could it be the hope there is a better way of living, less stress, more for the family, mortgage free for some,

White christmas does it for me haha

sue

Have you seen how many people in those comments are openly supporting the BNP??

Most of whom can't seem to handle punctuation.

Superb. People like that made me happy to leave.

BECAUSE we can........ everyone wants to try something different

Lots of people think the grass is always greener somewhere else. Sometimes it is - but sometimes it isn't.

Is is simply because Britain is running out of space?

i HOPE HIWINIPEG (THE PREVIOUS POSTER) IS NOT AM IMMIGRANT IN CANADA CAUSE IF HE IS I HOP THE REAL CANADIANS DO HIM JUSTICE !!!!

no please do not. instead forward this onto all the small minded misinformed individuals like you who try to use this forum as some political football regarding topics such as this, to forward their own agenda.

I first fell for Canada (the people and the Country) way back in 95 and would have happily cashed in my return ticket and stayed if I could have and also if my wife would have.

The feeling of "being back home" every time I returned to Canada never has left me to the point that in 2004 my wife asked if I was going to get grayer and older and regret not having tried the move to Canada.
So here we are now trying to get everything cleared up, boxed up and sold up hoping to move in January (if the house sale goes OK).
If people were only leaving the UK to get away from something then they are leaving for the wrong reasons.
While there is much wrong (as well as very good) with the UK our real reason for heading to Canada is we want to do it and because it is a dream. We also have a picture of what we want when we get there.
And if you don't follow your dreams......
I think the mass exodus we hear about today consists of a lot of people chasing their dreams.

ScottishJim

well said Jim

So true We visited in january and wow
Why didnt allow my husband to drag me earlier, since then been back again, now i just want to get back and live our dream, kids keep asking "is it today"

One day when the house sells

Gill

I know just what you mean; every Monday morning my 5 yearold boy asks "are we going to canada this week?"

Initially it was before his birthday - September, then we said before Santa comes; now it looks like it will be the New Year, poor child just cannot understand why we have to wait.

All I know is that we will realise our dream eventually, despite all the set backs.

same here, we've been hanging on and waiting to try and get a buyer for our house but it has fallen through twice
but we have to move before feb so we are biting the bullet and going out end of jan and renting until our house sells fingers crossed

.... and our son has been saying for months can we go now....

so fingers crossed jan 24th it is

Good on you, we wont take the final trip until the house sells.
Hubby has a couple of companys interested, but he wont leave me here with three young kids and his parents

He finishes work next month for the last time, taken the red/package that they have offered, that way one of the 0ther guys keep there jobs

now we just need a house sale and we have 2 of the 3 dreams
Number 3 will be for him to land the dream job

Should we start a section in wiki why we are leaving
Top 100 reason, may get a bit longer than 100 though

Gill