Top 5 Pros & Cons of Canada

[arctic_gardener]

I can't say I know Canadians from every part of the country. However, those from small town Saskatchewan are decidedly the most unfriendly people I have ever come across in the Western world.

[TOkidd]

Originally Posted by weltschmerz

Well, for one thing, we don't allow them to wear the niqab....

That's not true. There was a bill tabled that would prevent women in Quebec from getting public services while wearing a niqab (don't remember if it even passed) and I totally agree with that. But there is no law in Quebec that prevents them from wearing it anywhere in public, so again, no big diff there.

[TOkidd]

Originally Posted by arctic_gardener

I can't say I know Canadians from every part of the country. However, those from small town Saskatchewan are decidedly the most unfriendly people I have ever come across in the Western world.

Wow, that's a pretty strong statement. While I've never been to Saskatchewan and cannot comment on their manners I'd like to know what they did that makes them so unfriendly.

I mean, only in the US have people ever made me fear for my life, have complete strangers called me racist names, and have I ever had a gun pulled on me, but even after that I wouldn't call them the most unfriendly people I have come across in the Western world. That title would have to go to my next-door neighbours

[eastyork]

Originally Posted by TOkidd

^^^^^^^BIMBAM. I'm not claiming to know anything about him. I'm demonstrating that stereotypes and generalizations about large groups of people are unfair. My example of possible generaizations about Quebecois was meant to be offensive. You do hear these things said about Quebecois from English Canadians, but it doesn't mean they're true or acceptable simply because some people believe them. Just because the poster's comments are not as blatantly offensive as my examples doesn't make them any more acceptable because they both have one thing in common: they are stereotypes based on a few examples and subjective experience that is then taken as a general rule and passed off as fact.

And this individual is making assumptions and generalizations based on zero objective fact. For example, he says cultural integration is the cornerstone of Quebec's immigration policy, as opposed to the rest of Canada where we don't make any attempt to have immigrants integrate into the wider population, presumably because we're too reserved and standoffish to want to interact with them and have them join our social circles. Anyways, I'd like to know in practical terms how exactly immigrants are integrated into Quebec culture in a way that is so different than the rest of Canada. Is it because they have to learn French? Is that how they are integrated? Does learning French automaticaly make them Quebecois? If not, then what exactly does the Quebec government do differently that makes newcomers integrate more harmoniously into Quebec's culture than the rest of Canada?

I'm sorry, but I'm annoyed by this kind of thing because I hear it so much of it on this forum. I think you misconstrued my previous post because I wrote examples of offensive stereotypes that are sometimes made about people from Quebec. If you re-read the post, you'll see I was using these offensive generalizations as examples to make a point, not to insult the poster or anyone else.

I'm thinking the same thing too.

Also in my experience, if you try to speak in not so good french, they usually switch to english pretty quickly,
most don't seem to like to hear poorly spoke french, so quick switch to english is what I've encountered.

[killer4108]

Originally Posted by Old Surrender

Sounds like a pro to me.

although it is stupid

[fusion2]

I really miss TOkidd..

[netwit]

Originally Posted by fusion2

I really miss TOkidd..

And stubblejumper.