Canada's 'missing province'
Oct 30th 2009, 2:25 am
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Re: Canada's 'missing province'
Oct 31st 2009, 3:46 am
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Re: Canada's 'missing province'
"Canada's 'missing province' grows as ex-pats opt out.
More Canadians than ever before have moved out of the country, according to a new report that says 2.8 million live permanently overseas.
The trend is being fuelled by naturalized Canadians who are three times more likely to leave the country than people born here. Over a 30-year period, the study estimates that at least 27 per cent of these immigrants who obtain Canadian citizenship would move away."
More Canadians than ever before have moved out of the country, according to a new report that says 2.8 million live permanently overseas.
The trend is being fuelled by naturalized Canadians who are three times more likely to leave the country than people born here. Over a 30-year period, the study estimates that at least 27 per cent of these immigrants who obtain Canadian citizenship would move away."
And it shouldn't be assumed that the absence will be permanent.
And is the presence of a "Canadian Diaspora" a problem?
Oct 31st 2009, 4:18 am
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Re: Canada's 'missing province'
Should that be surprising, considering that those who come to Canada have already left one country, for personal, family or employment reasons? The same reasons which can cause a move either back to original country, or on to a third country.
And it shouldn't be assumed that the absence will be permanent.
And is the presence of a "Canadian Diaspora" a problem?
And it shouldn't be assumed that the absence will be permanent.
And is the presence of a "Canadian Diaspora" a problem?
Oct 31st 2009, 7:09 am
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Re: Canada's 'missing province'
Maybe it's that some Canadians have got so used to topping those "Best ever top 10 places in the whole world to live ever!" type polls, that they just can't bring themselves to believe that anyone could possibly want to live anywhere else?
Oct 31st 2009, 7:52 am
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Re: Canada's 'missing province'
At the end of the day, we leave our home countries and many may at some point return due to family obligations etc - we are free spirits after all and not beholden to anyone place. Moreover, those that have the 'bug' to travel may simply have a desire and little fear in trying other places. We seem to be assuming that people are being pushed away when it may simply be a pull.
Last edited by dboy; Oct 31st 2009 at 7:54 am.
Oct 31st 2009, 7:53 am
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Re: Canada's 'missing province'
If you don't like it here, it is perfectly okay to leave, you don't have to validate how you feel about the place.
