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Originally posted by Spanky
The Canadians do not have any significant group of minorities so it is not fair to compare. They only diversity they have is the fact that people of the same ethnic group speak two different languages. And we all know how well these two groups get along. My experience is that Anglo-Canadians are pretty open about their prejudice against French Canadians and visa versa. You do not see the USA about to split into two countries because of bigotry.
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I spend a lot of time in Quebec, and you are simply full of shit.
The idea that French Canadians and Anglo-Canadians are the same ethnic group is just silly - their language and history are different. There is some friction between them, but less than any other bi-national state I can think of, and at this point most Canadians view the succession issue as settled.
But within French Canada, even excluding the Anglos, there are significant minorities. 13% of the people in Montreal are "visibile minorities", ranging from ancestors of blacks who were escaping slavery in the US to immigrants from the Carribean. There are many other strong ethnic groups, and in the north the aboriginal groups (themselves diverse) constitute a very large percentage of the population.
As a whole, my sense is that there is greater diversity north of border, and that it is more harmonious. I cannot recall see a Canadian "hate crime" on the news up there, yet I've seen many here.
OK, please continue bashing Europe. That's OK.
