What do you NOT like about living in Canada
Jul 8th 2010, 7:20 am
#121
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Re: What do you NOT like about living in Canada
They did show that one xmas in Canada when i was there. A girl i worked with came in the next day and said, i saw something last night from you Brits that was very uncomfortable to watch. When i found out it was League of Gentlemen i nearly died laughing. I would love to of watched her watching it!
Jul 8th 2010, 7:54 am
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Re: What do you NOT like about living in Canada
On the subject of building as some one who has always worked in construction leaving the UK as a senior project manager and now a projects director here in Canada..i can honestly say construction techinques in the UK are far superior to here in Canada as is the quality unfortunately.
Jul 8th 2010, 9:10 am
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Re: What do you NOT like about living in Canada
The commercials grate even when using a PVR. Mine has a fast forward, a faster fast forward and a Hans Solo light speed fast forward. The first one is too slow and the other two are way too fast. I am forever fast forwarding and then rewinding, and then fast forwarding again. Most times, it would be quicker to simply watch the frickin commercials.
Other than that, and the bureaucracy, and the driving, and the lack of decent cheeze, and the fact that everything I say is, apparently, racist, homophobic, anti-semite, or sexist I think Canada is just great
Other than that, and the bureaucracy, and the driving, and the lack of decent cheeze, and the fact that everything I say is, apparently, racist, homophobic, anti-semite, or sexist I think Canada is just great
Jul 8th 2010, 10:22 am
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Re: What do you NOT like about living in Canada
They did show that one xmas in Canada when i was there. A girl i worked with came in the next day and said, i saw something last night from you Brits that was very uncomfortable to watch. When i found out it was League of Gentlemen i nearly died laughing. I would love to of watched her watching it!
Jul 8th 2010, 12:06 pm
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Re: What do you NOT like about living in Canada
You are right it can be quite uncomfortable to watch....but that is the point of it in many ways......it makes watching David Brent or Alan Partridge very easy.
I enjoy League of Gentlemen as it was filmed about 5 - 10 km from where I grew up (not sure what that distance is in 'old money').
I enjoy League of Gentlemen as it was filmed about 5 - 10 km from where I grew up (not sure what that distance is in 'old money').
Jul 8th 2010, 1:04 pm
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Re: What do you NOT like about living in Canada
hi, we are currently living in Australia, moved here from the UK about 6 years ago and like many Brits we find the people very odd and racist (very). If you check out the Australia forum you will see that this is the general opinion amongst lots of other things. So we put on a thread about what people dont like about living in Oz and have been overwelmed with the replies!!! As we would like to consider Canada as a place to live, we thought we would put on the same thread.
Look forward to your comments, it will be interesting to compare what the Brits think of Canada compared to Oz!
Look forward to your comments, it will be interesting to compare what the Brits think of Canada compared to Oz!
Jul 8th 2010, 1:15 pm
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Jul 8th 2010, 1:17 pm
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Re: What do you NOT like about living in Canada
Canadians themselves are actually very nice people but when you start dealing with the people in the immigration service you will find elements with racist/odd behaviour. be prepared for unprofessional attitudes and basically individuals that are unaccountable for their actions. they are by far the worst immigration service l have ever come accross.no transperancey or consistency.
Jul 8th 2010, 1:26 pm
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Re: What do you NOT like about living in Canada
Australian, New Zealand, Mexican and American. if everything is in order you get the service with these people. In my personal experience Canadian have been the worst and give no excuses to anyone even when they have exceeded their processing times, you cant ring them or get any sort of update and as a result you wait months in limbo not able to plan anything. totally unsympathetic,cant be bothered. l am sure there effective well meaning officials elsewhere in the Canadian system but l am totally unimpressed by what l came across last time.
Jul 8th 2010, 1:42 pm
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Re: What do you NOT like about living in Canada
Australian, New Zealand, Mexican and American. if everything is in order you get the service with these people. In my personal experience Canadian have been the worst and give no excuses to anyone even when they have exceeded their processing times, you cant ring them or get any sort of update and as a result you wait months in limbo not able to plan anything. totally unsympathetic,cant be bothered. l am sure there effective well meaning officials elsewhere in the Canadian system but l am totally unimpressed by what l came across last time.
Why do you want to live in so many countries?
Jul 8th 2010, 3:48 pm
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Re: What do you NOT like about living in Canada
l did get an email come through once from them and the wording was not too far from being blatantly racist and since my application was in process at the time l knew l would not be doing myself any favours by flagging it up. my job is in research requires me to travel and live in different countries depending on the length of the projects so l have to deal with immigration people everytime l move but hopefully after this l will pack it in and go back to Blighty.this is my experience of the system and therefore its a subjective thing. l have been to Canada at once a year for skiing holidays and do not anything bad to say about Canadians, the immigration crew that dealt with my TPW at the consulate however.....
Jul 8th 2010, 4:48 pm
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Re: What do you NOT like about living in Canada
There's too many fat people in Canada for my liking. Of course the UK is getting just as bad.
Jul 8th 2010, 7:52 pm
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