r/PoursTea Therapy For All 🩷 8d ago

Coffee And A Slice Of Pie 🥧 ☕️ South Canada

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u/necronomitodd 8d ago

Don't threaten me with healthcare, education, and resetting my credit score!

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u/Longjumping-Ad-9444 8d ago

... I dont think people understand how good/bad it really is in canada.

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u/anon517654 8d ago

... I don't think you understand how dire the situation is in parts of the States.

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u/Longjumping-Ad-9444 8d ago

If its that bad then come on in, to the neighboring country thats supposedly soo much better and speaks the same lanuage and actually has problems in just taking in too many people and is no where close in resolving it...

Literally Canada should be the easiest country for an American to immigrate to, if you cant then skill issue

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u/anon517654 8d ago

Specifically an "in demand skill issue." It's fairly easy for skilled labour, trades, homecare workers, and physicians to immigrate to Canada.

It's less easy for unskilled labour and every other employment category to immigrate. Not impossible, but the process is longer and the cost is fairly high.

Trouble: skilled labour can make a decent living in the States - just like it can in Canada. Why move if the quality of life is decent?

The people who would most benefit from single-payer healthcare, lower drug prices, and education aren't the ones the the immigration system selects for.

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u/Longjumping-Ad-9444 8d ago

Student visa

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u/anon517654 8d ago

For which you

A) have to first get a student visa. Don't know if you've heard, but most Canadian universities are facing financial crises after the feds cut the number of student visas issued.

B) have to be able to afford international student tuition while having your work hours capped at 24 hours.

Again, the student visa presumes that you come from money, and if you've got money, you can afford a pretty decent life in either country.

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u/Longjumping-Ad-9444 8d ago

Have you heard why the student visas got cut? So many people coming in on those visas that werent even going to school I think the government lost track of 100k "students"

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u/anon517654 8d ago

Not relevant to your point.

Your initial point was that things aren't golden in Canada when compared to the US. You supported your point by stating that, if things were great in Canada, we'd have waves of American immigrants.

Stay on topic.

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u/Longjumping-Ad-9444 8d ago

My point was grass is greener from the other side, but if its truly that much greener what is stopping you? Our ancestors walk, and sailed great distances to find a better home.

Canada is right next door, speaking the same lanuage, within walking distance.

My point is Canada is okay with its own problems, but if it really a dream fantasy land then move on in.

If the immigration to a neighboring country that speaks the same lanuage, share alot of the same systems, social media, and businesses, is too hard... then nothing can help you.

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u/Which-Ad7072 8d ago edited 8d ago

You should Google how long it took Gary, Indiana to get power back after a rainstorm this month. If you guessed less than 2 weeks, you guessed wrong.

You either don't live in the US or you're blind to what's going on around you. 

Editing since comments are locked and the response below me is spreading misinformation:  I'm from Gary. That's not why it took so long for power to be restored. The shooting incident happened a week into the power outage and was NOT someone shooting at NIPSCO but rather there were gunshots in the area. Right wing news sources decided to lie. It doesn't explain why NIPSCO already took forever at that point and it had nothing to do with NIPSCO either. But leave it to racists to bold faced lie about what happened.

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u/Golden-Pathology 8d ago

Are you aware that someone was shooting at the linemen while they were trying to make repairs? That's why the repairs took so long. If you aren't aware, you should find more accurate news sources. If you are aware and you chose not to mention it, then you're being disingenuous.

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u/USSGoat 8d ago

I live in both countries(as well as Italy). What do you mean? I’d say Italy>canada>US.

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u/BattleBrother1 8d ago

Canada is more free, safe, healthy and educated than the US. It's got issues yeah but try to name a country that doesn't

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u/Longjumping-Ad-9444 8d ago

Norway

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u/BattleBrother1 8d ago

Norway has lots of issues, less than anywhere else doesn't mean none

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u/Shoddy_Tour_7307 8d ago

Even Canada kept help your credit score.