TORONTO: If any place in the world can empathise with Brexit it is Canada, according to Toronto’s city’s chief city planner Jennifer Keesmaat.
Speaking at a UK investment mission to North America, organised by Estates Gazette in close partnership with the Department for International Trade, Keesmaat said: “The notion that we are better apart than we are together has been part of our national dialogue.”
In a 1995 referendum voters in Quebec rejected a separation from Canada to form a sovereign state.
Today, Toronto has been named fourth in the Economist Intelligence Unit annual liveability ranking, alongside its domestic neighbours Vancouver and Calgary, which ranked third and fifth respective. Keesmaat said the key is immigration, neighbourliness and an ever-improving transport system.
Does she feel Brexit gives Toronto a global economic advantage? Listen to the podcast above to hear the full interview with Keesmaat.
Rebecca Kent reporting from Toronto
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