What this shows is that Canada simply has too much government.

Time to either eliminate the provincial level of government, or reduce it to 5 provinces at most. (Why was Nunavut with 25,000 residents, nearly all of them dependent on government, created anyway? Canada should be going the other way)

I also suspect this long term means a 60 cent dollar, and a continuous loss of higher-earning Canadians (1. they are the only ones who CAN and DO move; 2. Cue the "we don't want those people here anyway" posts)  who will depart for other countries, where they will be able to enjoy a higher standard of living, better climate/lifestyle, or both.