Canadia

[judecorp]

I think I'm tired of trying to change things here. I could move just a few hours away and not have to think about it.

I wonder how long and difficult it would be to emigrate to Canada.

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[posthaste.livejournal.com]

take me with you.

[judecorp.livejournal.com]

You can hide in the trunk!

[oppendonnell.livejournal.com]

and me....

[jodied.livejournal.com]

Canada wants people with advanced degrees. You're in. Don't think I haven't considered this.

[loretta78.livejournal.com]

I can take technical questions :) Having worked for Customs, I have a fair amount of experience with Immigration law in Canada.

[scirocco.livejournal.com]

talk to kpht. She's done all the research, and is working towards moving!

[tea-soaked.livejournal.com]

http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/index.asp

We did it and it's been a good thing for us.

[tea-soaked.livejournal.com]

Free health care.

1 year paid maternity leave.

Marriage rights for all.

You don't have to adopt your own kid.

Niagara Falls.

[sassywoman.livejournal.com]

Seriously. Why does the US suck so much in comparison to all these areas.

[photodork.livejournal.com]

could you please bring ms jones with you when you come?
thanks in advance.

[tea-soaked.livejournal.com]

Different priorities.

And different ways of spending money.


We pay a lot more in taxes.

[llunabelle.livejournal.com]

NOOOO! Don't go! stay here with me and revolutionize this bitch!

[gabriellag.livejournal.com]

I don't disagree that Canada would be awesome.

But, but...we need you here.

And I can't help but think, while slow, things are changing. Not fast enough sure, but they are.

We are choosing amongst a black man and a woman for President.

I guess I'm an optimist. If all the progressives bailed for Canada in the sixties/seventies, the Civil Rights and Women's Movements would never have happened.

Of course, I don't have a spouse and/or a baby, so I have much less to lose by staying than you.

[lanewaychatter.livejournal.com]

hmmmm. I actually don't agree that Canadians pay "a lot more" in income taxes than Americans. Tax on ordinary income at lower brackets is higher than in the US, but the top rates in Canada are lower than in the US, and corporate tax in Canada is significantly lower (like 5% lower) than in the US. Canada also provides capital gains exemptions that have no equivalent in the US.

Also: if you take out the average monthly health care cost (given that is a cost that no Canadian has to bear), and add it to the tax bill that Americans pay (so you are comparing apples and apples, more or less), the average American pays more for the same services than does the average Canadian.

Blah blah blah. This is one of my areas of interest.

That said, Jude; come on up...

[bookgrrrl.livejournal.com]

Seriously. I'm too damn young to feel this old and jaded about this joint.

[childlight.livejournal.com]

Actually I have another LJ friend who went to Canada for college and stayed. She has to jump through all kinds of hoops every year to renew her work permit. I think she has recently started the process of trying to get approved to become a citizen. If you are serious I can refer you to her LJ.

[thatpatti.livejournal.com]

we have friends who moved here, because despite having two degrees, our friend had to take two jobs to make enough to allow his wife to stay home. he said that stay at home parents are unheard of. is that your experience, or is that maybe his area? i dunno...they also had a lot of problems getting some pretty serious medical conditions addressed in a timely manner and are in general much happier being here.

interesting how different the perspectives can be!

[prunesnprisms.livejournal.com]

Maybe you were joking, but I have a friend who's been trying to emigrate from the US to Canada for 18 months.

[jonesingforbaby.blogspot.com (from livejournal.com)]

A friend of mine did this, after the 2004 elections and all the state marriage initiatives. He moved from DC to Montreal. He'd worked on Capitol Hill for many years, hoped one day to be an openly gay member of Congress from Texas, where he's from. Instead, he decided to move to a country where he'd have full and equal rights. Last I heard, he was loving Montreal and hasn't looked back.

[sudrin.livejournal.com]

What?! You don't enjoy a Corporate Plutocracy? Okay, I admit I didn't know what a Plutocracy was until yesterday. I thought it had something to do with space aliens, but that's SCIENTOLOGY. ;) And I know you are still pissed at me for "Throwing" my vote away in '00. I just wish I could be able to vote for who I want. That's how goverment is SUPPOSED to work, not this idea of voting for the lesser of two evils the way it works now. I HATED Kerry in '04. I thought he was a shriveled windbag (Sorry Democratic party) but I voted for him because you kept coming to me in a dream threating me not to vote independent. (Sorry, Nader)

totally about perspective

[tea-soaked.livejournal.com]

It is interesting. I mean, for us we really have limited choice as to where we could live when we chose Canada almost 10 years ago. I'm from the States and my partner is from the UK. Our own countries had no immigration policy for same-sex couples, so, if we wanted to be together we had to go to Canada, New Zealand, and a few European countries. I think this has an influence on how we see life in Canada.

We are going to try the one of us stays at home thing - and I think we'll be able to do it financially. I don't think it's unheard of here - London, ON - but maybe it is in a bigger city like Toronto.

We've had no issues with the health care - but we live in a university town with major research hospitals, maybe that makes a difference.

We are also legally married here - and our baby has both our names on her birth certificate from the get go... this makes us love Canada.

[tea-soaked.livejournal.com]

I wasn't even thinking about all those taxes... hahaha... I was only thinking sales tax. :)

[tea-soaked.livejournal.com]

Montreal is brilliant!

Re: totally about perspective

[thatpatti.livejournal.com]

well, yeah - i can see where the last part would pretty much outweigh any of that other stuff. :)

[amyura.livejournal.com]

You forgot heavily subsidized university education and safer streets.