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Originally Posted by MonctonRad
The main reason is nationalism and patriotism, which Quebec has in spades (at least provincially).
Woketarianism is inherently anti-patriotic. It promotes individualism of expression to the extreme (and in an in your face way that can be intrusive).
Identity politics is the inverse of herd like nationalism.
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This seems like a good quick answer for why. But there is more some of which is taboo to discuss.
For example there is also the fact that Quebec is the most openly racist part of Canada. I am anti-woke myself but we have to admit a lot of the anti-woke movement is people who want to keep being racist. Quebec wants to reject the other and different and consider white christian society as superior. As is often the case this maybe comes from being a former inferior society that managed to turn the tables. English was domininant and used the same arguments about inherant laziness, inferior cultural practices, etc that Quebecers will use about Arabs or Haitan culture.
Another factor I see at least in Ottawa in the public service crowds is French Canadians used to be the unpriveldeged group benefitting from quotas. This benefit has been supplanted now and visible minorities and women are the current groups in vogue to be promoted soley or partially on their group idenitity. Francophones rightly point out they have more disadvanatge certainly than a white woman from Rockcliffe or Forest Hill. Working in your second language is aboslutely more difficult and still is a requirement for most of the public service. If you include Francophones the whole thing breaks down though as you are left with only 20% white male Anglophones not eligible for promotion. I don't know how niche this conversation is in Quebec society.
Lastly as the article alludes to Quebec is seperated and inherantly rejects US influence in a way English Canada doesn't.