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In recent times I've found myself becoming curious of the Quebec part of Canada. Are many people in Quebec disinterested in what goes on in the other provinces?
Giving a consensus of Quebec and the attitudes of its francophone culture would make for one heck of a long post, Wikipedia might answer many of your questions. Quebec - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In recent times I've found myself becoming curious of the Quebec part of Canada. Are many people in Quebec disinterested in what goes on in the other provinces?
You could replace this with any province really? especially when talking about east vs west Canada
You could replace this with any province really? especially when talking about east vs west Canada
It's more true of Quebec than it is of the other provinces because of the added language barrier. Still, yes, people do often underestimate how siloed the Anglophone provinces can be from one another. Exceptions might be the prairie provinces of Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba where it seems people are quite familiar with the other provinces, and the Maritimes (NB, PEI, and Nova Scotia) being fairly interconnected and identifying pretty strongly as a coherent region. In addition, Toronto holds a certain unifying sway as the media hub.
It's more true of Quebec than it is of the other provinces because of the added language barrier. Still, yes, people do often underestimate how siloed the Anglophone provinces can be from one another.
Interesting...I guess then is true of Quebec for cultural reasons in addition to language.
In the States there's some disinterest in areas east of the Mississippi River for residents west of the river and vice-versa. I have no idea how prevalent that is these days, though.
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In recent times I've found myself becoming curious of the Quebec part of Canada. Are many people in Quebec disinterested in what goes on in the other provinces?
To be honest, Canadians outside Quebec pay way more attention to Quebec than people in Quebec pay attention to the rest of Canada.
Now, this doesn't necessarily mean that Anglo-Canadians are very knowledgeable about Quebec, as the sources and viewpoints their Quebec insights are based on tend to be quite biased.
A cynic would say that Anglo-Canada and Quebec know little about each other, but only Anglo-Canada pretends that it's in tune with Quebec. Quebec doesn't pretend and makes no apologies for being indifferent to the rest of the country.
To be honest, Canadians outside Quebec pay way more attention to Quebec than people in Quebec pay attention to the rest of Canada.
Now, this doesn't necessarily mean that Anglo-Canadians are very knowledgeable about Quebec, as the sources and viewpoints their Quebec insights are based on tend to be quite biased.
A cynic would say that Anglo-Canada and Quebec know little about each other, but only Anglo-Canada pretends that it's in tune with Quebec. Quebec doesn't pretend and makes no apologies for being indifferent to the rest of the country.
To be honest, Canadians outside Quebec pay way more attention to Quebec than people in Quebec pay attention to the rest of Canada.
Now, this doesn't necessarily mean that Anglo-Canadians are very knowledgeable about Quebec, as the sources and viewpoints their Quebec insights are based on tend to be quite biased.
A cynic would say that Anglo-Canada and Quebec know little about each other, but only Anglo-Canada pretends that it's in tune with Quebec. Quebec doesn't pretend and makes no apologies for being indifferent to the rest of the country.
I'd rather not pretend that X is in tune with some entity Y that X knows little about.
To be honest, Canadians outside Quebec pay way more attention to Quebec than people in Quebec pay attention to the rest of Canada.
Now, this doesn't necessarily mean that Anglo-Canadians are very knowledgeable about Quebec, as the sources and viewpoints their Quebec insights are based on tend to be quite biased.
A cynic would say that Anglo-Canada and Quebec know little about each other, but only Anglo-Canada pretends that it's in tune with Quebec. Quebec doesn't pretend and makes no apologies for being indifferent to the rest of the country.
Another cynic might offer that Canadians outside of Quebec "pay way more attention to Quebec" than they would otherwise care to, were they given a choice in the matter. It isn't pretense in most cases, it's a pavlovian response from input received. Those of us that have spent considerable time within Quebec over many decades will attest to the fact we've heard way more about the ROC in less than flattering terms and in what could be argued is even more pretentious a manner. We won't get any consensus or accommodation there either though.
Quebec is allowed to state: "we know as much about the ROC as we care to and don't shive-a-git in any case". The ROC on the other hand is constantly given a dose of typical Quebec "uniqueness" (we're oppressed by those dastardly Anglais) at our very dinner tables regardless of our desire. Would that we could simply state "we don't give a rip, now shut your pie-holes" with the alacrity and acceptance Quebec demands and receives.
One needs to consider carefully, and to what extent, the aspect of any negative or pretense on the part of the ROC being of that normal response to a constantly whining family member regardless of what attention they're shown being never good enough.
Let the flamefest resume.
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