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Forum: Canada
Dec 3rd 2009, 12:03 am
Replies: 24
Views: 3,136
Posted By SNOWDUDE

Re: Setting up a Business in Canada - Anyone done it?

"We are looking for reliability and exceptional quality workmanship"



also very important,add this one to my other items & you should beat the barrow boys out of town.

The main point is...
Forum: Canada
Dec 2nd 2009, 1:37 am
Replies: 24
Views: 3,136
Posted By SNOWDUDE

Re: Setting up a Business in Canada - Anyone done it?

Hi Printer,

What line are you in?

I will would need to locate to an area with lots of competition anyway as I see this as where the work is plus competition can often provide a ready source of...
Forum: Canada
Dec 2nd 2009, 1:24 am
Replies: 24
Views: 3,136
Posted By SNOWDUDE

Re: Setting up a Business in Canada - Anyone done it?

Hi SW,

Registered companies like yours will never compete (nor should you try to) with the cash in hand brigade. What you need to do is make yourself stand out from them. Get a smart van with...
Forum: Canada
Dec 2nd 2009, 1:04 am
Replies: 24
Views: 3,136
Posted By SNOWDUDE

Re: Setting up a Business in Canada - Anyone done it?

Hi Pete,

Sorry but I think you and one or two others have misunderstood my question. I know full well how to start, manage & profit from the type of business I have described - in the UK.

What...
Forum: Canada
Dec 2nd 2009, 12:22 am
Replies: 24
Views: 3,136
Posted By SNOWDUDE

Re: Setting up a Business in Canada - Anyone done it?

No I don't do tools anymore so I will be managing a combination of direct & sub -contract labour.
Forum: Canada
Nov 30th 2009, 4:47 am
Replies: 24
Views: 3,136
Posted By SNOWDUDE

Re: Setting up a Business in Canada - Anyone done it?

Hi JonboyE

At the moment it's between Vancouver & Calgary or just maybe ... Halifax.
Forum: Canada
Nov 30th 2009, 1:09 am
Replies: 30
Views: 2,515
Posted By SNOWDUDE

Re: sat nav?!

Used one extensively in Nova Scotia last summer while touring in a 32ft RV. The only problem we found was that if you don't check the route beforehand the sat nav will try take you down dirt tracks...
Forum: Canada
Nov 29th 2009, 11:50 pm
Replies: 24
Views: 3,136
Posted By SNOWDUDE

Smile Setting up a Business in Canada - Anyone done it?

I will be moving over within the next 12 - 18 months and intend to start a building services business i.e heating & ventilation, plumbing, electrical etc. Has anyone set up a similar business? , if...
Forum: Canada
Nov 24th 2009, 8:01 pm
Replies: 213
Views: 22,386
Posted By SNOWDUDE

Re: Coming to Canada - dream over?

So the reason that the vast majority of working class kids and those from disadvantaged backgrounds don't go to the top universities is simply that there "not good enough" , sorry utter b%*^locks,...
Forum: Canada
Nov 20th 2009, 4:19 am
Replies: 30
Views: 4,055
Posted By SNOWDUDE

Re: ICBC trouble

Your letting them play with you. Write to the head of the organization including all the info in your post. Tell them that your car has no insurance sticker initially because you lost it but now...
Forum: Immigration & Citizenship (Canada)
Nov 15th 2009, 9:31 pm
Replies: 20
Views: 2,037
Posted By SNOWDUDE

Re: Landing - my experience

Great news youve landed el-richo.

Any idea how you would handle the accompanying & to follow lists if your'e merely landing but not intending to actually move for say another 12- 18 months?
...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Nov 11th 2009, 3:12 am
Replies: 151
Views: 8,052
Posted By SNOWDUDE

Re: Remembrance Day

Remembrance day would be a fitting & noble reason to insert a much needed public holiday into what is the longest run without a holiday in the whole year i.e late summer bank holiday to Christmas...
Forum: Canada
Nov 10th 2009, 2:17 am
Replies: 37
Views: 3,153
Posted By SNOWDUDE

Re: Importing my Motorcycles

Hi, Does anyone know if the restrictions apply to off road machines i.e trials bike or motocrossers?
Forum: Canada
Nov 9th 2009, 9:56 pm
Replies: 37
Views: 3,153
Posted By SNOWDUDE

Re: Importing my Motorcycles

I can't believe it, how draconian is that, I have a 2003 Suzuki that I was intending to take with me, it is exactly the same as a Canadian model, it even has an electronic speedo that can be switched...
Forum: Canada
Nov 8th 2009, 9:56 pm
Replies: 33
Views: 3,900
Posted By SNOWDUDE

Re: Kids and Schools

Do any provinces have proper uniforms in their non-fee paying schools?

We looked round a couple of middle schools in NB and the kids, dresswise seemed to fall in two camps, those who just looked...
Forum: Canada
Nov 8th 2009, 9:25 pm
Replies: 138
Views: 16,347
Posted By SNOWDUDE

Re: GB Pound Vs CAD Dollar - HOW LOW CAN IT GO?

In my experience the brokers seem to all operate in one narrow price band and the banks in another, but at a much higher level.
Forum: Immigration & Citizenship (Canada)
Nov 2nd 2009, 3:24 am
Replies: 22
Views: 1,696
Posted By SNOWDUDE

Re: Meds thumbs up how long

Hi Souxie,

"My son had his done in March as well and was asked to go for a psychiatric evaluation as he had admitted to smoking cannabis when a teenager"

Sounds a bit extreme:blink:

When...
Forum: Immigration & Citizenship (Canada)
Nov 2nd 2009, 2:23 am
Replies: 22
Views: 1,696
Posted By SNOWDUDE

Re: Meds thumbs up how long

As I understand it Jet747 didn't actually see what the DMP put on his form at the time. Like you, were keen to know so we can make plans,as the medical comes right at the end of a long process it's...
Forum: Immigration & Citizenship (Canada)
Nov 1st 2009, 11:59 pm
Replies: 22
Views: 1,696
Posted By SNOWDUDE

Re: Meds thumbs up how long

We had our medicals a few weeks ago. As a family we are all in reasonable health and not under the doctor for anything. At the medicals the DMP ticked off the nothing remarkable boxes on all our...
Forum: Immigration & Citizenship (Canada)
Nov 1st 2009, 11:22 pm
Replies: 5
Views: 800
Posted By SNOWDUDE

Re: Dog ate my passport request

Is madam also Canada bound? - if so maybe she's heard it's cold out there and is simply trying to scupper the move!
Forum: Immigration & Citizenship (Canada)
Oct 30th 2009, 5:48 am
Replies: 15
Views: 1,418
Posted By SNOWDUDE

Re: Still awaiting PPR after 7 weeks

"I had heard that if you email them a lot it sometime slows things down?"

Has anyone got any tangible evidence that CHC London play these sorts of games, theres lots of anecdotal stuff on here...
Forum: Immigration & Citizenship (Canada)
Oct 28th 2009, 2:37 am
Replies: 24
Views: 1,465
Posted By SNOWDUDE

Re: Delaying Landing.

Any one know if in Stuartm's case would all members of the family have to land or is it just the principle applicant?
Forum: Immigration & Citizenship (Canada)
Oct 28th 2009, 2:29 am
Replies: 31
Views: 4,208
Posted By SNOWDUDE

Re: Willis Brazolot - got a meeting at Heathrow

We used a consultant (not this one).

The process involved us filling in a lot of proforma documentation for the consultant and while I put a lot of effort into getting things right it was...
Forum: Canada
Oct 25th 2009, 11:19 pm
Replies: 86
WHY
Views: 7,621
Posted By SNOWDUDE

Re: WHY

What's ironic about it ? Immigrants are fine if you have the space & more importantly the jobs & resources for them, Canada has Britain hasn't.;)
Forum: Canada
Oct 25th 2009, 10:13 pm
Replies: 86
WHY
Views: 7,621
Posted By SNOWDUDE

Re: WHY

While the readers of the said papers probably look at the immigrants and blame them, the truth is that with the exception of a small percentage they have all been invited here by the UK government...
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