So here’s another one of those “city awards” like “most liveable city” and others. This one crowns Toronto with the world’s “intelligent community award”. The title is said to honour the best in information and communications technology. Kingston, Ontario, was named the third most intelligent city in the world. Life is an on-going struggle against needless cynicism so let’s just say that we should take all this for what it is worth. Both Toronto and Kingston are wonderful places. There is no reason why they should not win prizes. But the Intelligent Community Forum, a think tank, appears to be a group of Canadian-American business interests which must have more on its mind that this award, and that’s fine too. But it’s good to keep it in mind when we are measuring ourselves against the entire rest of the world. Here is the Globe and Mail story all straight-faced and breathless.
