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still wanna move to Canada?
would you do it?
how do you canadians feel about this?
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Minister: Canada Needs More Immigrants
Thu Oct 13, 8:11 PM ET
Canada's foreign affairs minister said Thursday that the country badly needed more immigrants to replace aging workers who are headed for retirement.
Pierre Pettigrew said that increasing the population to 40 million by welcoming more immigrants would help foot the bill for new infrastructure, such
as roads and bridges.
"This is a vast country, the infrastructure is expensive and it's a bigger country than the United States is," Pettigrew said. "I am saying that if we
were 40 million Canadians, that infrastructure would not be necessarily a lot more expensive, but we would be more (people) to foot the bill."
The minister, in comments to reporters after a speech in Montreal, said Canada was built by immigrants and that's the way it would continue to be
built.
Canada's population of just under 32 million has grown by only three million in the past decade. The federal government is set to unveil a new
immigration plan this month that would open its doors to 320,000 skilled immigrants a year by the time the plan is fully implemented in five years.
If I fail math, there goes my chance at a good job and a happy life full of hard work.
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clevohardcore
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I am so desperate for a good paying career to support my family that I would. Without a doubt.
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moron
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Im sure theyre not looking for any more social workers. I'll stay put. I assume nurses get paid more in the US too so Mrs. Moron wouldnt benefit
either.
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Discipline
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It sounds better then it is. The Liberal government every time they need to buy some votes. But most of we get aren't skilled or educated people.
More often then not they're uneducated and can't speak or understand the language. If we were going to actually get that many SKILLED immigrants I
would support the idea more.
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JawnDiablo
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i was in windsor one time....seemed livable
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defstarsteve
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I wanted to move north, but they don't want me....
I own my own business, and yes there is some tax revenue they only want skilled workers...
when we looked at moving there a few years ago, you had to already have an established job before you could move...
not easy to do across borders and when you are a silly ink slinger
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| Quote: | Originally posted by juandiablo
i was in windsor one time....seemed livable |
Hell, if Windsor was livable you'd love Halifax. It should also be noted that the authorities don't really even pretend to enforce weed laws here.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by moron
I assume nurses get paid more in the US too |
Well, you're right on that count, I'd just about double my income if I moved down there.
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Dave
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might make double but how much more a month would you have to spend to live down there.......
and besides you'd be too far away to continue the adventures of D&L.
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jonnynewbreed
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Canada is a great place to live, and halifax is a great place to live in Canada. it's a big little city.
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JawnDiablo
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| Quote: | Originally posted by moforn
| Quote: | Originally posted by juandiablo
i was in windsor one time....seemed livable |
Hell, if Windsor was livable you'd love Halifax. It should also be noted that the authorities don't really even pretend to enforce weed laws here.
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thats funny because when i was there EVERYONE was smokin weed. even 80 year old women...and to think i was there for a funeral for a friend who ODed
on H....
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BDx13
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i've only ever been to montreal and toronto. really liked toronto, montreal seemed a little pretentious.
If I fail math, there goes my chance at a good job and a happy life full of hard work.
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KyleOz
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If I was skilled in something, maybe.
I think I love new york so much though, that I will never move. Just further upstate.
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Australia has been doing the same thing for years, trying to increase population here with skilled workers, only 20 million people live here. If you
love US politics and want good pay jobs in fields like electiricians, nurses, boilermakers, panel beaters, hair dressers etc then Aussieland is the
place for you.
I've been wanting to go back to Canada since August or so.
A lot of people ask me what kind of music I like. I love "soul music". My "soul music" isn’t a style, genre or niche. It’s music that is genuine. It’s
a painful lyric, a dirty bassline, it’s a harrowing vocal, it’s feedback, it’s an anthem, it’s a love song, it’s anarchy. I’ve got my personal
favourites but in the end it doesn’t matter who or where it comes from... so long as it’s good and it's real.
- Paul Morris, music director at 97.7 HTZ-FM
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upyerbum
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Everyone stay the fuck away, it's MY island.
Well, its this place where nobody works, and the pigs don\'t give you any shit. Everyone smokes weed and gets drunk all day. Its a place where
cunts like me and you can truly take it easy and relax. Know what I mean?
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