For Expats in Canada
 

Can someone please sell me a story, why it would be good to move to Canada.

Right now mid 20's, Living in London at the mo. Just feel the time is that I want to move across the Atlantic with in the next two years.
America was looking good untill I saw SICKO by Michael Moore mmm you may wonder( I am on quiet alot of tablets a month)

If I was going to move to Canada I would be looking at maybe Calgary or the GTA(Toronto). Would like to hear from expats that have moved froma big city in the UK to tell us what it is like living in obe of the citys in Canada.

And would it be right to go on holiday to canada first and for how long? Cos i have read story when people just move there and don't go over there first on holiday, same as alot of people living in London seen London on the TV move there and think its great when its not really to them.

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Depends on your circumstances in the UK. Some background would help.

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Do you want to pay by the word????

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$500 and its yours.

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Cheap at half the price. ;)

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To cut a long story short, they moved to Canada and spent 75% of their income on prescriptions cos they're on quite a lot of tablets a month. On the plus side, they look forward to each night for it's during sleep they can live the dream.

The end

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Bingo

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Canada, Free Healthcare, but if you dont have benefits through work (many dont), then the tab for Rx drugs is all your own.

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Remembering, of course, that most provinces have a catastrophic drug program that limits the cost to 3% to 5% of your income.

People think of it as low income, but it's not.

If your income is $100k and your meds and supplies are more than $5k - by no means unusual - you qualify.

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Fair point, but if the OP is considering Canada instead of the US because of the medicare, then he should think again. There are many good reasons to consider living here, but thats probably not one of them.

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There's also the fact that you are unlikely to be able to get into America.

You are young enough to take a work holiday visa so why not live a little and come and see for yourself.

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Hmmm, so you think the UK is rubbish but you want someone else to persuade you Canada is better. Also, you've decided the US sucks based on a piece of fairly shameless propaganda (whatever you think of Michael Moore, you can't possibly think he's unbiased in his viewpoint). I'm not normally so judgmental, but, really, you need to think very carefully about yourself before blaming your problems, whatever they may be, on where you're living right now.

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Why don't you visit and make your own story. Every one moves for their own reason- Canada is vast and very versatile. Travel a bit, stay a while, but don't move on someone elses say so....... Good luck

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The OP didn't say the UK is rubbish, and neither did he say he had any problems, other than needing some tablets. He didn't ask for a judgment, just to hear other peoples stories for coming to Canada.

So here's mine: I came to Calgary because it has jobs, mountain hiking and skiing. I have had plenty of each!

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You missed his location then? ;):lol:

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I refer you to the text next to his Avatar:

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Well, let's be honest here. The Great has really gone. The country and people are not rubbish but it is no longer Great in relation to other countries.

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I think the 'Great' actually means bigger (i.e. greater), rather than fantastic. That is, Great Britain includes Scotland and Wales, not just England. Having said that, if Scotland goes its own way as seems possible, then maybe the Great will be genuinely redundant.

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Yup "Great" just means the bigger island of the two.

If you think Britain was great in the 1900's when it ran an exploited empire whilst the working man killed himself in a factory then yes the "Great" has also gone. Britain is no longer the "industrial" leader or imperialist.......

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Yes and by God do you know it if you ever talk to people from Ireland. Loyalists say Ireland is part of the British isles and separatists say the name is used to oppress them. It's just a freaking name. They even have differences in atlases.

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If you have a chronic condition then healthcare is cheaper here by far than the US. However if you have an NHS prescription card in the UK you're probably not paying anything whereas here you will pay something, but on the other hand taxes are lower here so it usually works out around the same - provided your prescriptions are covered by the provincial drug plan, some are not.

On the other hand, if you're really ill you won't pass the medical so you're stuffed. The US only really cares about communicable diseases in their medical because they're not on the hook for your healthcare.

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Do they keep you sedated ?

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I talked to a person from Ireland. More than once. No mention of "Great" in this context being related to Ireland at all. Perhaps:

- all people from Ireland are not separatists or loyalists

- some people from Ireland correctly think the "Great" was to differentiate from Brittany and nothing to do with politics

Incidentally, get an atlas of Canada published in Quebec. Oh look, Labrador's not part of Newfoundland. Atlases are political documents, land masses move to suit the slant of the author.

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No. Thank God. Epilespy is what i've got. And having that is like playing Russian roulette.

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The term the "British Isles" is usually taken to include Ireland though, look even wikipedia agrees with me: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_isles - most atlases say the same thing. I made the serious error of pointing this out to some Irish people once.

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Northern Ireland is part of the United Kingdom. Republic of Ireland is a country on it's own.

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Perhaps they just thought you obnoxious?