Originally Posted by
Canadian Visitor
As for manufacturing plants; the government doesn't decide to move those; the companies do. While energy costs are up slightly for manufactures [[but not much as they get a discounted rate); corporate taxes are now lower in Ontario and Canada than they have been in 5 decades and lower than they are in Michigan on a combined [[Fed+State) basis. There are a variety of reasons for closures and relocation, including down-sizing, capacity utilization, workforce productivity, payroll taxes, cost of health benefits, retiree costs, unions and or union-relations, environmental regulations and one-time tax incentive packages sometimes called 'corporate welfare'; which every jurisdiction engages in, sadly.
To paint a factory closure as the death knell of the province is rather over done.