>>982402>>983511This was because of the progressiveness and optimism that gripped the Canadian political and social landscape during the 60s, things were going great and if Montreal's growth trends had stayed the same or accelerated, our metropolitan region would be pushing 8-9 million people instead of the 3.8 million it now has. We have 4 metro lines currently, and this map has 8. It's not nonsensical to think that our metro network would be 2x to 3x times as large if our population was 2x as large and our economy was neck and neck with Toronto's.
However, because of the domestic terrorism, oppressive language laws, 2 referendum scares and subsequent anglo-flight to the GTA it killed the Montreal economy and this never materialized. It honestly depresses me to think of what Montreal once was and what the francophones did to remove the anglos from power. Its literally a first world Zimbabwe, remove the efficient "oppressive" power structure in a frenzy of nationalism (quiet revolution) and anglos get poorer, francophones get richer but everyone on a whole is poorer.
Pic related, Montreal at its peak.
