Montreal
May 31st 2010 | 3:41 pm
#16
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Re: Montreal
Also, the top tax rate ~44% kicks in for those earning 57k or over.
It's a great place to live (I was there for 6 years) but the things that make it great are largely funded by the rest of Canada. If they went independent they'd be worse off than Greece.
It's a great place to live (I was there for 6 years) but the things that make it great are largely funded by the rest of Canada. If they went independent they'd be worse off than Greece.
Jun 1st 2010 | 4:33 am
#17
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Re: Montreal
There are large English speaking communities in Montreal and also a large number of english speaking jobs, but many of these are hidden.
Because of the language laws, employers are reluctant to advertise jobs without asking for french, but if the job is in an english speaking area, or serves english speaking communities, it is still worth applying.
The vast majority of jobs of course require french, but, you could study French full-time or part-time, and the better you get, the more opportunities.
There is lots to do in the winter. E.g. we have the sugar shacks where we eat a huge meal (with lots of maple syrup on everything). There are also many winter festivals and celebrations. There are also all the different winter sports available in the region; skiing, ice skating, snowboarding or even winter camping.
Montreal is a big city, so there are things to do all year round.
Because of the language laws, employers are reluctant to advertise jobs without asking for french, but if the job is in an english speaking area, or serves english speaking communities, it is still worth applying.
The vast majority of jobs of course require french, but, you could study French full-time or part-time, and the better you get, the more opportunities.
There is lots to do in the winter. E.g. we have the sugar shacks where we eat a huge meal (with lots of maple syrup on everything). There are also many winter festivals and celebrations. There are also all the different winter sports available in the region; skiing, ice skating, snowboarding or even winter camping.
Montreal is a big city, so there are things to do all year round.
Jun 1st 2010 | 5:05 am
#18
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From: montreal
Re: Montreal
see post below. for some reason the post came up twice.. sorry
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Jun 1st 2010 | 5:08 am
#19
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Re: Montreal
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Without getting into a daycare debate , I would highy recommend that you keep your spots at the day care that your chldren are currently enrolled .
Just for fun (and because I am on vacation and its pissing with rain here in Montreal and I really should be unpacking from my trip), I picked up the phone and the Yellow pages and randomly called 5 day cares on the island of Montreal saying that I was a mother looking for a place for my 4 year old child... 3 of them told me that by the time the 4 year old got a place he/she would be in Kindergarten, 1 day care would no longer even take registration for ANY age group and the last one told me that the child would be in 1 st grade by the time sh/she got a spot.
I am not sure where you live, but I can assure you that unless you have strings to get your child into a decent daycare or perhaps at a daycare attached to your employment that daycare is a huge issue here. I just checked the Island of montreal and not Laval nor the South shore, North shore etc.
Anyway, perhaps Mr Lee is not even looking for daycare LOL
Without getting into a daycare debate , I would highy recommend that you keep your spots at the day care that your chldren are currently enrolled .
Just for fun (and because I am on vacation and its pissing with rain here in Montreal and I really should be unpacking from my trip), I picked up the phone and the Yellow pages and randomly called 5 day cares on the island of Montreal saying that I was a mother looking for a place for my 4 year old child... 3 of them told me that by the time the 4 year old got a place he/she would be in Kindergarten, 1 day care would no longer even take registration for ANY age group and the last one told me that the child would be in 1 st grade by the time sh/she got a spot.
I am not sure where you live, but I can assure you that unless you have strings to get your child into a decent daycare or perhaps at a daycare attached to your employment that daycare is a huge issue here. I just checked the Island of montreal and not Laval nor the South shore, North shore etc.
Anyway, perhaps Mr Lee is not even looking for daycare LOL
Jun 3rd 2010 | 1:15 pm
#20
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From: Montreal
Re: Montreal
I like it here in Montreal.
Been living here nearly 5 years now and got no complaints really. Yeah winter is tough but you get through it. Yes, the tax rates are kind of high but then again the cost of housing is proportionally lower as are things like daycare prices. Evens itself out in the end probably and if it
doesn't? - Who cares? You live in a city you like not some backwater
nowhere.
To quote from the incredible TV series Treme last week :
"But it is better to live here in sackcloth and ashes than it is to own the entire state of Ohio"
He was talking about New Orleans but i felt it kind of applicable to Montreal so I stole it.
Been living here nearly 5 years now and got no complaints really. Yeah winter is tough but you get through it. Yes, the tax rates are kind of high but then again the cost of housing is proportionally lower as are things like daycare prices. Evens itself out in the end probably and if it
doesn't? - Who cares? You live in a city you like not some backwater
nowhere.
To quote from the incredible TV series Treme last week :
"But it is better to live here in sackcloth and ashes than it is to own the entire state of Ohio"
He was talking about New Orleans but i felt it kind of applicable to Montreal so I stole it.
