and i see the "baren glacier as soon as you hit the border" misconception is still alive and well. Vancouver, Calgary, Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal, and others are massive metropolatin centers with similar climate to many US cities.
That simply isn't true. Just look at any weather map. When it's 32 in Buffalo, NY, it's 0 in Toronto, ON. Same with Niagra Falls, NY and Niagra Falls, ON. Just by stepping across the border! Better pack your toque, eh!
People think 'Canada? They don't have any big companies.' Surprise!;)
Other examples might include:
Ford Motors Canada General Motors Canada Daimler-Chrysler Canada Toyota Canada IBM Canada Microsoft Canada
Few people would believe that Canada is one of the world's top exporters of cars. Hypothetically, the profits are sent back to the global headquarters, but on cars anyway, the profit margin is low and the jobs, infrastructure, and subsidiary industries are Canadian. It also makes a lot more sense than using over-paid American unions.
Stick the word "Canada" in your name and slap a maple leaf on your logo and you're good to go!
Not to mention that the tech workforce there is subsidized by the Canadian government (which is also why a lot of film companies do their filming there).
This depends on the industry and the equating of tax breaks with "subsidization". The reason that filming gets so many breaks is that it is a government agenda to grow a world-class film industry in Canada. The same model has been applied to the music industry and it has worked quite well, resulting in world-class singers, song writers, and production studios.
The most damnable thing about Can-Con is that it works. Also, it's not like you can't switch your TV to any of the major American stations and watch them (with Canadian commericals--what a scam!).
Checking the weather in balmy Bowman, ND, I find a temperature of 8 degrees F, with a wind chill of -4 degrees F.
Interesting, checking the weather in Ottawa, ON, the temperature is -2C (28F) with a wind chill of -7C (19F). Of course, Vancouver has a much milder winter climate than Ottawa.
Of course, a $CAD is worth about $0.63 US, so your C$80K is only $50K. But the cost of living is much lower.
Foreign-exchange rates are fairly meaningless in this context. The purchasing-power parity of a loonie is around $0.79 US (you get more value from buying things within Canada, and that's where you spend most of your money anyway; it includes the cost-of-living factor). So, your C$80K is worth US$63.
In Canada, the health care for Bad Stuff (cancer, etc) sucks ass
And I believe it's got $4 billion in debts thanks to the government who wanted to boost the competition but failed.
My understanding is that Air Canada negotiated hefty deals with its unions and suppliers when it thought it would own the sky, but then the industry went into decline and then Sept. 11th happened.
The biggest knock against progress in the city is crime, drugs, safety. It is not a safe town with lots of animosity between socio-economic groups in addition to the blind rage associated w/abject poverty. the school system is absolutely horrid.
But somehow Baltimore is still more attractive than Canada?
That is because Canada has roughly the same affluence as the poorest state in America.
That is highly doubtful. Canadians have always had a higher standard of living than Americans, and until just this year, the highest standard in the world (displaced by Denmark, I think). America is barely in the top ten.
Honestly, so many Canadians don't seem to know how well they have it!
There are a lot of technology companies in the states paying nearly twice as much in salary for US workers
Canadians are extremely competitive internationally. Americans are simply over-paid; that is why America is an importer nation, because American-made products are also over-priced internationally.
Sounds like American high tech workers are going to have to learn to say the word "eh?" a lot.
That's a myth, eh? Only blue-collar workers ever say "eh?", eh? It was all a marketing coup for Bob & Doug, eh? Hook, line & sinker, Buds, that's what it's aboot, eh?
The shit is not really going to hit the fan until Joe Sixpack sets up his new digital TV to his new digital video recorder and his new digital cable system and presses the record button and it says "Permission Denied".
Most of judge Jackson's frustration with Microsoft came from their conduct in trial, like submitting obviously fake evidence, causing delay, Bill Gates acting stupid etc.
Unlike fleecing consumers for hundreds of billions of dollars, lying under oath is something that you can actually be thrown in jail for. Why weren't they?
I really don't see why the would need a research or a licensing department any more. It's not as if anyone would ever be interested in anything they designed again.
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and i see the "baren glacier as soon as you hit the border" misconception is still alive and well. Vancouver, Calgary, Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal, and others are massive metropolatin centers with similar climate to many US cities.
That simply isn't true. Just look at any weather map. When it's 32 in Buffalo, NY, it's 0 in Toronto, ON. Same with Niagra Falls, NY and Niagra Falls, ON. Just by stepping across the border! Better pack your toque, eh!
perhaps the weak Canadian dollar and the dual Canadian olympic hockey golds will be joined with a monumentous reverse brain drain.
Canada doesn't actually have a net brain drain. While it loses home-grown brains to America, it imports more than that number of brains from Asia.
How many are in 'Hongcouver'?
Don't strippers take off their tops and bottoms everywhere these days?
People think 'Canada? They don't have any big companies.' Surprise! ;)
Other examples might include:
Ford Motors Canada
General Motors Canada
Daimler-Chrysler Canada
Toyota Canada
IBM Canada
Microsoft Canada
Few people would believe that Canada is one of the world's top exporters of cars. Hypothetically, the profits are sent back to the global headquarters, but on cars anyway, the profit margin is low and the jobs, infrastructure, and subsidiary industries are Canadian. It also makes a lot more sense than using over-paid American unions.
Stick the word "Canada" in your name and slap a maple leaf on your logo and you're good to go!
Not to mention that the tech workforce there is subsidized by the Canadian government (which is also why a lot of film companies do their filming there).
This depends on the industry and the equating of tax breaks with "subsidization". The reason that filming gets so many breaks is that it is a government agenda to grow a world-class film industry in Canada. The same model has been applied to the music industry and it has worked quite well, resulting in world-class singers, song writers, and production studios.
The most damnable thing about Can-Con is that it works. Also, it's not like you can't switch your TV to any of the major American stations and watch them (with Canadian commericals--what a scam!).
raised in Fort Saskatchewan, Red Deer...
So what's the deal with all of those winter olympians from Red Deer, anyway?
Checking the weather in balmy Bowman, ND, I find a temperature of 8 degrees F, with a wind chill of -4 degrees F.
Interesting, checking the weather in Ottawa, ON, the temperature is -2C (28F) with a wind chill of -7C (19F). Of course, Vancouver has a much milder winter climate than Ottawa.
Of course, a $CAD is worth about $0.63 US, so your C$80K is only $50K. But the cost of living is much lower.
Foreign-exchange rates are fairly meaningless in this context. The purchasing-power parity of a loonie is around $0.79 US (you get more value from buying things within Canada, and that's where you spend most of your money anyway; it includes the cost-of-living factor). So, your C$80K is worth US$63.
In Canada, the health care for Bad Stuff (cancer, etc) sucks ass
OTOH, getting a Bad Thing won't bankrupt you.
And I believe it's got $4 billion in debts thanks to the government who wanted to boost the competition but failed.
My understanding is that Air Canada negotiated hefty deals with its unions and suppliers when it thought it would own the sky, but then the industry went into decline and then Sept. 11th happened.
I'd assume that's a Simpsons quote.
Oops, South Park.
The biggest knock against progress in the city is crime, drugs, safety. It is not a safe town with lots of animosity between socio-economic groups in addition to the blind rage associated w/abject poverty. the school system is absolutely horrid.
But somehow Baltimore is still more attractive than Canada?
That is because Canada has roughly the same affluence as the poorest state in America.
That is highly doubtful. Canadians have always had a higher standard of living than Americans, and until just this year, the highest standard in the world (displaced by Denmark, I think). America is barely in the top ten.
Honestly, so many Canadians don't seem to know how well they have it!
Forget about that $100k US (equivalent) coding position in Ottawa
So what would be the equivalent when you adjust by cost of living and purchasing-power parity? $100k CA? $90k CA?
almost 1/2 your paycheck goes to income tax, employment insurance, and the Canada Pension Plan
You should manage your money a little better. I make over $80K and pay out only 25% for those items.
I'd assume that's a Simpsons quote.
Funny, I could swear that the sun's out right now. And it's a balmy -1C.
Why do so many companies feel the need to be tied to a coast?
Because the concentrations of population and other companies are on the coasts. Chicken, meet Egg.
There are a lot of technology companies in the states paying nearly twice as much in salary for US workers
Canadians are extremely competitive internationally. Americans are simply over-paid; that is why America is an importer nation, because American-made products are also over-priced internationally.
I hear there is some cheap real estate in Kabul...
Might be a fixer-upper, though.
Sounds like American high tech workers are going to have to learn to say the word "eh?" a lot.
That's a myth, eh? Only blue-collar workers ever say "eh?", eh? It was all a marketing coup for Bob & Doug, eh? Hook, line & sinker, Buds, that's what it's aboot, eh?
The shit is not really going to hit the fan until Joe Sixpack sets up his new digital TV to his new digital video recorder and his new digital cable system and presses the record button and it says "Permission Denied".
Most of judge Jackson's frustration with Microsoft came from their conduct in trial, like submitting obviously fake evidence, causing delay, Bill Gates acting stupid etc.
Unlike fleecing consumers for hundreds of billions of dollars, lying under oath is something that you can actually be thrown in jail for. Why weren't they?
implying that they think legislation is either unecessary or "sub-optimal"
Perhaps the word you are looking for is "pessimal".
Yes it costs less to make a CD than a cassette, but that does not mean that the CD should be cheaper to the end user.
Well, lower reproduction costs indeed would be passed on to the consumer if music wasn't a monopolized industry.
I really don't see why the would need a research or a licensing department any more. It's not as if anyone would ever be interested in anything they designed again.