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Forum: Canada
Jun 26th 2004, 3:46 am
Replies: 46
Views: 3,254
Posted By quebirder

The first couple of mosquito seasons are the...

The first couple of mosquito seasons are the worst - after that you build up a resistance and the big itching welts of the new-immigrant settle down to minor irritations at worst. It is always very...
Forum: Canada
Jun 24th 2004, 7:39 am
Replies: 2
Views: 554
Posted By quebirder

Re: Moving to Canada with dogs

Noproblems - I have a friend from the UK who arrived here with a dozen large dogs. Several companies in the UK (mostly based near Heathrow) specialise in exporting animals such as dogs/cats. They...
Forum: Canada
Jun 24th 2004, 7:35 am
Replies: 2
Views: 489
Posted By quebirder

Re: Doctors and Biomedical/Biotech Companies!!!!!

Check out www.ctbr.com for one such company
Forum: Canada
Mar 12th 2004, 10:13 am
Replies: 65
Views: 6,011
Posted By quebirder

As I said - I speak from six years experience...

As I said - I speak from six years experience living here - but you only have to read the local press, listen to the radio (both languages) etc.

It was a federal politician who invented the...
Forum: Canada
Mar 11th 2004, 10:08 am
Replies: 2
Views: 712
Posted By quebirder

Re: Debts

So long as your bank account in the UK does not charge you for keeping it open (unlike Canadian banks that all levy fees) I'd keep one open with the minimum amount in.

Which currency you pay the...
Forum: Canada
Mar 11th 2004, 10:03 am
Replies: 9
Views: 1,080
Posted By quebirder

Re: Company Pension

No problem - an RRSP doesn't have to contain just mutual funds.

It's the UK that make the restrictions, not Canada, so it does have to be in an "equivallent" type of fund but RRSPs are pretty...
Forum: Canada
Mar 11th 2004, 9:55 am
Replies: 65
Views: 6,011
Posted By quebirder

I'm sorry - but I live here, have done for some...

I'm sorry - but I live here, have done for some years. I have never been refused service in English. Period.

There are a number, thankfully diminishing, of red-neck anglos here who "insist on...
Forum: Canada
Mar 9th 2004, 12:11 pm
Replies: 9
Views: 1,080
Posted By quebirder

Re: Company Pension

We got our pensions transferred without the UK tax people taking a penny - straight out of our UK pension funds and into Canadian RRSPs
Forum: Canada
Mar 9th 2004, 12:09 pm
Replies: 9
Views: 1,080
Posted By quebirder

Yes - it used to be tricky (UK Reveneue rules)...

Yes - it used to be tricky (UK Reveneue rules) but now it's quite simple to transfer pensions here. Both my wife and I have done so.

Basically, the UK Revenue, having given you tax free...
Forum: Canada
Mar 9th 2004, 11:36 am
Replies: 65
Views: 6,011
Posted By quebirder

My last word ..... The historical details...

My last word .....

The historical details you mentioned earlier were correct BUT I disagree with your interpretation.

Nobodies human rights are being trampled on here but the rights of...
Forum: Canada
Mar 9th 2004, 12:42 am
Replies: 65
Views: 6,011
Posted By quebirder

Hmmm - some political realities are called for...

Hmmm - some political realities are called for here -

1. The political entity that is today's Canada was foiunded in 1867 but the European colonisation began with the French - Champlain, cartier...
Forum: Canada
Mar 8th 2004, 11:45 am
Replies: 65
Views: 6,011
Posted By quebirder

Let the numbers speak for themselves - the latest...

Let the numbers speak for themselves - the latest figures I have seen are that 7% of anglophones are bilingual in french while 34% of francophones are bilingual in English.

Anyway - why wouldn't...
Forum: Canada
Mar 8th 2004, 11:11 am
Replies: 65
Views: 6,011
Posted By quebirder

sorry - typo in the last posting - I should of...

sorry - typo in the last posting - I should of course have said :

The answer to your question is - probably a considerably higher percentage of people in the Saguenay speak English than in...
Forum: Canada
Mar 8th 2004, 11:10 am
Replies: 65
Views: 6,011
Posted By quebirder

Them's fightin' words .......... I take the...

Them's fightin' words ..........

I take the Quebecois as I find them, and they are fine people.

The answer to your question is - probably a considerably higher percentage of people in the...
Forum: Canada
Mar 8th 2004, 9:59 am
Replies: 65
Views: 6,011
Posted By quebirder

Quite a few to be honest with you - though that...

Quite a few to be honest with you - though that may refelct the fact that I move in slightly more "educated" circles than the norm. Most of my friends/colleagues are embarrasingly fluent in English...
Forum: Canada
Mar 8th 2004, 8:12 am
Replies: 65
Views: 6,011
Posted By quebirder

French is taught abysmally in UK schools - I was...

French is taught abysmally in UK schools - I was a case in point and it took living in Montreal to sort the language out for me.

However, my experience is that people in Quebec really don't...
Forum: Canada
Mar 8th 2004, 5:07 am
Replies: 65
Views: 6,011
Posted By quebirder

Do it - Montreal is a great place, one of the...

Do it - Montreal is a great place, one of the civilised cities on this continent.

Do NOT let a lack of facility in French put you off and make you miss all the good stuff. Although Quebec as a...
Forum: Canada
Mar 5th 2004, 5:24 am
Replies: 174
Views: 16,218
Posted By quebirder

Canadian fashion sense ..... now this is a HUGE...

Canadian fashion sense ..... now this is a HUGE generalisation of course but living in Montreal it has been my observation that (in general) the styles talked about in previous posts here, the...
Forum: Canada
Mar 4th 2004, 9:15 am
Replies: 5
Views: 629
Posted By quebirder

You can "do" cities anywhere in the world (though...

You can "do" cities anywhere in the world (though do not miss Montreal and Quebec City) but you can't walk/ski in a forest with bears around the corner in Europe any more.

Go hiking, add new...
Forum: Canada
Mar 4th 2004, 6:18 am
Replies: 174
Views: 16,218
Posted By quebirder

A lot of the positives listed - (almost) all of...

A lot of the positives listed - (almost) all of which I agree with - are to do with economic aspects of life in Canada so might I add the really really great things for me that don't fit in those...
Forum: US Immigration, Citizenship and Visas
Mar 4th 2004, 3:59 am
Replies: 29
Views: 1,639
Posted By quebirder

Oh my God - a Guardian reader who tends towards...

Oh my God - a Guardian reader who tends towards two tier medicine. The world is coming apart, where are the certainties I grew up with !!
Forum: US Immigration, Citizenship and Visas
Mar 4th 2004, 12:19 am
Replies: 29
Views: 1,639
Posted By quebirder

Actually, if society pays for our educations then...

Actually, if society pays for our educations then yes, we do owe something back regardless of the subject. For most people the payback is that because we have graduate qualifications we will earn...
Forum: US Immigration, Citizenship and Visas
Mar 3rd 2004, 11:50 am
Replies: 29
Views: 1,639
Posted By quebirder

Hardly comparable - health care is a public good...

Hardly comparable - health care is a public good and something we all need, finainacial analysts we can take or leave. Fees now charged in UK come nowhere near the actual cost to society of training...
Forum: US Immigration, Citizenship and Visas
Mar 3rd 2004, 9:48 am
Replies: 29
Views: 1,639
Posted By quebirder

Quite - there are not enough doctors and nurses...

Quite - there are not enough doctors and nurses to go around (in many countries) but if they are trained at huge expense by the state (UK) then they really ought to be working for everybody in the...
Forum: US Immigration, Citizenship and Visas
Mar 3rd 2004, 7:15 am
Replies: 29
Views: 1,639
Posted By quebirder

Just a reality check ....... OK then - ...

Just a reality check ....... OK then -

Private health plans that are meaningful cost a bomb, discount plans pretty much cover you for colds and sniffles.

Insurers in the UK really are not...
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