Yuzu is a very bad example... he keeps to himself, people joke that he hasn't visited even GTA and that Zhenya has seen much more already...
Take Javier : he pretty much says Canada is like home... and he feels like the honorary Canadian skater everywhere he goes and as a matter of fact, Canadians loved having Javi on SOI... We will see how long Jason and Zhenya stay in Canada... a couple years doesn't really do much... I am from Montreal but lived most of my adult life in Vancouver... and my heart is split... same country but I feel parts of me that were very Montrealer were completely replaced by a new take on things, deeply influenced by living by the beach...
Identity is personal ... I didn't raise the topic, just answering to it.... but I can tell you all one thing : it gets annoying when in other sports, for instance tennis, people talk about Canadians not being Canadians because Milos was born in Montenegro or Denis was born in Israel... well.. they both moved to Canada at a young age and learned their tennis in Canada with Tennis Canada and are proud to represent Canada, the country they call home.... however on tennis forums, we often see people referring to them as "not being Canadian enough"
It just gets old...
Take Javier : he pretty much says Canada is like home... and he feels like the honorary Canadian skater everywhere he goes and as a matter of fact, Canadians loved having Javi on SOI... We will see how long Jason and Zhenya stay in Canada... a couple years doesn't really do much... I am from Montreal but lived most of my adult life in Vancouver... and my heart is split... same country but I feel parts of me that were very Montrealer were completely replaced by a new take on things, deeply influenced by living by the beach...
Identity is personal ... I didn't raise the topic, just answering to it.... but I can tell you all one thing : it gets annoying when in other sports, for instance tennis, people talk about Canadians not being Canadians because Milos was born in Montenegro or Denis was born in Israel... well.. they both moved to Canada at a young age and learned their tennis in Canada with Tennis Canada and are proud to represent Canada, the country they call home.... however on tennis forums, we often see people referring to them as "not being Canadian enough"
It just gets old...