Nova Scotia—a real white man’s country

A friend of a friend was trawling through back issues of Punch on when he stumbled upon this gem in the March 13, 1929 edition of the venerable British humour magazine:

Nova Scotia Agent General advertisement in Punch March 13th 1929 page xii small

Newcomers to Nova Scotia are often surprised at what a white bread place we are. It didn’t happen by accident. We could still do with a little less Gaelic on our roadsigns and a little more oomph in our quest for immigrants of all shapes and sizes.