I was born in Montreal. I left Canada in 1995 and lived 28 years in different places in South America. LOVED IT. Sadly my wife passed away last year and feeling sad and lonely I decided to return in Canada to live. I've been in Canada for 7 months now. My country has changed for the worse on all levels. I can't stand it and I am leaving for good in 2 months. It's insane to live in Canada
Born in Montreal and moved to Tampa FL in 2000. I prefer my sunshine state and I renew my driver license for 5 years for $20... I don't understand how people can work and live in Canada with high taxes, high cost of living and lodging on less than average salary. Don't get me wrong, I love the snow, ice and cold temperature, but I don't recognize my Canada anymore.😎
I hear ya about the rules. Canadians have been conditioned to be fearful and paranoid about anything (like a coffee machine or a door). Everything in life is a risk for them. Walking outside is a dangerous activity. Walking inside the home is fraught with danger. Breathing is risky. Not kidding - a colleague went on for days about how he couldn't even step outside his home in Calgary due to wildfire smoke coming in from BC. And everyone agreed with him!! I was running outside 1-2 times per week during that same time period when he couldn't even breathe the air. Never seen such wussies in my life.
Thanks for sharing, I came from Canada for 7 years, and I learned many new things here that I didn't know in my own country. However, I really concern about my future in Canada when the cost of housing is crazy and it's hard to find a job or enter the new job industry in Canada. One lesson that I learned recently is if I stayed in a job for so long, I become outdate when I decide to change career, the barrier is high that I need to relearn everything.
I came to Canada at the age of 21, today I am 78 and I had the best time of my life back in 1971 , I lived in Toronto for 17 years ,but the cold weather push me out to Vancouver,where I started my business I was able to buy real estate right now value sky high Back in. 1994 , life in Vancouver was a dream , you could buy an apartment 800 square feet for 195.000 dólares with parking and 15 minutes walking to English bay , apartment one bedroom was for 550.00 to rent the minimum wage was 8.00 dólares an hours Feel bad for the younger generation they won’t be able to own a home if is not pass on from parents I wouldn’t want to trade times that l lived before in the 70 ish For today modern time
My buddies moms, terrible driver, but lost control and hit a tree with the rear 1/4 of her car. Wrote off the car, she was fine (Thank God). But, the city wrote her a ticket for damaging the tree. The tree was 1 meter across and lost some bark, but nothing short of a piece of heavy equipment could move that tree. And, yes, 300$. It's fucken mental.
Where are u originally from? Didnt catch that.Did you keep your Canadian citizenship? I left USA for Vietnam. I feel Muuuuuuch happier.(by the way there are millions of (poor) people here in Vietnam that just dream to come live in Canada
I'm originally from Ukraine. Yes, I have kept it. Not surprised, it's actually similar in Ukraine and I actually thought it would great too back in 2013.
You nailed it Sergey. I thought you may of mentioned the drive for the indigenous people. The amounts of money they are given and In BC the government gave the Crown land to them in 2019. Let's see what happens there. Canada used to be a great country but it has been broken. The younger ones will Never own a home in their own. I don't know about Canadians moving to another province but they would be better in another Affordable Country !
Comparing how India has grown its economy (GDP) the past 20 years and Canada's, as a non Indian, it seems Canada will be better off when it becomes India (or a colony of).
I'm considering moving to Canada if I can get a PhD program there, but I worry with how much people say it costs. I've though so long as I can live in a van but still go towards citizenship though it'd be worth it, but there's always PhD programs in the States into Provincial Programs to get PR into citizenship if need be :p
I don't have personal experience with the States. But would recommend, if you can, to identify a clear end goal - would you like education and/or citizenship at the end. After that you can get reasonably accurate numbers for programs $ cost of living from forums/reddit. It may be also worth speaking with immigration pro about legal paths for your unique situation US vs Canada and timeline, cost + risks/factors there.
Please aim for USA . During 1990 half of professional Skills healthcare workers are moving to the states I’ve met lots of them in USA. Myself I’m Canadian and no longer live in Canada love my life in the states !
100% right about stupid rules like the tree branch breaking penalty of $300. More stupider are the people that enforce such rules (the cop knew that you are trying to retrieve the volleyball - it's not like you deliberately wanted to break a branch).
