resolute 21:27, 28 March 2008 (UTC)

The article doesn't seem to provide any evidence that what it is talking about exists. It shows that Montreal used to have a bigger population that Toronto, and it asserts that there is rivalry between sports teams (so common a situation as to be un-noteworthy on its own).

How does the rivalry manifest itself? Has it ever broken out into violence? Does it affect national politics? As a non-Canadian, I didn't really learn anything about what the title seemed to promise I would. --82.69.202.14 (talk) 14:25, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

I agree with the above comments, this page comes across as emotional, a bit juvenile and inappropriate for an encyclopedia. Stating the population, the number of sports teams and who won the playoffs doesn't clearly communicate the perhaps more influential disputes about what city was going to become Canada's capital or the financial and business shift that started in the 1970s--most of which already exists or could be easily incorporated into other articles. --Ducio1234 (talk) 01:46, 4 June 2008 (UTC)