By way of Jim Elve, this little tidbit from the folks at Harpers.org:

Toyota announced that it would open a new $800 million plant in Ontario. The company turned down hundreds of millions of dollars in subsidies in the United States because, when compared to Canadians, U.S. workers are too hard to train, often illiterate, and expensive to insure.

Seems that lower taxes, lax labour standards and more permissive environmental regulations plus more subsidy money on the table still can’t outweigh the benefits from investing in universal health care and quality public education.

Just something to remember the next time someone tells you that “socialized” medicine and education are holding Canada back in the global economy.