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Originally Posted by Acajack
That's a really good question and point.
I will say that when people in Quebec "opt out" of Canadian stuff, it's generally still Canadian stuff that they replace it with.
If people here forgo a program like Q for something, it's not for Prairie Home Companion on PBS, but rather A la semaine prochaine or Tout le monde en parle on Radio-Canada.
This may not be a satisfactory answer to you but it is a major difference.
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So one sort of differentiation is okay but another is not? Whether Quebec opts for "other" Canadian stuff or French stuff is their business and should not be cause for ridicule or obnoxious generalizations. Likewise, whether Toronto opts for British stuff or American stuff or Swazi stuff at this given point in time is their goddamn business and shouldn't be reason to belittle them with snarky or bitter comments because they choose to do things how they see fit. I expect a better attitude from my fellow Canadian brothers and sisters.
One of the reasons people come to places like Toronto (not just from overseas but also from small towns throughout Canada) is that they're free to chart their own path and do their own thing, living in their own niche. There isn't broad pressure to live a certain ideal or behave a certain way, they're free to explore their own path without a requirement to fit a localized uniform ideal. They just have to be nice to one another and contribute to their society.
At the end of the day, as with anything else in life, if you want any given outcome then the solution is to build the case and the product so it seduces your intended audience. Things like the CFL may have seduced much of the country but it hasn't seduced Toronto (despite historically being popular here a few decades ago), if anything it is declining in attractiveness. Don't blame the customer, blame the marketers or the product, an approach that works in one place will not necessarily work in another, particularly when a market is already different and evolving as rapidly as the GTA.