Originally Posted by VFRV4 (Post 12439980)

My wife and I are currently in this dilemma. We came here in 2006. We now try to get by on my wife's wages. We sold the car and motorcycle to make it easier financially. We would leave a beautiful house that looks at the Rockies to move in with family back in the UK. Just a difficult decision.

Originally Posted by Benson55 (Post 12442078)

I've been in Canada 22 years now and have to agree with what you are saying 100%.
Canadians come across as people who can't get the job done, only think of the toys they can buy hence the very high debt levels, are brain washed by any government and don't think for themselves, as for culture I'm not sure they know the meaning of the word.

Originally Posted by brits1 (Post 12456714)

I found when most people said "your mad" that they had either hardly travelled to other parts of the UK or had never actually lived overseas and that their information was mainly gained from watching programmes on tv about moving overseas (which can make anywhere look better than it actually is)or that they would move like a shot if they had the nerve to. I would say to you that it is your life...if after 18 months of actual living and working in Canada and you feel its not for you then return home, good luck with your decision I hope wherever you decide you will both be happy and try and "tune out" advice from people who have not had the experience you have had.

Originally Posted by Benson55 (Post 12457595)

Yes getting out of bed a bit earlier would help, doing some work on Friday would be good, and on Monday stop moaning about the weather....all good tips for Canadians.

Originally Posted by Anna Maria (Post 12463026)

Anyway, my question is around private healthcare which I absolutely love here in Canada. From my past work experience I remember that director levels jobs offered free BUPA. Can anyone apply for an individual healthcare plan with BUPA, AXA etc? I never looked into it since NHS is much better service that public healthcare here, at least where I live in NS. OMG!
Cheers

Originally Posted by Anna Maria (Post 12463802)

Thank you

Originally Posted by steve of 5-0 (Post 12472622)

Hi all...we fly back to the UK in a few months after nearly 15 years in Canada. Various cities including Ft. McMurray and last will be Edmonton are just a few of the places we have lived in. Political Correctness here in Canada prevails and is so out of control. Here in Edmonton the culture is...what else can we do for the down and outs! TV news brings a daily diet of hard luck stories about lazy good for nothings! The only people here with any brains are first generation western Europeans! Those born here take no responsibility for their actions...they blame others. <snipped>
Provincial Governments are at war with "Peter Pan" and his Federal Liberal Government.
<snipped>!

Originally Posted by Iaop (Post 12454043)

Hi everyone,

I just wanted to write a quick note to thank you all for sharing your opinions and ecperiences. I have lived in Toronto for 18 months. My company sent me and my husband over here on an international work secondment. Now the contract is coming to an end and I am being offered a full time permanent position here, but it doesnt feel right and I dont want the job. Whenever I speak to someone about wanting to move back home (South Wales), the usual response is to say how nuts I must be and how everything is better in Canada. My husband and I don't feel this way, for many reasons but I was hearing the same message from so many people, "the UK is in a mess, Canada is the la d of opportunity, you'd be crazy to give it up", that I was seriously starting to doubt myself. Thank you for showing me that there are people with the same opinions as me.

Originally Posted by steve of 5-0 (Post 12397319)

Let me add my two pennies worth...My wife and I came to Canada in 2004 and became Citizens in 2009. We started in NB and gradually moved west via Winnipeg...we are now in Edmonton AB. We have decided to return to the UK by early 2019...Ask us why?...We hate the fact that this country is populated by a vast majority of people who do not accept responsibility for their own actions, it's always someone else's fault and not their own. Also there is a sense of entitlement here that is so in-grained in the culture that law enforcement agencies are made to almost apologize for doing their job. My wife and I do jobs where we deal with the public face to face on mass everyday, it's like dealing with spoilt children who when they don't get the answer they want...they throw their toys out of the pram!...WARNING...CANADA IS A NATION OF 35 MILLION KIDS...AND WE ARE OFF BACK TO THE UK. Finally we are both PRO-Brexit!

Originally Posted by RLR (Post 12476424)

Hello everybody. My question is specific. We are in process of selling our house in BC and moving to UK. We have a buyer but completion day is not set yet. After completion we will go to Calgary for couple weeks and then fly to UK.
The question is - how to cancel Telus internet and phone? They said that we can inform them 24 hrs before we want to disconnect internet and they will send us a box to return their equipment (WiFi router). It is about week to wait for the box. With canadian post can be even much longer. We are not staying in B&B just for waiting this box. And we can not close Telus account until they receive this router, and we can not cancel DD, we can not close bank account.
They offered other option - ask new house owner to do it for us. This is not very good option as somebody will have to go to the post twice - to pick up box and then send it.
Anybody was in such situation? Any advice what to do?

Originally Posted by Pretty Flowers (Post 12476476)

Can you cancel early while you are still at the house? So you get the box for the box before you leave for Calgary?

Originally Posted by RLR (Post 12476990)

I asked my question about Telus equipment on their page on FB and they reply very fast with option to send without waiting box to arrive. Use our box but get the special number over the phone during cancellation.
I forgotten about FB. Good option to sort out problems.

Originally Posted by RLR (Post 12477094)

I am about internet cancellation, not about netflix.

Originally Posted by Billyjoe (Post 12477114)

Hi

Although I do not know what part of Scotland you are from; I am in regular contact with family who live in Angus (2 hrs from Glasgow). They visit Glasgow regularly.

I am in agreement that a holiday would be a good idea for your spouse to have an idea of the area of where you would like to live and what it would be like as the lifestyle there is different from Toronto.

Also, since you left Scotland there has been a very large influx of immigration into Scotland which is the main reason Scotland wants to leave the European Union due to the cost as anyone moving to UK automatically gets medical paid for and now low-income housing is becoming a crisis as immigrants are arriving looking for work.

Please note the above is a statement of what is happening. I am an immigrant myself. I just wanted you to have some perspective of what is happening.

I hope this helps you.

Originally Posted by moneypenny20 (Post 12477125)

Pretty sure Scotland voted overwhelmingly to stay in Europe.

Originally Posted by moneypenny20 (Post 12477125)

Pretty sure Scotland voted overwhelmingly to stay in Europe.

Originally Posted by moneypenny20 (Post 12477125)

Pretty sure Scotland voted overwhelmingly to stay in Europe.

Originally Posted by PrairieWriter (Post 12480148)

Exactly this! We're moving back to Scotland next year and are heartened by the Scots' tendency toward inclusivity rather than fear and hostility. My brother and dad have lived in Scotland for many years and I've spent months there and have loved it! Lovely place; lovely people. :cool:

Originally Posted by biggayowl (Post 12420005)

Some random thoughts on the points in bold.

Having recently moved from Vancouver to Edinburgh, I find the cost of living roughly the same, with no real improvement in living standards. Electricity is more expensive here, (most) food is cheaper. But throw in Council Tax (as a renter) and we're worse off for sure - I realise Property Tax is a serious business for property owners.

Is property on the coast of Devon and Cornwall really much cheaper than The Island? Sooke seems pretty affordable for instance. I agree wholeheartedly about the appalling nature of the real estate market in BC - it's a racket, but hopefully the new provincial Government will try to do something about that. In terms of aesthetics, I'm not sure which is worse - condo towers or bland brick boxes here.

A pint of beer is around 4.50 a pint here now - about $7 which is roughly what I was paying in Vancouver.

Agree people can be more genuine here, but not sure they're friendlier.

All in all I miss BC and we're seriously considering a move back - If you enjoy the lifestyle there then it's simply not attainable in the UK.

And watch out for Brexit (if it's going to happen) - at least Canada doesn't have to contend with that clusterf+ck.