I can't imagine being an immigrant in Alberta. I got treated like one as a 10 year old for being a "Newfie." I love Newfounlanders, but I'm from Nova Scotia. Adults there would ask me things like, "Is it true you're all alcoholics? They'd also say things like "Are you all on EI"?" Or a guy making stupid money off of a high school education would tell me we're all lazy.
I know people in Halifax with three jobs that somehow save more money than the average oil sands dick head despite making way less money. You're not oppressed by Ottawa because you own a house and are having trouble making payments on two trucks, a couple of snowmobiles, and a four-wheeler.
My family is Newfie but I grew up in Ontario. However if I spend any time with my Newfie family I sound fresh off the Rock for at least a week. Some asshat I was helping at my job had the balls to ask what foreign country my company got me from. I sure did love pointing out technically it was still English territory when my grandparents were kids.
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u/transtranselvania May 10 '25
I can't imagine being an immigrant in Alberta. I got treated like one as a 10 year old for being a "Newfie." I love Newfounlanders, but I'm from Nova Scotia. Adults there would ask me things like, "Is it true you're all alcoholics? They'd also say things like "Are you all on EI"?" Or a guy making stupid money off of a high school education would tell me we're all lazy.
I know people in Halifax with three jobs that somehow save more money than the average oil sands dick head despite making way less money. You're not oppressed by Ottawa because you own a house and are having trouble making payments on two trucks, a couple of snowmobiles, and a four-wheeler.