yeah, when i lived and worked in washington d.c.
i never ceased to be amazed at the quebec plates that i saw
going to and fro to florida on i-95 in january.
but i hardly ever see a quebecer out here in socal. we get the more-normal western canadians!
western canadians have less hostility to the u.s. and share a greater affinity.
I lived in Vancouver, so I know well what you write. The worst part about living in Canada by far was that EVERYTHING had to be written in two languages, which is my major objection to the Latinization of U S commerce.
It was one of those daily irritations that I would tell myself, “when I go back to the States....”
Even the word CANADA was often written twice, because the Quebecers liked a little maple leaf accent above the third A.