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> You moved to a new land where you were not serfs. This MUH FREEDOM metanarrative belongs more to the US. For example, freedom of speech in Canada is very muc
by jordigh 11y ago
> You moved to a new land where you were not serfs.
This MUH FREEDOM metanarrative belongs more to the US. For example, freedom of speech in Canada is very much unlike the US -- hate speech and similar things have never been protected by the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
People did not come to Canada to escape English or French monarchic oppression. Even Quebeckers feel a historical sorrow to have been forgotten by France, but never staged any sort of revolt against France. They still use the same French Fleur de Lys as their symbol, just like the rose is used by Anglophone Canadians to symbolise their attachment to England.