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Originally Posted by Acajack
As a francophone I can tell you that New Canadians of the Markham or Brampton variety aren't necessarily more benign or open-minded towards us than the Brockville Joes of the world.
I mean right on here on SSP we have dleung types (self-outed ethnically BTW) who say totally prejudiced things about francophones without any restraint or shame.
A lot of people take on the lay of the land by osmosis when they move to a new place, and in more than a few circles in Canada that includes various degrees of irritation with Quebec, French, etc. It's almost a rite of passage on the road to becoming Canadian in some cases.
In fairness it's not uncommon to meet immigrants to Quebec who've become Canadian citizens (especially if they are seamlessly integrated with the francophone community and have little to do with anglophones) that have dismissive or harsher views about the ROC or Anglo-Canadians.
The overall result of demographic change might still be a slightly dulled edge to our historic tiff, but I'd caution against thinking that it will actually make it a feature of the past.
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I remain optimistic, but I suppose we could argue until the end of time about the future. I'm just one guy in one place, so I'm hardly an oracle.
The dulling of the animosity has been pleasant over the past 25 years. I'm hoping it continues.