I think it's really geographically based. It's because we're located where we are. I've heard it described that we have all the shopping you will need, but maybe not all the shopping you will want. So if you're looking for an extremely specialized item, it may not be available for you to be able to go in and pick it off the rack. You may have to order it in, but there are businesses here that will do that for you.
Likewise, the overall business costs.... To be honest I've never operated a business in Quebec. I don't know what their regulatory or taxation costs are. We did look into it on a personal level because we do business across the border, just to make sure that we were in full compliance with any of the requirements to operate in Quebec. They have similar administrative burdens and responsibilities to what we have here.
The taxation, again in some cases, if we can cross the border into Quebec and buy something we could not buy locally in Ontario, then we certainly do that. It's all about getting what you need when you need it as a business owner, and sometimes you might pay a little more to get it today instead of next week. So it's a unique community, and I would say that while we benefit in the city of Temiskaming Shores and the south Temiskaming area...for persons coming from Quebec, I also know people who choose to go to Quebec because of their offerings and things they can't get here. It's very much a reciprocal arrangement.