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Why you should not immigrate to Canada

by oofnik on 7/7/23, 7:51 PM with 13 comments

• by bovermyer on 7/7/23, 8:46 PM

  I have been working on immigrating to Canada from the USA for about a year now. In that time, I have read much and more on the state of things in Canada, both for immigrants and generally. Blogs and the internet, yes, but also print books.

  I've also traveled to Canada to see things in person.

  It's definitely a high cost-of-living country. Wages are much lower for my profession (devops) than in the USA. The author of this book makes some good observations.

  However, after all of my research, I still believe that Canada is right for me and my family.

  The trick is in getting the Canadian government to agree with me.

• by Xeoncross on 7/7/23, 8:56 PM

  > There is no health care at all. If you want to see a doctor, the only option is to travel to another country, even thought health care is financed from taxes, which are one of the highest in the world.

  I've heard this from other people who moved to America and had to pay for their healthcare. Back home, they had to barter things or having connections to get appointments or good care as well.

• by massysett on 7/7/23, 8:54 PM

  If Russia is 2 out of 10 and Canada is only 3.5, I wonder which country he would score as 10.