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Forum: Canada
Apr 1st 2010, 9:58 am
Replies: 78
Views: 6,909
Posted By babycart

Re: Regulated professions warning of how long to work in Canada post landing

Come on this is basic "Hogg" text book stuff- As a lawyer I would expect a bit more creative thinking. If you want on a discussion on constitutional law, please PM me as I would love to hear your...
Forum: Canada
Apr 1st 2010, 7:08 am
Replies: 78
Views: 6,909
Posted By babycart

Re: Regulated professions warning of how long to work in Canada post landing

Agree to a point, but we are talking about UK qualified professionals here. I hope Canada does not regards the UK as third world status.
Forum: Canada
Apr 1st 2010, 6:33 am
Replies: 78
Views: 6,909
Posted By babycart

Re: Regulated professions warning of how long to work in Canada post landing

Professions are regulated across the world, that is not the argument. The issue is that Canada 'has' a very clear immigration policy to address the labour market and the skill shortage it faces....
Forum: Canada
Mar 31st 2010, 2:35 pm
Replies: 78
Views: 6,909
Posted By babycart

Re: Regulated professions warning of how long to work in Canada post landing

Let's not try to embellish the system, the reality is that there is a disconnect between accepting your professional qualifications for the PR application, but disregarding it when you arrive.
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Forum: Canada
Feb 20th 2010, 3:08 pm
Replies: 12
Views: 1,367
Posted By babycart

Re: International Baccalaureate (IB programme)

For those Expat who are not aware, there are three different alternatives to the last set of exams a student takes at high school, IB, AP and provincial 12 exams. Of the the three IB & AP are to be...
Forum: Canada
May 17th 2009, 12:09 pm
Replies: 328
Views: 26,387
Posted By babycart

Re: why did you want to leave the uk?

Comparing the UK with Canada on all levels is impossible. The things we find frustrating about the UK can be just as prevalent in Canada. There are drugs instead of booze, there are gangs, poverty,...
Forum: Canada
May 17th 2009, 11:07 am
Replies: 0
Views: 466
Posted By babycart

Travelling across Canada

I am thinking of organizing a trip from Vancouver to Toronto or even Halifax and I am not sure if anyone has done this trip either by RV or by car. The purpose is not just to get across but use this...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
May 17th 2009, 11:01 am
Replies: 51
Views: 3,433
Posted By babycart

Smile Re: Anarchy in the uk?

I am sorry you feel so flattered- you have no reason to be. I have chosen not to reply to a comment which was designed to be impertinent. How about putting something of substance rather than playing...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
May 17th 2009, 3:25 am
Replies: 51
Views: 3,433
Posted By babycart

Re: Anarchy in the uk?

The reality of your question is really to undermine someone who expresses an opinion rather than being truly interested in what I have to say. The reason why I say this is that your post is picking...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
May 16th 2009, 6:09 pm
Replies: 51
Views: 3,433
Posted By babycart

Re: Anarchy in the uk?

Nothing wrong with being rich & nothing wrong with owning a corporation- whats the point you want to make?
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
May 16th 2009, 5:58 pm
Replies: 51
Views: 3,433
Posted By babycart

Re: Anarchy in the uk?

There is a sudden realization that the fabric of a society is deeply flawed to favors the political elite and the corporate rich. UK has now constructed the most extreme set of laws which determine...
Forum: Canada
Apr 26th 2009, 2:02 pm
Replies: 17
Views: 1,612
Posted By babycart

Re: Flu Virus - Mexico

Obama was in Mexico April 16-17 to discuss issues ranging from immigration and security to the global financial crisis with the Mexican President Felipe Calderon. He also told them that the solution...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Apr 18th 2009, 6:22 pm
Replies: 11
Views: 1,216
Posted By babycart

Re: Hope to give hope - House sold in 1 day

We have just sold our house in Maple Ridge BC. House was on the market for 1 week and had two offers on the same day which resulted in accepting one offer with the other as a backup offer if the...
Forum: Canada
Apr 13th 2009, 5:59 am
Replies: 156
Views: 8,388
Posted By babycart

Re: From heaven to hell: 18 die as drugs war rages on streets of Vancouver

This thread was from Heaven to Hell and it is interesting to see how the thread has gone from cost of living to drugs. This demonstrates that these are two real occupations which are fundamental to...
Forum: Canada
Apr 11th 2009, 11:06 am
Replies: 156
Views: 8,388
Posted By babycart

Re: From heaven to hell: 18 die as drugs war rages on streets of Vancouver

Maybe have a look at this graph and before you say it I know this is not all housing types as it refers to detached properties. Your timelines are out of sync. As Expo was in 1986- Hong Kong handed...
Forum: Canada
Apr 11th 2009, 9:56 am
Replies: 156
Views: 8,388
Posted By babycart

Re: From heaven to hell: 18 die as drugs war rages on streets of Vancouver

Prices are high because there was cheap credit, people lying about there income, 40 year mortgages (which thankfully have stopped), developers who overpriced their inventory (now Omni have reduced...
Forum: Canada
Apr 10th 2009, 5:28 am
Replies: 156
Views: 8,388
Posted By babycart

Re: From heaven to hell: 18 die as drugs war rages on streets of Vancouver

"Perception and personal circumstances are everything"- That really sums it up for everyone who wants to move to Canada or Vancouver. If you have a great disposable income then in my experience...
Forum: Canada
Apr 7th 2009, 3:45 pm
Replies: 156
Views: 8,388
Posted By babycart

Re: From heaven to hell: 18 die as drugs war rages on streets of Vancouver

Fair enough- you cannot apply broad brush strokes as there are + & - about most cities- I just think Vancouver has set it self up to a level of expectation
which a lot cities have not attempted to...
Forum: Canada
Apr 7th 2009, 2:39 pm
Replies: 156
Views: 8,388
Posted By babycart

Re: From heaven to hell: 18 die as drugs war rages on streets of Vancouver

Reading the article and getting the interpretation of whether Vancouver is crime ridden or not is rather simplistic and one which everyone knows is not answerable. However the comments are more...
Forum: Canada
Apr 7th 2009, 12:34 pm
Replies: 156
Views: 8,388
Posted By babycart

From heaven to hell: 18 die as drugs war rages on streets of Vancouver

This article in the Independent has not gone down well in the local Vancouver press- The comments are worth a read.
...
Forum: Canada
Apr 7th 2009, 12:28 pm
Replies: 14
Views: 7,217
Posted By babycart

Re: Maple Ridge - Vancouver BC

Hi we live on acreage just near Whornock, the drive is 15 mins into Maple Ridge centre, but the area is a world of difference from what most of metro Vancouver has to offer. People here call it...
Forum: Canada
Apr 2nd 2009, 5:04 am
Replies: 20
Views: 2,434
Posted By babycart

Re: Articling In Canada

Once you are qualified to practice in BC, you can only practice in BC. You have to take a transfer test which will be specific to each province. In the UK we have the Law Society, now the SRA,...
Forum: Canada
Apr 2nd 2009, 4:48 am
Replies: 20
Views: 2,434
Posted By babycart

Re: Articling In Canada

Each province has their own requirement for being called to the bar. Once you qualify to practice say in BC then you will still need to go through a process to work in Alberta.

As a foreign law...
Forum: Canada
Dec 24th 2008, 2:00 pm
Replies: 25
Views: 2,537
Posted By babycart

Re: maple ridge

Canada sells itself as being culturally & racial diverse. I uphold that principle. Whether people judge me because I pay for private schools fees is an irrelevant point, as they say that's their...
Forum: Canada
Dec 24th 2008, 5:43 am
Replies: 25
Views: 2,537
Posted By babycart

Re: maple ridge

I think you have missed the point- I am not white- My kids are very lucky to go to a school where at front of the school the flags of all the various countries they come from fly, which incidentally...
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