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Letter from Canada capital and its key economic hub

Children play outside the Parliament of Canada (under renovation). [Xn Iraki]

Many people think Toronto, Canada's largest city, is its capital. Like the US, Australia, Brazil, and closer home Nigeria, Canada has an economic capital distinct from political capital.

This is Ottawa. The name is Algonquin, the indigenous people who owned this land before mzungu came ashore. The city is about 450km (kilometres) from Toronto. I set to explore this capital by taking a drive.

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