I noticed that when I talked about emigrating to Canada I got a lot of negative comments, is there something wrong with Canada that no one writes about?
You are posting on a forum which has a lot of Canadians who are choosing not to live in Canada.
Because aside from Bangladesh and Romania, Canada is the easiest country in the world to immigrate to? The country apparently is severely underpopulated, with a declining birthrate, and will take anybody. Insane Muslim fundamentalist with no basic job skills willing to wash dishes for 30 cents an hour? Come on down! Maybe, if you’re lucky and work hard, you can immigrate to the country you really wanted to immigrate to in the first place, if only they weren’t so stringent with their standards - yes, the fabled land down south where all the streets are paved with gold. Good for you that Canada will accept anybody who breathes and has a pulse!
It’s a good place to call home. Doesn’t have a sexy reputation, but you’re looking for a place to hang your hat, not a night on the town.
There are a lot of places that are a lot worse, and very few that might be marginally better.
I didn’t know people were down on emmigrating there. In fact, I thought it was an extremely popular destination for Taiwanese and other ethnic Chinese. And, a few years ago with the apparent dramatic shift to the right in the US, with increased influence of conservatives, Christians and Republicans intermeddling in everyone else’s business, taking away personal liberties, and steering our country down the wrong road, lots of Americans also began looking to the North. Like most Americans, I know hardly anything about Canada, but I too was curious to learn about it, as it sounds like a nice place to live. That’s why I started this thread:
forumosa.com/taiwan/viewtopi … ght=canada
But, probably what you’re referring to is just the fact that Americans like to tease Canadians, because you’re clearly inferior and are such easy targets. 
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[quote=“rahimiiii”]I noticed that when I talked about emigrating to Canada I got a lot of negative comments, is there something wrong with Canada that no one writes about?[/quote] Have you read my / Dr Zoidberg’s posts?
Point, TSC/ Dr. Z. There’s a reason to go elsewhere.
And Chewycorns, another.
Canada is composed almost entirely of selfless bastards who cannot fathom any info that they have not struck into thus far.
Fargin’ cubes of sanctimonious iceboxes who could bring about something close to world peace, if only they would just shut up.
Yet, Alas, …
Look who’s talking.
Ouch! 
zant
Me? A sanctimonious icebox?
Ye have it all wrong. I’m just a pompous windbag with a disdain for the vulgar.
Which most of my countryfolk represent. Especially when they travel overseas.
To be truly Canadian/ien, one must be cognizant of one’s history. It’s the same with any nation really. Too bad ours was just a blip on the grand screen of mediocrity.
All those guys, all down the line, who died in vain for a Cuntry they would not recognize today. The whole nation has lost it’s sense of humour. Oh, Tragic loss…!
Canada should fracture, & the sooner the better. It’s an impossible anomlie held together by strings of false hope, empty promises, and vapid sentiment.
And as for World Piece, we’re still waiting for you start the fire…
Good Luck.
Ouch! zant
Me? A sanctimonious icebox?
Ye have it all wrong. I’m just a pompous windbag with a disdain for the vulgar.
Which most of my countryfolk represent. Especially when they travel overseas.
To be truly Canadian/ien, one must be cognizant of one’s history. It’s the same with any nation really. Too bad ours was just a blip on the grand screen of mediocrity.
All those guys, all down the line, who died in vain for a Cuntry they would not recognize today. The whole nation has lost it’s sense of humour. Oh, Tragic loss…!
Canada should fracture, & the sooner the better. It’s an impossible anomlie held together by strings of false hope, empty promises, and vapid sentiment.
And as for World Piece, we’re still waiting for you start the fire…
Good Luck.[/quote]
Ouch.
I have a horrible sickening feeling that our “multiculturaism” that I used to be so proud of is going to stew into the kind of horrible filth of competing ghettos of disaffected, margianlized youths of various immigrant groups who aren’t getting a fair shake, feel discriminated against now that their attempts to instill Sharia Law have been squashed, that is becoming of London, Paris, and other European cities. We’ve got 200 Al-Quaida cells in Canada, we’ve got groups of young Muslims who feel marginalised and have no future other than driving a cab. Bin Laden named us as one of the Western countries he considered as a target and we’re the only one he hasn’t stuck yet. we’ve got all the ingredients that lead to kids with no futures getting talked into blowing themselves up in public places.
When the first suitcase nuke hits, I hope I’m in Taiwna.
Wow, Dr. Raza sure has a chip on his shoulder. I look around my Canadian office of 13 well-paid engineers. Here are their places of birth in alphabetical order:
- Canada (x3)
- China
- Hong Kong
- India
- Iran
- Israel
- Lebanon
- Morocco
- Poland
- Taiwan
- USA
With my previous employers here in Canada, I’ve also worked with engineers born in Russia, Ukraine, UK, Belgium, Germany, Malawi, Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore, Iraq, Japan, Korea, Serbia, Pakistan, Romania, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Brazil, Vietnam, Thailand, Ireland, and Spain.
These former and present colleagues cover Africa, North and South America, Eastern and Western Europe, the Middle East, South Asia, Southeast Asia, and the Far East. Five out of six inhabitable continents. I’m only missing Australia (although my son’s kindergarten teacher is from Australia).
I’m not denying that life is indeed difficult and perhaps much worse than life back “home” for many immigrants. I personally know a few. But “no jobs”? Hyperbole indeed.
Well, I can’t write chinese for #%#%, so I have serious questions about my survivability in Taiwan. Canada being American culture, its not like I got a problem with that… I grew up in America. Cold weather, I like cold better than HOT HUMID Taiwan weather. Im waiting for that Chinese cold missile that’s going to be coming this friday… sick of turning on the AC when tempature and humidity gets too high and shocked when I see my electric bill. As for being jobless, Im sure its probably about the same everywhere, you gotta do what you gotta do, even if it means driving cabs…
As for cost of living, it’s good now, but what about 5 to 10 years from now? Everywhere I go in Taiwan they raise the price of everything by 5NT every 6 months, and with no increase in paycheck. Taxes are low in Taiwan but the government doesn’t do anything. In America and other western nations they might have high taxes but the government actually give a **** and their cops actually do their job.
some stuff is accurate…
the job market is really bad in Canada…especially for engineers in hi-tech.
taxes are high, increased in Ontario with the new OHIP health tax…the GST went down a notch (to 6%).
the girls are still fat… 
cost of living in a major city like TOronto iz insane, crazy traffic and housing costs…
all in all, its still one of the best places to live and raise a family, but probably not where u wanna hangout when u in your teen/20s…nice place to settle down when u r more established later in life.
ok, if u have a friggin PhD from a decent skule, y can’t u get a job in the government pushing paper? y do u need to drive a cab? if your English sux, than ya i can see y u cant get a decent job, i don’t make excuses for getting shut out of the job market here for not knowing Chinese. Since it may not have been clear, ya Canada is also racist too, so goodluck getting a job in public sector if u not white.
It’s not that bad. In fact, it’s quite OK. It’s not like those wild and crazy days during the Internet bubble, but when my office laid off about 15 engineers (out of about 30 engineers) back in April, they all found new jobs within four months. I got laid off in Feb of '05, was given 3 months severance, but found a job in 3 weeks that paid better – sometimes, getting laid off is a blessing indeed. Currently, I get on average 2 calls per month from headhunters. Jobs are out there for sure.
Taxes are comparable to living in California.
But skinnier than the neighbours to the south, but that’s not saying much, I know.
But is Taipei any better?
Unless you live in Montreal.
For those with Ph.D.s, it’s rarely about English skills although for some, it’s an issue. However, for those that had their university education in English (i.e. India, Pakistan), having a Ph.D. in the “wrong” specialty means that jobs will be hard to come by, unless they wish to start all over again in a junior position. A better route, imoh, is to do a post-doctorate under a well-known professor which should lead to more contacts and more open doors. Besides, post-docs get paid as well.
Uh…plenty of racial minorities in the gov’t where I live. If a Chinese woman born in Hong Kong and a black woman born in Haiti can both become the head of state of Canada, then I’m pretty sure a non-white can get into the public sector with the appropriate qualifications.
Canada is the least racist country on earth. No other country even comes close. Maybe Australia is a distant second, though that would only be speculation on my part.
When you’re in your twenties and you’re looking for excitement, then outside of Toronto or New York or San Francisco and the like, I imagine North America just isn’t for you. That’s how I felt at the time. But for settling down as you get older? I can’t think of anyplace better than southern Ontario within spitting distance of Toronto. Charming countryside and charming towns, a relaxed atmosphere, reticient but ultimately friendly people, and the world’s most ethnically diverse metropolis just down the road in Toronto…it works for me.
The weather works for me too. Summer is hot, unlike in the rest of Canada (it actually does snow sometimes in Calgary in the summer, and Vancouver’s daily highs barely squeak past 20 degrees, bars actually use heaters on their outdoor patios at night…in the summer). Other places claim to have four seasons, but southern Ontario is the only place in Canada where winter actually fits within the designated dates on the calendar.
But the main thing you feel when you’re here is that this place is just so, so…civilized, in every nuance that the term entails. It really is. And I live in the area (or at least, very close to it) that Alice Munro is from and writes about, which makes it only that much more endearing to me.
Not to mention it is a place I can immigrate to under my own ability. I dont think there is any other country in the world that is like this. Maybe Oz or NZ but they are a little harder and there is still some adjustments for me due to cultural differences. I know USA is hard, if you dont have any close relatives or a spouse then the only way is either by investment, which is only possible if you are Bill Gates (you need at least US 1 million and most Taiwanese dont even make half that in their lifetime) or by employment however your employer has to make a good case as to why they need to hire you and not some illegal mexicans.
Canada is something I can work towards anyways. I just hope they dont tighten up in 5 years. Have anyone taken IELTS? is it a hard test or just hard for those whose English isn’t good?
Whether you like a place or not is generally up to you.
We don’t usually experience what we want in life so much as what we believe. To be more specific, if you feel like a certain country or environment will be better or worse for you, then what you believe will generally come to pass. The actual location is largely irrelevant.
Good luck, rahimiii.
Uncle Tomas