Originally Posted by iaink

Generally the unhappy ones misjudged the employment situation. The only one I can think of who had a good job and choose to go back to the UK was Julius Smith....and last I saw he was trying to figure out if/how/when to return to Canada.


250000 people come to Canada every year. Its unreasonable to expect all of them to be happy.

I still stand by my signature statement.

Originally Posted by creme_anglaise

erm, well i don't really have a 'normally' i suppose! i worked for a year after sixth form at a petrol station to get enough to support myself at uni, (Nottingham), where i did English Lit and Russian, but i graduated in June, and moved straight here. aside from that, it was working night-shifts at said petrol station in holidays to try and make ends meet.

met hubby on my study year in Russia, (he'd gone there to finish writing his MA thesis- politics), and the rest is history. i'm hoping to do an MA in mass communications at Carleton next year, and work and learn French in between...

Originally Posted by Souvenir

Whereabouts in Gatineau are you? If you're out near Aylmer, you shouldn't have much problem finding Anglos to talk to.

Originally Posted by creme_anglaise

um, we're in Hull, between the Plateau and Taché. i heard there were a lot of Anglos in Alymer.... it's just finding something to do that doesn't cost money, and doesn't need the police check, like the volunteer work, so i can meet anyone! lol.