Canada's immigration website crashes on election night

Post by mejari » Wed, Nov 09, 2016, 5:43 PM UTC

SixSigma wrote: post #475

mejari wrote: post #472

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>And somewhat ironically, if Hillary had won people would be telling those disenfranchised voters who broke for Trump to listen to the will of the people Hillary wasn't threatening groups of people. Muslims, gays, transgender people, and more are actually in for a worse time in this country. It's not always about just being disgruntled.

Her Saudi backers threaten everyone. Her Soros funded protest machinery put police in hospital. The BLM anarchy, again funded by Soros, killed cops on US soil.

Post by mahyarm » Wed, Nov 09, 2016, 5:46 PM UTC

DeBraid wrote: post #375

mahyarm wrote: post #25

As a Canadian who moved away, I must warn you that Canada has a form of dutch disease. Resource extraction investments have a much better risk/return ratio, so the pay doesn't even approach US levels. Thus software doesn't approach the levels of investment you have in the USA. And you thought SF was bad, wait until you see what has gone wrong with the housing markets in Toronto and Vancouver. I liked Canada and it's…

Could you expand on the reasons why you'd be a fool to stay? Thanks.

Post by panzagl » Wed, Nov 09, 2016, 5:49 PM UTC

slantyyz wrote: post #175

nikcub wrote: post #63

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It did happen with Vietnam draft evaders. There is an entire generation of former Americans born in Australia and Canada: like Mel Gibson and Stewart Butterfield of Flickr/Slack. Also with those fleeing communism as refugees or asylum seekers - i'm born to one of those. I don't doubt that some people will move, but it won't be to the extent of previous migrations. You have a better chance of changing and fixing the U…

Fun fact: Mel Gibson was born in Peekskill NY.

Post by cperciva » Wed, Nov 09, 2016, 5:57 PM UTC

Jack000 wrote: post #352

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I'd add "don't plan on living in Vancouver itself". Vancouver is like San Francisco: A relatively small and frequently dysfunctional city surrounded by a much superior metropolitan area. I'd suggest Burnaby or Coquitlam as places with a better lifestyle at a lower cost.

I'm from the Coquitlam/Burnaby area (Burquitlam they call it). It's where you go when you want to live close to vancouver but also have a detached house, although in recent years that has also become unattainable. It's a suburban area though, which is great if you're into that. If you want an urban car-free experience there's only a very tiny part of downtown, yaletown and maybe olympic village that will accomodate t…

Post by hueving » Wed, Nov 09, 2016, 6:06 PM UTC

eropple wrote: post #296

hueving wrote: post #271

Leaving the country over an election like this seems pretty childish IMO. Why wouldn't you wait until there was, you know, some kind of policy change before making that kind of massive life decision?

Because, frankly? A country that is down with electing somebody who overtly panders to white supremacists is not a country I really want to be in. A country that elects somebody who thinks electrocuting teenagers to cure homosexuality is not a country I really want to be in. I don't need to see what they will do to know what they have done. I don't intend to move stupidly, and I don't intend to unless I can better my…