The current usage does not betray its original sense in a problematic way in the phrase because when someone is called a “new Canadian” they are what the phrase says, new to Canada. Outside this phrase, it betrays it in a problematic way because being a “new Canadian” can mean something totally different to one person then the next as stated above. This is not ungrammatical because it follows the rules and grammar of the English language and has become a well-known phrase throughout Canada and other nations. This phrase matters because without it we would not be able to tell the difference between an immigrant and a true born Canadian. A “new Canadian” is not a cliché as of right now because the definition of this according to dictionary.com
