Quote Originally Posted by Canadian Visitor View Post
Thanks for the input, everyone!

As to the Vancouver comparison; it not quite the same as 'The States' as I understand it.

In British Columbia, as in Ontario, all education taxes are pooled at the provincial level and then distributed back to local areas based on per capita funding + needs adjustment.

So, in theory [[if not always in practice) all school districts have comparable quality and resources. I could be wrong, but I impression is that things are not quite like that in the U.S.

Also, Vancouver has regional transit; and although it doesn't yet have regional police [[though I suspect it soon will); it doesn't have a plethora of local forces, its mostly Vancouver Police and the RCMP.
Now that's Canadian Socialism in action and it works.