steve666

Petal??
My old auntie used to call me that.

steve666

Surely you can't be old enough to live in Kelowna?

jood

Oh dear - at the risk of offending you I have to say that I agree with some of Angie's observations. I, too, live in a small town in Ontario and have encountered racism. In fact your comment regarding ".....British person can spout such crap...." could be interpreted as racist. I am white and English, so look like most other Canadians; however the fact that I am English has prevented me from getting work here. Her comments are only drivel to you because you have not shared any of her experiences.....and for that, I'm happy for you. As I said earlier, just because you have not had the same experience is not a basis for saying it isn't so.

I know several Canadians who work 2 or 3 jobs, usually because they overspend on their credit cards.

I don't agree that Canada is a third world country, but in some respects it is rather puritanical in its thinking and attitudes.....maybe this is what she actually means. I notice she hasn't commented on any of the posts in this thread! Interesting.

purple80

Nah, only 38 years young

steve666

Ah yes, 42 years to go yet.

printer

I'd rather not be reminded of my early years spent behind the sofa. I'm sure my dad made me watch it as some kind of torture.

Biiiiink

I do too, but I don't agree that the sum of them makes Canada a third world country. Things like endemic TB among parts of its population, treating their seals better than their aboriginal peoples, etc might make it eligible - but not rubbish banking and cellphones

Re racism - that surprised me, obviously I've seen it but never had anything other than polite interest in my origins and accent.

jood

It surprised me too as we never experienced racism when we lived in Canada in the 80's...different part of Ontario,maybe it's just this area which is very narrow-minded and bigotted. Shame....on them.

iaink

I see no one has so far jumped up and gotten the bit between their teeth to write a glowing "pro canada" article to redress the balance.

steve666

O Canada! Our home and native land!
True patriot love in all thy sons command.
With glowing hearts we see thee rise,
The True North strong and free!
From far and wide, O Canada,
We stand on guard for thee.
God keep our land glorious and free!
O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.
O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.

canuckgirl

I think it is quite the opposite. Most Canadians LOVE British acents- we think you sound a lot smater than us.
Being British is considered to be very cool with most of the young people I know too.

As far as the job thing-yes I am sure some Canadians work two or three jobs- are you Brits so lazy that the thought of working that hard puts you off??
And some Canadians have old money and have never worked in a day in their life.

AS I said on another post- if that woman thinks Canada is a third world country then she really is not seeing things realistically and I would totally ignore her impressions of this country.
I also wonder about the difficulty getting a job....isn't it kind of natural, all things being equal, to give a job to someone from your own city/ country? I think that is human nature and I bet it happens in Britain as well. If you are the best qualified and give good references and interviews than I am bet 9 times out of 10 you will be given a fair shake.
I do think Canadians are pretty fair minded people for the most part. But yes there are some twats here too.

sue8899

Do not agree with the article at all. We to have been here 5 years and find it a great place to be. We also live in a small town and yes have had trouble getting jobs from time to time. I dont think this is because i am British just because its a small town and people tend to employ people they know.
We also had a car accident when my mum was visiting, our mini van was wrote off by a kid rear ending us at 75kmh, not nice and shook us all up for a while but the insurance where okay, paid out to replace but not enough. but when do insurance companies pay out fair anyway.

We are about to take out canadian ctizenship oath next week and i am sure it will be a proud moment for us all, even though we will be british first then canadian we are as a family very pleased we came here and made a go of it. Times have been hard sometimes and it is not all rosy but then its never all rosy wherever you live. You just have to make the best of it where you are and make things work for you.

Hope Angie finds out where she is supposed to be in this world because it doesnt sound like Canada is the place for her.

Alberta_Rose

She doesn't post here ..... well 8 posts in 2002, and three of them were duplicates.

stepnek

It didn't annoy me even though I haven't had the same experience. But it's always good to remind people that everything here is far from perfect so that both sides can be seen. The trouble is that before I got here I refused to believe the negative stuff that I used to read here. Now I've learnt that some of it wasn't so off the mark. It's not been perfect for me. So what? It has for others. You tell it how you see it. Anyway this is just a forum frequented by all kinds of people with all kinds of personal opinion and experiences. You take away from it just the bits you want to take.

julius smith

hi, all.......been reading all your posts on this thread and feel i have tell of my ha'penny's worth!
i agree totally--that initial post everyone is up in arms about re canada etc is wrong in some senses.
first of all, it shouldn't have been posted where it is, right on the first page new peeps will see. it gives a downgrading image straight away to people wanting or thinking about emigrating.
as some have already said, it is the experience of one person and his/her family, but it doesn't mesn to say everyone will feel that way. i was exactly in the same boat when i was there, but my circumstances were very different indeed, so it was entirely wrong for people to read my comments and think what a sh..ty place canada is!
it's all basically common sense--if that poster hates it so much, then why stay there, for heaven's sake move back, to the land of milk and honey.
i'm quite sure their opinions will change very soon after being here!
yes, there are some people who have 2 jobs, in my experience i found that it was mainly (with all due respect and without causing offence to anyone) asians, afro-carribean and east europeans--for some reason, it may be lack of qualifications, literacy or just being new to the country and lacking canadian experience. but nevertheless, from what i saw, these people with 2 or 3 jobs (the most jobs i saw someone with was 2, not 3) have worked hard and built substantial businesses, in many cases employing fellow canadians!
turning around full circle--take myself as an example. yes, i too got a little peeved off when i was there, but as i said, there were other circumstances that coloured my experiences. and we had a house, great job, car virtually everything there!
the way you have to look at things is to try and view the good versus the bad points of both places, then make your decision.