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:goodpost:

agree on those points.

The OP though is set on a Canadian rugged, outback wilderness, all the snow they can get [wait till they see the Canadian outback], not so much worried about earning a living to survive [they have lots of money to spare after buying a place] as mentioned its down to where. Alberta is a good choice, as is [mentioned up thread] Mont-Tremblant that they can get a all year round cottage or house in the low $200k range or lower [source http://www.realtor.ca ]

http://passerelle.centris.ca/Redirec...OR.CA&Langue=E

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With that kind of oversensitive attitude, you will fit in well in Canada. ;)

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A truly Canadian response. Automatic PR status - approved!

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Pretty much everybody offered you non judgemental advice. You have made some presumptions yourself, such as assuming that Colchar thought you didn't have a degree - nowhere did he mention that he thought you didn't have one, he was simply stating that they're a necessity to be a university lecturer.

And my guess about the 'urban' comment is simply because of your occupation - you won't find many universities that aren't in an urban area! :lol:

Don't take it all personally, I honestly can't see where anybody on this thread has been rude to you. They may have given negative opinions, but that doesn't invalidate them.

You will get loads of good advice on BE (and some that's not so good), but the nature of a public forum is that you will get thread drift/personal comments/etc - if somebody breaks a site rule (i.e. insults you) then feel free to use the report button to bring it to the mods attention, but otherwise just try to ignore anybody that you don't agree with.

HTH.

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Why do you assume Colchar "assumes" you don't have a degree? Never mentioned apart from in the context of lecturing - unless I'm missing something.

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Besides being smarter than a 5th grader, you will also find & notice through the many threads here that folks on BE are the most helpful of any ex pat forum.

I believe the last few pages have provided more information that you expected, more than what you would find if you'd made a recce - take the FREE information posted for what its worth.

Of course you have told us little if anything about yourself other than looking at Canada as one of your options, that you & yours are educated, that you have some money & that you live in Cornwall.

My suggestion for the second time, is no matter where you plan on emigrating too, the suggestion is to make a recce first before applying for a visa or selling the farm. If its Canada, suggest that you come visit in the dead of winter sometime mid February & in mid August to get the real feel experience of the outdoors.

All the best to you & thanks for your OP to the forum members, for those which participated in the discussions amongst ourselves, views from those that live in different parts of the country, some are new immgrants others like myself have been here for decades & some may have been here & who now back living in the UK or some other country.

The world is such a small place as is the world wide web.:nod:

Walk in the shoes of an immigrant first before criticsing one :amen:
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That's a nice find, not2old, but it's not ski-in/ski-out, whether x-country or downhill, and it's on the wrong side of the 117 for direct access to the cycle/x-country ski trail.

There's Mont-Tremblant the ski resort, & there's Mont-Tremblant postal addresses... It's also suspiciously low priced for the area.

Not to mention jobs & language... Although there is an outpost of the CEGEP in Mont-Tremblant, & the main campus is about an hour down the highway in St-Jerome - no idea whether the OP's qualification/subject would be viable for teaching there. There's also the Anglo High School in Ste-Agathe, but available jobs there are few and far between.

(M-T is my neck-of-the-woods ;). )

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I don't suppose we'll hear from you again after your little outburst about people being unhelpful, but just in case we do, are you shure you comfortably have enough points to gain a PR Visa without a job offer? As Christmas posted, there is a big difference between having whatever the criteria are for expression of interest (or whatever it's called now) and actually having enough points for automatic PR status. It sounds like your intention would be to live in the wilds and enjoy the outdoorsy lifestyle without putting a great deal back into the system. I'm not really sure that's how it is intended to work. I think the intention of the immigration process is that you would be a net asset to the country.

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Think about what you just said about the kids. They have the freedom to that now, Scotland, the Alps, north Wales etc. Where you are now they *also* have the freedom to become artists, writers, actors etc, those opportunities don't come around so much in the PNW. What if science is more their thing? Again they have better chances in the UK. If travel turns out to be their thing then they're screwed, you have to spend a lot of money and travel a very long way from BC to experience anything noticeably different or stimulating.
It seems to me you're wanting to limit your children's choices not expand them.
The lack of cultural identity here makes me weep on a regular basis, no hyperbole. Their lack of national identity is little short of pathetic, the press may have called Tony Blair America's poodle but the whole of Canada is America's bitch, again no hyperbole.

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How do you judge, Jack, the lack of cultural identity? Surely it's a Canadian identity, which is simply different from British. An interesting perspective, nonetheless.

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In the context of a Canadian cultural identity, I think it's rather hard to judge something that's almost impossible to see or quantify.

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I am just a poor imitation of Alan2005.

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America Lite, innit?

That is, Canada is very like the more benign parts of the US, Maine or Wisconsin or Oklahoma, not like the dangerous or exciting parts, Gary or NYC or Nawlins.

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On a popular level, yes. Although there is no disputing the depth of American 'identity'.