Dear All

We are flying out to Halifax this week for a two week recce, hoping to go down the CI stream.

Could anyone make a short list of what I should be doing to assist in this endeavour. I have of course got meetings set up with various people, but just wanted to make sure I havn't left anything out.

Amyone with any advice and can take a little time for some advice before I leave on Wednesday 14th we would be truly grateful.

THANKS IN ADVANCE

If we want to help you establish what you might have left out during your planning, it isn't enough for us to know that you've got meetings set up with "various people." What kinds of people? I'm not suggesting for a second that you tell us their names, just broad categories.

I've never set foot in Nova Scotia in my life, but my intuitive guess would be that you'd need to meet the following people and/or visit the following institutions:

• representatives of one or more of the Regional Development Agencies (RDAs)
• prospective employers (although pre-arranged employment is not expressly required for the NS-CIS, it would be handy to have)
• a real estate agent (or, if you are considering towns that are far from each other, you may even need to communicate with more than one realtor)
• a couple of schools
• a couple of supermarkets

I believe a lot of the information in the Wiki article called Scouting Trip-Canada would be relevant. But in your case there's the added twist of buttering up the RDAs because you're considering the NS-CIS. If you haven't already read it, I recommend you read the Wiki article called Nova Scotia Community Identified Stream.

Hope that helps.
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Hi ,
i would agree with Judy that you have to give a little more detail in your post for us all to give you more accurate answers to you questions.
Equally i think we have to give a little more slack to folk who are unsure of the ways of BE,we are as it says a community ,with the soul purpose of getting into Canada and living our dreams wether they are sound or not.
Through our endeavors we hopefully gain experiences on the trials and tribulations of going down this route ,receiving advice and
hopefully giving sound advise.
I am learning all the time as i log onto this wonderful site,keep up the good work guys and
Hey lets be careful out there

Cheers
Arty, Alison ,Mhairi & Lewis


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Hi Bonobo,

We are off to NS on Tues!

With regards to covering everything, I would agree with Judy's advice, this is what we have covered at the moment.

We are staying in the Northern Region, but travelling around as much as possible.

Good luck with you trip!