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Originally Posted by Acajack
There is a lot if misunderstanding here. Influence from France has grown in Québec in the past years and decades.
But Québec is Québec - it is not a pseudo France in America, and not the same as Anglo-Canada except in French or the same as the US except in French.
It has different Influences than Anglo-Canada does, and in different doses, and of course a lot of its own homegrown stuff as well.
Not sure why this is so hard to understand. Maybe it is because ROCers are unable to balance influences, and for example went from all-in on the British one to ditching it and going all-in on the American one.
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Originally Posted by Acajack
I live with young people just above the voting age. They are not passionate about defending Québec and its identity, and not at all eager for it to become independent. That said you would be mistaken if you believe they see being part of the same country as ROCers as some fantastic window on the wider world and all its treasures. (Note that quite a few people in their extended family are anglophone ROCers, so they have more exposure to the ROC than most Québécois kids. They also grew up right next to Ontario.)
Generally speaking they have very little interest in ROC culture that isn't internationally packaged. Their relationship to Drake and The Weeknd is the same as it would be if they were in Sweden.
Their views of the ROC and its culture in that sense are not really that different from that of older Québécois. That it is not really that interesting and a pale imitation of the real deal in the US.
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So can it be argued that Quebec would remain unique on its own without legislation or political steering? I mean, in the way that the Atlantic provinces have remained unique individually, and collectively, from the ROC (my "ROC" includes Quebec, BTW) without any political action required?
I mean, my province has changed/evolved from what it was in the 1970s, just like the rest of the world, but it still feels like a Maritime city, and very distinct from the ROC. The US feels like another world entirely compared to NS. So...
Also, FWIW, I've met many people who have moved here from other parts of Canada, and pretty near 100% of the ones I've met have embraced the Maritimes and fit perfectly into the culture, while at the same time bringing their ideas and experiences to the area. It's normal evolution as I see it. Likewise, I expect that many people who move to Quebec are going there because they want to, and likely the language/culture is part of that draw. The people who don't speak French would likely tend to gravitate towards metropolitan areas, anyhow. I would expect that moving to rural areas of Quebec would not be all that attractive to those who don't speak the language.
Assuming your children have the attitudes of the average young Quebecois, then it sounds like 'business as usual' would result in the maintenance of the language and culture, without the activism and threats of separation. Likewise, I'd be surprised if kids from the Maritimes would be all that interested in Quebec culture over and above the language difference (which is kind of a big deal, as evidenced by the French immersion schools that exist here). I would also ask the question as to whether it should be an expectation for anybody from any region to have a high level of interest in another region's culture... other than internet osmosis, people pretty much stick with what they feel is pertinent to their own lives. However, if they want to move there, they are either motivated to experience what already exists there, or at the very least couldn't avoid being influenced by it.
Just my opinion on the matter, but I realize I'm an outsider, and my opinions don't really matter.
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