Let’s Move to Canada, Eh?
At Thanksgiving, my cousin Jason told me that the Canadian immigration website was swamped on November 3rd. Check out the CNN story here.
But before you move, get a first hand perpective from an American in Canada. Here is an excerpt:
I moved to Canada after the 2000 election. Although I did it mainly for career reasons … at the time I found it gratifying to joke that I was leaving the United States because of George W. Bush. It felt fine to think of myself as someone who was actually going to make good on the standard election-year threat to leave the country. Also, I had spent years of my life feeling like I wasn’t a typical American and wishing I could be Canadian. I wanted to live in a country that was not a superpower, a country I believe to have made the right choices about fairness, human rights and the social compact.
So I could certainly identify with the disappointed John Kerry supporters who started fantasizing about moving to Canada after Nov. 2. But after nearly four years as an American in the Great White North, I’ve learned it’s not all beer and doughnuts. If you’re thinking about coming to Canada, let me give you some advice: Don’t.
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