Don't let this person dissuade you. I'm from Eastern Canada and he/she is full of shit re racism. They're trying really hard to portray the Maritimes as some kind of weird, uncivilized, backward hicktown for whatever reason. You will find much more racism almost anywhere in Alberta than you will in Eastern Canada, especially the larger cities. Of course you're more likely to encounter low class trashy people if you go to smaller towns, but this person definitely didn't have a normal experience. There are a lot of obeasts though, more so in Newfoundland.