Canada Moves to Keep Skilled Workers

ashitaka writes "Just in time for all those who have vowed to leave the United States in response to government policies and mainstream cultural malaise, the Canadian government is announcing a C$700 million initiative to help skilled workers stay in Canada and become citizens. If you had the choice, would you really uproot to a new country especially one where the lifestyle isn't that much different than your own?"

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Goodbye Canada

[Zutroi_Zatatakowsky]

I'm a Canadian (Quebecois actually) and plan on moving to France in a couple of months. So long, square heads! No government subsidies will keep me here!

Re:Goodbye Canada

[tomstdenis]

They bitch and whine that their culture is not being respected, all while they themselves dillute it with American culture.

For example, signs in Quebecastan must be in French first then English and the English must be smaller. That's not just "a good idea" it's the fucking law. They'll go around measuring your sign to ensure compliance.

Then you have, the separatists. Those confused folk think Quebec belongs to the province. It's Canadian soil. So if they separate they have to still pay taxes to Canada.

For the most part the vocal "Quebecois" bitch about how hard their life is then they proceed to NOT learn English to NOT repsect other peoples cultures and to ASSUME their superiority by forcing others out of the province.

You wouldn't believe how much money goes into the province in the form of transfers and government programs. Then you have the civil servants who are mostly French. Good luck if you're English. You must be "bilingual" by which they mean French only. If you go into an office downtown you're lucky if the person at the counter can speak English to any productive level. Some of the popular offices like Health Canada are ok but things like the passport office or the courthouse are French.

Then you have the CCRA and other Human Resources like folk. All French.

CSE? All French.

Military? French.

Federal government? French.

etc...

While the rest of us are sitting here going "wtf did I do to them?" I'm glad I work private sector [for an American company no less]. I just ignore the government so long as my quality of life is ok since it seems no matter how much I vote for the "not french people" we keep getting the fucking French Liberal party in office...

Tom