lost, sorry.

The problem is that 20 or 30 years of retirement spending (on reduced post work income) in Canada doesnt put nearly enough money into the economy to complensate for what is likely to end up being taken out when provincial health care ends up paying out several hundred thousand to carry out a quadrupal bypass or end of life radio or chemotherapy, or assisted living costs or any other serious medical care that old people have a nasty habit of having to receive.

Thats why people are seeing what you are doing as potentially sponging off those of us who will be paying 30 or 40 years of our working lives into the system before we are in that unfortunate position.

You seem intelligent, Im surprised I need to spell this out to you. The assumption is that if you are going to work in the US that you will declare yourself non resident in Canada for tax purposes. Do you intend to keep filling and paying Canadian taxes in your absence before you retire back in Canada?

By babble, you mean anyone that does not concur with your views? Sounds like something my kids would say.

If you have the residency permits as you say, why wait? Out of interest, why did you apply to immigrate to Canada in the first place? Surely you must have looked into the employment prospects beforehand?

You spell out such a happy ending, IainK

Yes, thank you Iain.

I need no reminding.

I refer the honourable (shurely shum mishtake) members to my sig file

Isn`t that a bit like saying that smokers shouldn`t receive lung transplant on the public purse, those that take risks shouldn`t receive treatment on the public purse when their risk taking causes them injuries, etc?

Either retirees are entitled to it, or they are not. How much they have paid into the system is irrelevant - socialist healthcare and all that

All comes down to the pros and cons of health tourism in some respects I think.

Looking at the big overall picture "Socialist healthcare" means costs are covered by society overall . High earners in the society pay in more and subsidise lower earners, but everyone is part of society, contributing what they are deemed able to afford.

Personally I make a distinction between that situation, and a situation where someone is a high earner elsewhere, but chooses not to contribute to this particular society, at least not until that are in a position where they want to enjoy the benefits of it anyway.

Specific risk takers could be an area where public policy will change over time, who knows? Right now I would say that Smokers pay plenty in tax/ duty on their habit, and have the great benefit of expiring of cancer and heart disease before they become costly long term dementia sufferers at least....

Let's not get ahead of ourselves and throw out these paranoid ideas especially when you know nothing about me. You need to be more concerned about your fellow Canadian citizens, hundreds of thousands of them, who are on the dole for all their lives.

Talk about spiraling into babble and nonsense.

Read it in the context of my first "family" comment.

Why do I need to be concerned about them? Isnt the point of welfare to absolve me of concern

Changing the subject now are you, thought you didnt like thread drift
Yup, no one on welfare in the US, Oh no siree.

Dont be in denial, old people end up in hospital, and its expensive to either have to pay for your own insurance or pay out of pocket.

After a working life in the US why would you want to leave 20 or 30 years worth of friends, relatives, contacts, basically your entire social support network behind and move back to Canada?

It makes no more sense than my Father deciding to move to Cornwall or somewhere else he doesnt know anyone, let alone changing countries

You never did answer my question or are you just avoiding it? If you want to leave so badly...
'why did you apply to immigrate to Canada in the first place? Surely you must have looked into the employment prospects beforehand?'

I have siblings and relatives and friends in both countries. So it totally makes sense to me to move back and forth between two countries. What's wrong with that?

Lots of people have relatives and friends in other countries. I have relatives and friends in the US, does not make any sense to me to move back and forth, I just go and visit.

Still did not answer the question though, you are complaining about work and the attitude here, did you not investigate before you came?