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Post by dondub on Mar 2, 2016 1:57:02 GMT -5
Why would anyone want to move to Canada?
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Post by sesfw on Mar 2, 2016 12:16:04 GMT -5
To those who wish to move to Canada ............ Good bye and good luck
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Post by ArchietheDragon on Mar 2, 2016 12:18:01 GMT -5
Why would anyone want to move to Canada? fries and gravy?
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Post by wyouser on Mar 2, 2016 12:56:52 GMT -5
Well, the gardens are great in Victoria on Vancouver Island?
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Post by Tennesseer on Mar 2, 2016 14:34:47 GMT -5
Why would anyone want to move to Canada? fries and gravy? No one will know what the heck you want if you ask for fries and gravy. Poutine, young man, poutine (or you shall starve).
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Post by b2r on Mar 4, 2016 0:36:46 GMT -5
Trump! Trump! Trump!
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Post by marvholly on Mar 4, 2016 6:37:06 GMT -5
I sure would be tempted to move BUT:
I cannot afford to pay double taxes there is no way I would move that far from my kids & grands
I can live (I hope) through 4 years of just about anything. Doubt any of these conservative nutsos (not that the liberals are much better) would be elected to a 2nd term.
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Post by Value Buy on Mar 4, 2016 8:45:04 GMT -5
Are you kidding? I bitch about winters in Maine. I'm not about to move north. No worries. The global warming caused by the evil Republicans will have them growing palm trees up there before you hit retirement age and buy property in Florida as most Canadians do. You just have to not spend more than six months down here
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Post by Virgil Showlion on Mar 4, 2016 9:37:16 GMT -5
We welcome our US brethren. Plenty of room to settle in Toronto: The scenic BC interior: Or the rural beauty of Calgary: Form one line. No pushing.
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Post by Value Buy on Mar 4, 2016 10:32:14 GMT -5
You sure the third picture is not from Outer Mongolia?
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Post by djAdvocate on Mar 4, 2016 11:27:45 GMT -5
We welcome our US brethren. Plenty of room to settle in Toronto: The scenic BC interior: Or the rural beauty of Calgary: Form one line. No pushing. some people love snow. they can have it.
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Post by Tennesseer on Mar 4, 2016 11:55:43 GMT -5
For New Englanders, what's the difference? Boston. 2015.
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Post by Virgil Showlion on Mar 4, 2016 12:23:55 GMT -5
You sure the third picture is not from Outer Mongolia? To be completely honest, the first two pictures are locations in Europe and the third one is an artist's depiction of a town in a fantasy world, but they're reasonable approximations of life in Canada. I get the impression that a lot of Americans are serious about the "moving to Canada" escape plan. These people do realize that life up here is ridiculously expensive and that getting permission to stay here for more than a year is exceptionally difficult, do they not?
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Post by Value Buy on Mar 4, 2016 12:29:14 GMT -5
You sure the third picture is not from Outer Mongolia? To be completely honest, the first two pictures are locations in Europe and the third one is an artist's depiction of a town in a fantasy world, but they're reasonable approximations of life in Canada. I get the impression that a lot of Americans are serious about the "moving to Canada" escape plan. These people do realize that life up here is ridiculously expensive and that getting permission to stay here for more than a year is exceptionally difficult, do they not? Evidently if you are a refugee you are welcomed with open arms and lots of government bennies. The Dems here could claim refugee status with Canada.
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Post by djAdvocate on Mar 4, 2016 15:22:19 GMT -5
You sure the third picture is not from Outer Mongolia? To be completely honest, the first two pictures are locations in Europe and the third one is an artist's depiction of a town in a fantasy world, but they're reasonable approximations of life in Canada. I get the impression that a lot of Americans are serious about the "moving to Canada" escape plan. These people do realize that life up here is ridiculously expensive and that getting permission to stay here for more than a year is exceptionally difficult, do they not? i actually WANT ridiculously expensive. tyvm. California is ridiculously expensive, and i would like to "trade across".
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Post by Virgil Showlion on Mar 4, 2016 16:08:41 GMT -5
To be completely honest, the first two pictures are locations in Europe and the third one is an artist's depiction of a town in a fantasy world, but they're reasonable approximations of life in Canada. I get the impression that a lot of Americans are serious about the "moving to Canada" escape plan. These people do realize that life up here is ridiculously expensive and that getting permission to stay here for more than a year is exceptionally difficult, do they not? Evidently if you are a refugee you are welcomed with open arms and lots of government bennies. The Dems here could claim refugee status with Canada. You'd better start praying towards Mecca, because that's the only way you get a free ticket into Canada. Also, your wife and say you're homosexual. Otherwise they might filter you out based on their state-of-the-art anti-terrorist protocols. I wish I was kidding.
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Post by weltschmerz on Mar 4, 2016 21:57:30 GMT -5
Are you kidding? I bitch about winters in Maine. I'm not about to move north. No worries. The global warming caused by the evil Republicans will have them growing palm trees up there before you hit retirement age and buy property in Florida as most Canadians do. You just have to not spend more than six months down here This is Vancouver. Contrary to what most Americans believe, it's not all igloos and polar bears here.
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Post by Virgil Showlion on Mar 5, 2016 1:57:38 GMT -5
One thing on my bucket list is to do one of those old-timey steam train trips through the Rockies in Canada. I'm sure there are a lot of very scenic places and sights to see, and no shortage of outdoorsy activities. I'm also sure that we have our windows open right now because it was 76 degrees outside today . How are the taxes in Canada, Virgil? Is it comparable to Europe with 20% VAT and $6-$8 a gallon for gas? 13% VAT, which we call HST (Harmonized Sales Tax), and $2-$3 USD per gallon ($2.75-$4.10 CAD per gallon) for gas. Bear in mind that commute distances in Canada are huge compared to Europe. I wouldn't be surprised if the average Canadian driver and the average European driver wound up paying roughly equal $ per day, even with the price difference. Also mind that in Ontario, the most congestion-free routes are toll routes. The irony there is that the provincial government built them (using taxpayer money) to raise revenues, then promptly sold them to private investors (mainly US-based) in order to cover budget shortfalls.
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Post by tallguy on Mar 5, 2016 2:02:41 GMT -5
No worries. The global warming caused by the evil Republicans will have them growing palm trees up there before you hit retirement age and buy property in Florida as most Canadians do. You just have to not spend more than six months down here This is Vancouver. Contrary to what most Americans believe, it's not all igloos and polar bears here.
Vancouver is a great city, but I don't need to go anywhere. I've got Seattle.
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Post by Value Buy on Mar 5, 2016 8:33:20 GMT -5
No worries. The global warming caused by the evil Republicans will have them growing palm trees up there before you hit retirement age and buy property in Florida as most Canadians do. You just have to not spend more than six months down here This is Vancouver. Contrary to what most Americans believe, it's not all igloos and polar bears here.
Only been to the area of Canada at Niagra Falls, and along the great lakes, and this city is one I do intend to visit. Do they take the palm trees inside in the winter?
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Post by weltschmerz on Mar 5, 2016 12:19:13 GMT -5
No, they don't take the palm trees inside for the winter.
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Post by NoNamePerson on Mar 5, 2016 21:28:35 GMT -5
Google "gofundme for people wanting to move to Canada" Geeze at the number of people who have set up accounts!!! Oh and you get Raven-Symoné if a republican is nominated!!
I would think Canada would be excited beyond belief that so many people want to move there to live.
Isn't that where Virgil Showlion is from?? Guess you might have to fight off the snow leopards though. Or at least keep a safe distance from him just in case snow leopards come sniffing around.
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Post by Phoenix84 on Mar 6, 2016 12:37:03 GMT -5
Canada isn't ready for the likes of me.
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Post by djAdvocate on Mar 6, 2016 13:07:19 GMT -5
Why would anyone want to move to Canada? to escape our fucked up healthcare system, political climate, and standing as the #1 aggressor in the world.
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Post by weltschmerz on Mar 7, 2016 2:19:51 GMT -5
Google "gofundme for people wanting to move to Canada" Geeze at the number of people who have set up accounts!!! Oh and you get Raven-Symoné if a republican is nominated!!
I would think Canada would be excited beyond belief that so many people want to move there to live.
Isn't that where Virgil Showlion is from?? Guess you might have to fight off the snow leopards though. Or at least keep a safe distance from him just in case snow leopards come sniffing around. Excited? Millions of people are already wanting to move here to live. The waiting list of people from all over the world hoping to get in is longer than you can possibly imagine.
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Post by Virgil Showlion on Mar 7, 2016 3:27:57 GMT -5
Google "gofundme for people wanting to move to Canada" Geeze at the number of people who have set up accounts!!! Oh and you get Raven-Symoné if a republican is nominated!!
I would think Canada would be excited beyond belief that so many people want to move there to live.
Isn't that where Virgil Showlion is from?? Guess you might have to fight off the snow leopards though. Or at least keep a safe distance from him just in case snow leopards come sniffing around. Excited? Millions of people are already wanting to move here to live. The waiting list of people from all over the world hoping to get in is longer than you can possibly imagine.
You don't have to be dramatic. The most recent data I could find is from 2013-2014, but it suggests a backlog of 350K applicants and a target of 285K new permanent residents per year. Hence the wait to get in runs about 1-2 years. This is prior to reforms made in 2014 made by the PCs to expedite immigration of skilled workers. That's a far cry from getting in overnight, but I'm pretty sure NNP won't have trouble imagining it.
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Post by weltschmerz on Mar 7, 2016 6:14:28 GMT -5
Excited? Millions of people are already wanting to move here to live. The waiting list of people from all over the world hoping to get in is longer than you can possibly imagine.
You don't have to be dramatic. The most recent data I could find is from 2013-2014, but it suggests a backlog of 350K applicants and a target of 285K new permanent residents per year. Hence the wait to get in runs about 1-2 years. This is prior to reforms made in 2014 made by the PCs to expedite immigration of skilled workers. That's a far cry from getting in overnight, but I'm pretty sure NNP won't have trouble imagining it. The 350,000 figure is for people already here and waiting to become permanent residents. The last figure I found for how many on the waiting list to come into the country was over a million.
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Post by weltschmerz on Mar 7, 2016 6:19:43 GMT -5
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Post by Virgil Showlion on Mar 7, 2016 9:00:08 GMT -5
I saw that article too, but it's dated 2011 and I get the impression from other articles that things have sped up considerably since then [ 2] [ 3]. We've had five years, hence even an amortized increase of 125K approvals/denials per year (assuming no growth in the rate of applications) would cut down numbers by 625K, putting us close to the 350K backlog suggested by the 2014 CBC article. It's not that I have trouble believing the list is more than a million names long, but all the data I've found suggests a speed up in 2014 and puts the backlog of citizenship applications at ~350K. In any case, the wait to get in now is supposed to be less than a year. If you Yankees apply now, you'll only have to endure a month or two of Mr. Trump's rule. ETA: I can't link to the chart because it's in a PDF, but the CIC report on permanent residents in Canada for 2015 shows that immigration from the US is practically nonexistent (roughly 1% of the total). It will be interesting to see if those numbers actually increase meaningfully or if it's all hot air and bluster by Mr. Trump's detractors.
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