Moved: Question: What Looks And Sounds Like America, But Feels Like England?
Apr 21st 2007, 4:48 pm
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Moved: Question: What Looks And Sounds Like America, But Feels Like England?
Answer: CANADA!
Having lived in both countries, I can categorically now tell you fellow Brits that – if I was to choose between living in Canada and living in the US – I’d choose the USA, every time.
Why? Well, Canada looks and sounds like its big cousin to the south, but there [ apart from one crucial similarity ] the likenesses end.
Canada is like England, only much bigger – a growing antipathy towards ALL immigrants, getting a good job is ALL about who you know and not about how good you are at your work, an ever-growing tax burden [ look at British Columbia { do you know how many individual taxes there are there? } ], ever-escalating house prices [ Calgary property has risen 30 per cent in one year ] , little-to-no work-life balance.
Canadians do NOT do things quickly [ why do you think Skilled Worker waits in Blighty are soooo long? ] - BUT they ARE very good at taking your money off you!
All you poor Skilled Worker applicants out there in Britain looking at a four, five-year wait – [1.] be careful what you wish for, and [2.] stay in Europe instead.
Toronto.
Having lived in both countries, I can categorically now tell you fellow Brits that – if I was to choose between living in Canada and living in the US – I’d choose the USA, every time.
Why? Well, Canada looks and sounds like its big cousin to the south, but there [ apart from one crucial similarity ] the likenesses end.
Canada is like England, only much bigger – a growing antipathy towards ALL immigrants, getting a good job is ALL about who you know and not about how good you are at your work, an ever-growing tax burden [ look at British Columbia { do you know how many individual taxes there are there? } ], ever-escalating house prices [ Calgary property has risen 30 per cent in one year ] , little-to-no work-life balance.
Canadians do NOT do things quickly [ why do you think Skilled Worker waits in Blighty are soooo long? ] - BUT they ARE very good at taking your money off you!
All you poor Skilled Worker applicants out there in Britain looking at a four, five-year wait – [1.] be careful what you wish for, and [2.] stay in Europe instead.
Toronto.
Apr 21st 2007, 4:52 pm
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Re: Question: What Looks And Sounds Like America, But Feels Like England?
Answer: CANADA!
Having lived in both countries, I can categorically now tell you fellow Brits that – if I was to choose between living in Canada and living in the US – I’d choose the USA, every time.
Why? Well, Canada looks and sounds like its big cousin to the south, but there [ apart from one crucial similarity ] the likenesses end.
Canada is like England, only much bigger – a growing antipathy towards ALL immigrants, getting a good job is ALL about who you know and not about how good you are at your work, an ever-growing tax burden [ look at British Columbia { do you know how many individual taxes there are there? } ], ever-escalating house prices [ Calgary property has risen 30 per cent in one year ] , little-to-no work-life balance.
Canadians do NOT do things quickly [ why do you think Skilled Worker waits in Blighty are soooo long? ] - BUT they ARE very good at taking your money off you!
All you poor Skilled Worker applicants out there in Britain looking at a four, five-year wait – [1.] be careful what you wish for, and [2.] stay in Europe instead.
Toronto.
Having lived in both countries, I can categorically now tell you fellow Brits that – if I was to choose between living in Canada and living in the US – I’d choose the USA, every time.
Why? Well, Canada looks and sounds like its big cousin to the south, but there [ apart from one crucial similarity ] the likenesses end.
Canada is like England, only much bigger – a growing antipathy towards ALL immigrants, getting a good job is ALL about who you know and not about how good you are at your work, an ever-growing tax burden [ look at British Columbia { do you know how many individual taxes there are there? } ], ever-escalating house prices [ Calgary property has risen 30 per cent in one year ] , little-to-no work-life balance.
Canadians do NOT do things quickly [ why do you think Skilled Worker waits in Blighty are soooo long? ] - BUT they ARE very good at taking your money off you!
All you poor Skilled Worker applicants out there in Britain looking at a four, five-year wait – [1.] be careful what you wish for, and [2.] stay in Europe instead.
Toronto.
Apr 21st 2007, 6:01 pm
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Re: Question: What Looks And Sounds Like America, But Feels Like England?
Answer: CANADA!
Having lived in both countries, I can categorically now tell you fellow Brits that – if I was to choose between living in Canada and living in the US – I’d choose the USA, every time.
Why? Well, Canada looks and sounds like its big cousin to the south, but there [ apart from one crucial similarity ] the likenesses end.
Canada is like England, only much bigger – a growing antipathy towards ALL immigrants, getting a good job is ALL about who you know and not about how good you are at your work, an ever-growing tax burden [ look at British Columbia { do you know how many individual taxes there are there? } ], ever-escalating house prices [ Calgary property has risen 30 per cent in one year ] , little-to-no work-life balance.
Canadians do NOT do things quickly [ why do you think Skilled Worker waits in Blighty are soooo long? ] - BUT they ARE very good at taking your money off you!
All you poor Skilled Worker applicants out there in Britain looking at a four, five-year wait – [1.] be careful what you wish for, and [2.] stay in Europe instead.
Toronto.
Having lived in both countries, I can categorically now tell you fellow Brits that – if I was to choose between living in Canada and living in the US – I’d choose the USA, every time.
Why? Well, Canada looks and sounds like its big cousin to the south, but there [ apart from one crucial similarity ] the likenesses end.
Canada is like England, only much bigger – a growing antipathy towards ALL immigrants, getting a good job is ALL about who you know and not about how good you are at your work, an ever-growing tax burden [ look at British Columbia { do you know how many individual taxes there are there? } ], ever-escalating house prices [ Calgary property has risen 30 per cent in one year ] , little-to-no work-life balance.
Canadians do NOT do things quickly [ why do you think Skilled Worker waits in Blighty are soooo long? ] - BUT they ARE very good at taking your money off you!
All you poor Skilled Worker applicants out there in Britain looking at a four, five-year wait – [1.] be careful what you wish for, and [2.] stay in Europe instead.
Toronto.
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Apr 21st 2007, 6:56 pm
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Re: Question: What Looks And Sounds Like America, But Feels Like England?
Answer: CANADA!
Having lived in both countries, I can categorically now tell you fellow Brits that – if I was to choose between living in Canada and living in the US – I’d choose the USA, every time.
Why? Well, Canada looks and sounds like its big cousin to the south, but there [ apart from one crucial similarity ] the likenesses end.
Canada is like England, only much bigger – a growing antipathy towards ALL immigrants, getting a good job is ALL about who you know and not about how good you are at your work, an ever-growing tax burden [ look at British Columbia { do you know how many individual taxes there are there? } ], ever-escalating house prices [ Calgary property has risen 30 per cent in one year ] , little-to-no work-life balance.
Canadians do NOT do things quickly [ why do you think Skilled Worker waits in Blighty are soooo long? ] - BUT they ARE very good at taking your money off you!
All you poor Skilled Worker applicants out there in Britain looking at a four, five-year wait – [1.] be careful what you wish for, and [2.] stay in Europe instead.
Toronto.
Having lived in both countries, I can categorically now tell you fellow Brits that – if I was to choose between living in Canada and living in the US – I’d choose the USA, every time.
Why? Well, Canada looks and sounds like its big cousin to the south, but there [ apart from one crucial similarity ] the likenesses end.
Canada is like England, only much bigger – a growing antipathy towards ALL immigrants, getting a good job is ALL about who you know and not about how good you are at your work, an ever-growing tax burden [ look at British Columbia { do you know how many individual taxes there are there? } ], ever-escalating house prices [ Calgary property has risen 30 per cent in one year ] , little-to-no work-life balance.
Canadians do NOT do things quickly [ why do you think Skilled Worker waits in Blighty are soooo long? ] - BUT they ARE very good at taking your money off you!
All you poor Skilled Worker applicants out there in Britain looking at a four, five-year wait – [1.] be careful what you wish for, and [2.] stay in Europe instead.
Toronto.
Apr 21st 2007, 10:43 pm
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Re: Moved: Question: What Looks And Sounds Like America, But Feels Like England?
Guys
Just think the OP is trying to stir some doo doo
:curse:
Just think the OP is trying to stir some doo doo
:curse:
Apr 21st 2007, 11:05 pm
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Re: Moved: Question: What Looks And Sounds Like America, But Feels Like England?
Answer: CANADA!
Having lived in both countries, I can categorically now tell you fellow Brits that – if I was to choose between living in Canada and living in the US – I’d choose the USA, every time.
Why? Well, Canada looks and sounds like its big cousin to the south, but there [ apart from one crucial similarity ] the likenesses end.
Canada is like England, only much bigger – a growing antipathy towards ALL immigrants, getting a good job is ALL about who you know and not about how good you are at your work, an ever-growing tax burden [ look at British Columbia { do you know how many individual taxes there are there? } ], ever-escalating house prices [ Calgary property has risen 30 per cent in one year ] , little-to-no work-life balance.
Canadians do NOT do things quickly [ why do you think Skilled Worker waits in Blighty are soooo long? ] - BUT they ARE very good at taking your money off you!
All you poor Skilled Worker applicants out there in Britain looking at a four, five-year wait – [1.] be careful what you wish for, and [2.] stay in Europe instead.
Toronto.
Having lived in both countries, I can categorically now tell you fellow Brits that – if I was to choose between living in Canada and living in the US – I’d choose the USA, every time.
Why? Well, Canada looks and sounds like its big cousin to the south, but there [ apart from one crucial similarity ] the likenesses end.
Canada is like England, only much bigger – a growing antipathy towards ALL immigrants, getting a good job is ALL about who you know and not about how good you are at your work, an ever-growing tax burden [ look at British Columbia { do you know how many individual taxes there are there? } ], ever-escalating house prices [ Calgary property has risen 30 per cent in one year ] , little-to-no work-life balance.
Canadians do NOT do things quickly [ why do you think Skilled Worker waits in Blighty are soooo long? ] - BUT they ARE very good at taking your money off you!
All you poor Skilled Worker applicants out there in Britain looking at a four, five-year wait – [1.] be careful what you wish for, and [2.] stay in Europe instead.
Toronto.
Me I would choose Canada over US any day.
Apr 21st 2007, 11:21 pm
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Re: Moved: Question: What Looks And Sounds Like America, But Feels Like England?
Guys think that this guy - the OP - is trolling !!!!!
Apr 23rd 2007, 3:39 pm
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Re: Moved: Question: What Looks And Sounds Like America, But Feels Like England?
Answer: CANADA!
Having lived in both countries, I can categorically now tell you fellow Brits that – if I was to choose between living in Canada and living in the US – I’d choose the USA, every time.
Why? Well, Canada looks and sounds like its big cousin to the south, but there [ apart from one crucial similarity ] the likenesses end.
Canada is like England, only much bigger – a growing antipathy towards ALL immigrants, getting a good job is ALL about who you know and not about how good you are at your work, an ever-growing tax burden [ look at British Columbia { do you know how many individual taxes there are there? } ], ever-escalating house prices [ Calgary property has risen 30 per cent in one year ] , little-to-no work-life balance.
Canadians do NOT do things quickly [ why do you think Skilled Worker waits in Blighty are soooo long? ] - BUT they ARE very good at taking your money off you!
All you poor Skilled Worker applicants out there in Britain looking at a four, five-year wait – [1.] be careful what you wish for, and [2.] stay in Europe instead.
Toronto.
Having lived in both countries, I can categorically now tell you fellow Brits that – if I was to choose between living in Canada and living in the US – I’d choose the USA, every time.
Why? Well, Canada looks and sounds like its big cousin to the south, but there [ apart from one crucial similarity ] the likenesses end.
Canada is like England, only much bigger – a growing antipathy towards ALL immigrants, getting a good job is ALL about who you know and not about how good you are at your work, an ever-growing tax burden [ look at British Columbia { do you know how many individual taxes there are there? } ], ever-escalating house prices [ Calgary property has risen 30 per cent in one year ] , little-to-no work-life balance.
Canadians do NOT do things quickly [ why do you think Skilled Worker waits in Blighty are soooo long? ] - BUT they ARE very good at taking your money off you!
All you poor Skilled Worker applicants out there in Britain looking at a four, five-year wait – [1.] be careful what you wish for, and [2.] stay in Europe instead.
Toronto.
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Apr 23rd 2007, 5:28 pm
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Re: Moved: Question: What Looks And Sounds Like America, But Feels Like England?
There is alot of negative post`s floating about at the moment
Apr 23rd 2007, 5:39 pm
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Re: Moved: Question: What Looks And Sounds Like America, But Feels Like England?
Thats cos there are some negative aspects to living in Canada, its not all milk and honey.
However, you have to take some of them with a pinch of salt. I cant say I saw much in this one that tallied with my observations about life here. I think it lost all credibility with the implication that there was any sort of work/ life balance in the US compared to Canada and the UK in particular. The US invented the whole 10 day vacation thing after all... Canada certainly doesnt feel all that much like England to me...strangely it feels like...Canada! An entirely seperate entity to the US and the UK.
However, you have to take some of them with a pinch of salt. I cant say I saw much in this one that tallied with my observations about life here. I think it lost all credibility with the implication that there was any sort of work/ life balance in the US compared to Canada and the UK in particular. The US invented the whole 10 day vacation thing after all... Canada certainly doesnt feel all that much like England to me...strangely it feels like...Canada! An entirely seperate entity to the US and the UK.
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Apr 23rd 2007, 7:05 pm
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Re: Moved: Question: What Looks And Sounds Like America, But Feels Like England?
I prefer to ignore the neg comments about canada. Best thing is to make your own mind up. Mine is very positive and I love canada and cant wait to begin my new life out there. I think alot of people that post neg comment are becuase they have had a bad experiance. Life is what you make of it and alot of us from UK see canada as a great place and see it as a positive move and next stage after living in UK all our lives.
Apr 23rd 2007, 7:11 pm
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I prefer to ignore the neg comments about canada. Best thing is to make your own mind up. Mine is very positive and I love canada and cant wait to begin my new life out there. I think alot of people that post neg comment are becuase they have had a bad experiance. Life is what you make of it and alot of us from UK see canada as a great place and see it as a positive move and next stage after living in UK all our lives.
If you want to bury your head in the sand thats up to you, but forewarned is forearmed. Nowhere in life is going to be perfect, but at least if you are aware of the issues they dont seem as bad when you come up against them. This is no place for rose tinted specs.
Last edited by iaink; Apr 23rd 2007 at 7:13 pm.