Hi, I'm looking for people who've decided for whatever reason Canada's not for them and are moving back to Britain...and are willing to be interviewed about it. I'm a journalist putting together a story on why Canada is losing Brits in numbers as well as recruiting them and some of the reasons.
PM me with some brief details if you're interested.

I'm not going back anytime soon.....but I still feel the pull to go back home. It's ok here, I don't hate it, but I do hate the winters and some other issues about it. I don't hate the UK either, but there again, there are issues there that make me skeptical about my wanting to go home. Don't know whether I'd be your ideal candidate to interview but I could certainly give you my perspectives on my life here and why I'm just biding my time until the moment is right that I'm going back to the Green, Green Grass of Home!!

Ditto the above poster, I don't see myself going back to the UK in the next few years but long term future wise Canada doesnt do it for me.

Thanks guys. Anyone else moving back to Britain up for talking about why Canada wasn't for them?

Hi we live in Kelowna and are returning to the UK as soon as poss. Absolutely hate it here after only 10 months and can't wait to return. Just want to sell up and go.

Could you expand on that a bit please. It sounds like you're in a kind of paradise.

reasons: 1) its boring here except for the summers and golf season. 2) people are always highly strung (3) money rules all relationships which makes it impossible to have a conversation without purpose. (4) social drinking is frowned upon, thus widespread closet consumption (5) there are far too many "causes" people latch on to. If you dont agree/support any one of these you become the protagonist automatically even if you have absolutely no view on the subject. (6) there is a tendency in Canada to be secretive. If you are on the winning team this is fine, but if not, there's no way of defending yourself. (7) "communication" here means being able to dial a number as opposed to being able to use words sparingly and correctly. (8) there is absolutely no unbiased journalism. Newspapers use emotive, subjective language and TV reporters are too facially active to doubt what their opinions are. Long live the BBC (9) ignorance and illiteracy is more widespread than is acknowledged (10) the legal arena is third world like in its implementation of perfectly good laws (11) for the size of its population, plastic surgery and botox use is intense. (12) driving a late model vehicle is more important than education. All in all, Canada is like its great lakes: big, beautiful but no taste, no fragrance.

OMG!!! Wish i could write like that..........BRILLIANT

Or, like a bloke i worked with said, Vancouver is like a supermodel. Beautiful to look at but completely shallow and empty inside.

Sometimes i really miss it and sometimes i shudder at the thought of being there. The working week i found ok but the weekends were very boring. I need more than the sea wall to excite me. Once you've done Whistler and Seattle a few times it does become tedious. Like the guy said, the media is completely one sided and I worked in it. Nice people though im still in touch with loads of them. We'll probably return when we dont have to work. My wife hated working there.

Perfect, but you forgot about the job market, it's who you know not what you know.

and once into a job: "honour amongst thieves"

That's why i invariably start any reply to a Canadian with "what d'ya want!"

I disagree with (8). The BBC is viscerally biased, opposed to CBC et. al who are blatantly biased and don't give a crap 'cos they are not strictly publicly funded.

And the comment about the job market networking is SO true.

The grass isn't greener in Canada with respect to the UK, It's just cut differently... and has less dog doo-doo in it.

haha talking of dog doo-doo, i use too watch people, where i was living in Canada blatantly stand outside peoples gardens with their dogs on leads, allowing them to P and S in peoples gardens and then they would just walk off

I used to stand and think how disgusting............they'd not do that and get away with it in the UK.

In most parts of the UK, they would do that, and would get away with it as most people are now to afraid to stand up to them, in fear of what might happen in return