Ok, Acajack. Quebec as you describe it is the authoritative version. Let me fix my post.
I think part of the rub is that in urban Ontario, at least, the whole multicultural society thing is something that a lot of us took to heart, and is for us, in a way, one of the defining qualities of Canada. It would seem that this isn't true across the rest of the country. Certainly not Quebec, and from my experiences there, not really Newfoundland. I imagine the Maritimes are similar.