What is your opinion on canada and what do you know about it?

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rayje0607

They are bigger AND they are on top, xDD

Kelly H

i love canada i move from the uk in 2007 theres lots of jobs its a rich country lovely places to go visit, but you gotta work hard out here to get anywhere. the people are kind and genuine ive made some amazing friends since being out here.

cottagstan

If you landed in the middle of any Canadian city, the first thing you would notice is....nothing. They look like any American city. The only difference is, perhaps, that they will seem cleaner. The people are very friendly and hospitable. Ask anyone whose plane was grounded in Newfoundland during 9/11.
The winters are naturally longer and colder, but the other seasons are very much like those in Vermont, Michigan, or any other bordering state.
The job market isn't too bad right now, but could always be better, just like anywhere else.
And we still play the best hockey in the world!

Canada has been voted the best country to live in hundreds of times by people all over the world, Canada lives FREEDOM and human rights, a land that conserves it's natural beauty, intelligent educated and tolerant people, a compassionate and benevolent society...Canada is the best country in the world, millions are on a waiting list to immigrate to Canada

William K

Not much, eh...

Stephanie

The Now very popular real Canada.

8. Discriminatory and Dishonest Immigration System.
Immigration to Canada is based on a point system, obtained with your education, qualifications and job experience. Points are good enough for immigration, but in Canada, they are not good enough to get a job in your field. Amazing, how the credentials that qualify you to come to Canada are the same credentials that don't qualify you for your profession in Canada. The reason is, Canada only wants immigrants to do the labor jobs - pizza delivery, driving taxis, factory work etc.

7. Out Of Control Cost Of Living.
From rent, to utility bills, to shopping, to phone, internet and cable bills, to gas, to car insurance, to eating out, to basically anything you have to pay for or buy, the cost of living in Canada has become astronomical. Recent immigrants are astonished as to how expensive everything is. It is estimated that compared to most countries around the world, the cost of living in Canada is on average five times greater.

6. Health Care Crisis.
Practicing physicians in Canada are in a shortage, 1 in 4 Canadians cannot get a family doctor. Canadian doctors are leaving to move permanently to the United States. Statistics Canada and the Canadian Medical Association both have identified that for every 1 American doctor that moves to Canada, 19 (nineteen) Canadian doctors move to the United States! Doctors in Canada are overworked and underpaid, and there is a cap on their salaries.

5. Very High Taxes.
Yes, you have the GST, the PST, totaling 15%, on practically everything you purchase and many other taxes taken out of our weekly paycheck. You have to pay a whopping amount to the government, out of your hard earned salary, so that the government can turn around and give it to beer drinking, hockey watching welfare bums. Fair? It does not matter, it's Canada.

4. Money Hungry Government.
Canadian Embassies around the world lie to foreigners, painting this picture that Canada is Utopia, because they want them to come to Canada. Why? Because foreigners bring money! So after being deceived, these foreigners come. They must bring with them at least $10,000. Canada has an immigration quota of 250,000 per year. So please do the math, 250,000 multiplied by $10,000 each equals a whopping 2.5 Billion dollars that Canada gains from immigrants every year.

3. No Culture.
Unlike almost every other country in the world, Canada has no culture. Actually American culture is what dominates Canada. When was the last time you had some 'Canadian' food? There are no Canadian traditions and there is no national identity. What does it even mean to call yourself a 'Canadian'. . .nothing really. People living in Canada, still identify themselves with the country they 'originally' came from.

2. Worst Weather.
Yes, Canada has the worst weather conditions of any country in the world. Freezing cold temperatures, snow, ice, hail, winds, storms etc. From the Prairie provinces to the Maritimes, from the Territories to southern Ontario, the weather is so horrific and disgusting that many Canadians leave Canada simply because of this reason alone.

1. No Jobs.
Yes, coast to coast, there are no jobs. Immigrants are highly qualified (MD's, PhD's, Lawyers, Engineers etc.) but they are driving taxi cabs, delivering pizza's or working in factories. Even people with bachelors degrees from Canadian Universities cannot find jobs after graduation. This is the tragedy associated with immigration to Canada. I feel sorry for those immigrants who are stuck in Canada for the rest of their lives. It is indeed a very sad and hopeless future.

Fernella13

Not a great place for people of color; racial prejudice is rampant. Lots of 'job protection' for the dominant race

Francois Quebequois

40 per cent of professional and skilled immigrants leave Canada within 5 years

Canadian HR Reporter
March 27, 2009

By Shannon Klie

While Canada does a good job attracting skilled and educated immigrants from around the world, government and businesses need to do a better job of keeping them once they get here, says a professor of economics at the University of Western Ontario in London, Ont.

"We spend a fair amount of time and discussion on attracting immigrants, but we don't spend that much time on talking about retaining them. It's almost as if there's the notion that if they can get here, it's such a great place, they'll stay," said Chris Robinson.

Immigration isn't a permanent phenomenon and Canada needs to approach it as a firm would approach retaining an employee, he said. "We don't want to take it as a given that just because somebody's come here that they're going to stay."

One-third of young male immigrants leave Canada within 20 years of arriving and more than 60 per cent of those who leave do so in the first year, according to Return and Onward Migration among Working Age Men, a recent Statistics Canada report co-authored by Robinson.

The report, a study of male immigrants aged 25 to 45 at the time they arrived in Canada, found that over the past two decades business professionals and skilled workers, the most desirable immigrants, are the most likely to leave, with 40 per cent of them leaving the country within 5 years of arrival.

Because there are no exit interviews when an immigrant leaves Canada, the study made inferences about why they left based on landing records, census data and income tax filings. Immigrants who arrived during poor economic climates (in 1980 and 1990) were more likely to leave than those who arrived during boom times (1986 and 1996). Therefore, it's likely immigrants are leaving for better opportunities elsewhere, said Robinson.

The best way to keep these immigrants is to ensure they get jobs that match their skills and experiences, said the director of operations at the Toronto Region Immigrant Employment Council.

"We know that good employment is the number one indicator of successful integration for immigrants," said Elizabeth McIsaac. "A key element in all this is having employers involved in the development of programs that are intended to bring immigrants into the labour market."

One such program is Toronto's Career Bridge, a non-profit internship program that matches qualified immigrants with appropriate jobs. Since the program started three years ago, 270 immigrants have found full-time work in their fields, but there are still 1,500 skilled immigrants, more than half with university degrees, on the waiting list. So far only 115 of the city's 2,760 businesses with more than 100 employees have signed up for the program.

HR professionals need to begin looking at international credentials and education as an asset, said McIsaac. There are tools available to help HR understand international credentials and agencies that can connect employers with immigrants, so employers have no excuse not to consider immigrants for job openings, she said.

"Once you begin to have more experience working with immigrant communities, it becomes a lot easier and you can do it a lot better," she said.

If Canadian employers aren't willing to take advantage of these immigrants, the Statistics Canada report proves they'll go elsewhere to find jobs, said Robinson.

"If a better opportunity comes up somewhere else and it happens to come up across an international border, then they're quite likely to move," he said.

Over the next 10 years, immigration will represent all of the growth in Canada's workforce because there simply won't be enough young Canadians to replace retiring baby boomers. However, Canada isn't the only country facing a looming labour shortage and other countries that haven't typically gone after immigrants, such as Japan and India, are now doing so, said McIsaac.

"We are in a global economy and we are competing for a high level of talent in other countries," she said. "We have to do a better job of receiving that talent."

Stanley

Canada EH?
I think it has great scenery! With huge great mountains in british columbia!
As for the people? I don't know, ive never met any canadians. But the ones on TV seem like nice people

Paulie Walnuts

The people are definitely not athletic. 2008 Olympics: Canada 3 gold medals, Michael Phelps of the USA 8 gold medals. How embarrassing for an entire country to be beaten by a single person.

Patricia C

I know almost nothing about it, I'm sorry to say.

B-baller

Cold
but it looks nice with mountains and lakes and maple leaves
also i think canadians like ice hockey ;] seems a pretty cool place

after.thebeginning

It's cold.
It snows a lot.
they have ketchup chips.
and..they measure things in km and kg..
most likely there are dinosaurs that battle aliens
in some parts of canada..

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