I've never heard of the "money available per square kilometer" indicator, though I'm sure it exists. Of course that would be low, Canada is the 2nd largest country land-wise and has half the population of California.
You are correct on the state of rural infrastructure although are things much different than in rural Alaska or Appalachia? Things are at their worst on Native reservations, but again I don't know if that is any different from the American experience.
On the banking front, I bank for free, although it is not with one of the "big six" banks mentioned in the article (you are correct - they operate as an oligopoly) but there is choice in the Canadian market.
I've never heard of the "money available per square kilometer" indicator, though I'm sure it exists. Of course that would be low, Canada is the 2nd largest country land-wise and has half the population of California.
You are correct on the state of rural infrastructure although are things much different than in rural Alaska or Appalachia? Things are at their worst on Native reservations, but again I don't know if that is any different from the American experience.
On the banking front, I bank for free, although it is not with one of the "big six" banks mentioned in the article (you are correct - they operate as an oligopoly) but there is choice in the Canadian market.