The cost of living sky-rocketed in T.O. the last 9 years after our former premier Mike Harris revoked rent control laws. He said it was to create incentive for construction, but I havent seen much beside upscale condos go up for the last several years. He didn't do much for clean living either, as Walkerton was evidence of. He made the owner of a car dealership Minister of Transportation, and a high-school drop-out the Minister of Education for crissakes (last example off-topic but still extremely aggravating)! We now have a strong pro-public transit mayor and a much more progressive premier, which at least gives me hope for the next several years.
No offence re: Calgary, Seabass. I haven't had much luck the last few times I've been through there. Agree 100% on the scenery, though.