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Jacques Cartier named the island Ile St-Jean when he spotted it in the 16th century, but the French didn’t colonize it until after their retrenchment following the 1713 Treaty of Utrecht.
The prospect of this kind of consequence would certainly lead to a defensive retrenchment and even anxiety.
The story notes that housing purchases are a function of household formations, which are a function of demographics, which augur a bit of retrenchment.