Farmland conversion and landfill sites

[westwardloo]

So, the loss of a local business (yes, farming is a business, even if it's a subsidized and trade-protected one) would generally count as cultural destruction?

I mean, that's how I was framing it. You can frame it differently, and that's reasonable too...but I do think that losing local businesses like that is some kind of loss to the community, that isn't matched by gaining the presence of a large multi-national corporation.

There are hundreds of local manufacturing businesses that provide parts for Toyota. All of which would not exist if the Region did not have Toyota. The presence of a large multi-nation corporation sprouts out 1000's of additional jobs not directly related to the plant.