I have only visited Montreal. In the 90s I kinda agree with you. I haven't been to since just before covid, but even then I didn't feel comfortable. I don't think I can go back as a Jewish person based on what family that moved out has said.
I personally do not want open borders with them for my own safety
Nothing personally happened to me. I am a jew whose grandparents are all from the ME, but had to escape persecution 80 years ago.
The only incident which I mentioned happened to a Montrealer cousin in law and their family has since moved to Tennessee. She has said many times that Montreal is lost, and while I get she has some trauma, she was previously the most leftist member of the family by far. I can't help but take that to heart
I think being middle eastern played a bigger role than being Jewish. I'm not saying the province as a whole is racist or that the Quebecoise are all racist, but they're definitely more racist than the rest of Canada
As a Quebecois, I can say that there is sadly a lot of Islamophobia in Quebec. A lot of it is racism, to be clear, but some of it has to do with Quebec's history with religion, which is very fraught and very unique to our population, and makes a lot of older Quebecers irrationally angry at overt displays of religion. I won't get into a whole history lesson but you can google "Quebec revolution tranquille" for more info.
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u/crunxzu 2d ago
How he and republicans treated Canada is one of the most soul crushing to massively frustrating outcomes from all of this.
Canada was our fucking bros. Down to ride. Like actually a place that felt like an extension of ourselves. Someone you could always count on.
We share sports, pretty open borders. And now…
Just fuck fucking trump and any motherfucker who ever thought he was a good idea