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For anyone not aware of it, Newfoundlanders should be told that there is plenty of what I would call geographic prejudice in Canada.
I moved to British Columbia in 1972 and have experienced a fair amount of such bias over the years, both at where I worked and in seeking new employment.
So, people leaving the Old Rock for mainland work should keep this fact in mind: Newfoundlanders are viewed through the prism of those tired old insulting “Newfie jokes.” (The word Newfie is not normally in my vocabulary, but I use it here to make a point.)
John Eason,
expatriate Newfoundlander,
Victoria, B.C.
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