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Speak for yourself hon hon hon the New Brunswick Acadian identity is strong I am 100% French Acadi before I am LeafIt's really hard to pin down a typical "Canadian" dialect. Because Canada as a country wasn't necessarily created from a genuine desire from its people as much as a command from higher up. "You guys are all a country now because I don't want to have to pay and send troops from my British army to defend against the Yankee, make your own shit." which led to a "Yeah, okay." Canada Central Canada refers to Ontario and Quebec, Maritimes is , Nova Scotia, Prince Edward island, and New Brunswick. With a special guest appearance from Newfoundland and Labrador Nova Scotia was originally a short lived Scottish colony, so lots of Scottish people. Lots of Irish in Newfoundland. Then you have Quebec which was a french colony before the French handed it over after the Seven Years War. Since it was either Keep your sugar producing island (Haiti) or a settler colony in the frozen wastes of North America. Easy choice. Then you have Ontario which was the favorite of investment and moving to. But then you have Rupert's Land/North West Territories, which at this point was the entire western side of Canada. The issue is no one fucking lives there so you need any body willing to come over right fucking now. So you suddenly have Americans casually walking over the border because of the fantasy of the Last Best West and the and the opportunity of the final frontier. Confederates after their ass kicking in the Civil War. Ukranians fleeing the Russian Empire, tons of Asians fleeing persecution going to British Columbia. As well as misc Europeans also here for the Last Best West campaign. This is what the population of the western provinces is made up out of.
In such a situation you really have no choice but to go for the "diversity is our strength" route if you wanna unite your country. Because of that there's far less of a Canadian culture and a Canadian way of doing things so much as there's an agreement that you're wherever you came from and you're also Canadian. Which has led to extremely decentralized groups of people that largely retain their culture while assimilating into a Canadian identity. This is helped by the fact that these people very rarely form cultural enclaves. So most people won't just get up and move to Chinatown or Ukranine town or Japan town. They have to acknowledge their Indian, various Euro, Asian, and American neighbors. So you very rarely can just be a x ethnicity in Canada. The idea of Canadian identity in Civic Nationalism is starting to develop with its rise and the aging of Central Canadians boomers who remember the good old days of British rule or the protectionist Québecois.
There's tons of soyboys and Americanized culture warriors in Ontario and British Columbia, but I find most Americans who have an opinion on Canada are "Yeah I like Canada because Canada and the U.S are best friends" If they have more of an opinion it's usually through a political lens. They see Canada as the socialist paradise America should become or a woke failed state. Either way, having a painfully reductive view of Canada seems to be the norm in the U.S. As is vice versa in Canada.
TLDR: Historic need for immigration to fill out a suddenly and pragmatically created country by the UK from former French and Scottish colonies leads to a massive influx of Americans, various Europeans and persecuted peoples throughout history (Ukranian, Japanese, Chinese, Vietnamese, etc) which in turn leads to a mixing pot of a nation in which many cultures are practiced and maintained. While still subscribing to an idea of Canadian identity because of a lack of cultural enclaves with few exceptions. As well as a heavy uses of Canadian symbolism, Civic Nationalism and Constitutional Patriotism. So people can't just be X culture that just so happens to be in Canada, but Canadian identity is readily adaptable without sacrificing your culture. Canadian identity it self is still something developing in the form of civic nationalism. As boomer Central Canadians who remember British rule for good or bad and make up a majority of the population die. As well as the families decades old immigrant families and new immigrant families pick up on fragments of what can be described as a pan-Canadian identity.
Yeah, he's a massive fag but he struck gold just this once. I think he overplays the white supremacy aspects of the rural and uses failed state too liberally. But he otherwise genuinely makes a lot of good points in at least that in article. And hopefully his book too since he doesn't have to open with typical click-bait titles to outline his points.
