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| 2004-11-03 | |
| Disgruntled Democrats seeking a safe Canadian haven after President Bush won Tuesday's election should not pack their bags just yet. Canadian officials made clear on Wednesday that any U.S. citizens so fed up with Bush that they want to make a fresh start up north would have to stand in line like any other would-be immigrants -- a wait that can take up to a year. "You just can't come into Canada and say 'I'm going to stay here'. In other words, there has to be an application. There has to be a reason why the person is coming to Canada," said immigration ministry spokeswoman Maria Iadinardi. There are anywhere from 600,000 to a million Americans living in Canada, a country that leans more to the left than the United States and has traditionally favored the Democrats over the Republicans. But recent statistics show a gradual decline in U.S. citizens coming to work in Canada, which has a creaking publicly funded healthcare system and relatively high levels of personal taxation. Reuters: masters of understatement Government officials, real estate brokers and Democrat activists said that while some Americans might talk about a move to Canada rather than living with a new Bush administration, they did not expect a mass influx. "It's one thing to say 'I'm leaving for Canada' and quite another to actually find a job here and wonder about where you're going to live and where the children are going to go to school," said one government official. You mean even Canada doesn't need more whiners?
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| Posted by:Spot |
| #24 "It’s one thing to say ’I’m leaving for Canada’ and quite another to actually find a job here and wonder about where you’re going to live and where the children are going to go to school" What makes this person think the DU'ers have jobs and children? The vast majority of marrieds with jobs, children, mortgages and a stake in society voted for Bush. |
| Posted by: lex 2004-11-03 10:35:21 PM |
| #23 Very good auction. I have toyed with the idea of moving to Alberta to be near friends. My politics are to right wing to get in the country as an imigrant however. |
| Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom 2004-11-03 10:04:30 PM |
| #22 I'm not game, but gave her a $10 bid so she at least gets a good six pack out of this one. |
| Posted by: Beau 2004-11-03 9:20:11 PM |
| #21 Just sent it to Best of the Web. |
| Posted by: Seafarious 2004-11-03 9:17:38 PM |
| #20 Spunk like that, you might get yourself married to an American anyway :-). Send .com a picture - he'll hook you up. |
| Posted by: Beau 2004-11-03 9:11:20 PM |
| #19 Ha! I finally found it - and it's perfect. I emailed Brit at Fox News (special@foxnews.com) suggesting it as the "interesting" item of the day. Bravo, Debbie! If inclined, RBers, do the same! |
| Posted by: .com 2004-11-03 8:41:23 PM |
| #18 Debbie - got a direct link? I'm not seeing it... paging thru everything... prolly cuz eBay's slower than hell, but a direct link would sure help! |
| Posted by: .com 2004-11-03 8:24:38 PM |
| #17 Cool! I hope it slips through the "net" long enough to be seen, lol! Thx, Debbie - a great idea! |
| Posted by: .com 2004-11-03 7:19:22 PM |
| #16 OK. I am on EBay. I am not an ebay regular so I signed up and everything. In the Everything Else, Weird Stuff, Slightly Unusual. Should show up today at 8:15 EST. Hope it works! Mrs. Davis - no pictures, don't want to scare anyone. everythingelse.listings.ebay.ca/Weird-Stuff_Slightly-Unusual |
| Posted by: Debbie 2004-11-03 7:10:23 PM |
| #15 Debbie: Speaking for myself, we're always looking for a few good, hard-working immigrants. To quote Prof. Peter Schramm, who came here from Hungary in 1956: When I asked my father why we were going to the U.S., he said "Because we were born Americans, but in the wrong place." |
| Posted by: Mike 2004-11-03 7:00:53 PM |
| #14 Post an appropriate photograph and you might catch a husband. Lot's of Russian girls seem to be trying it. |
| Posted by: Mrs. Davis 2004-11-03 6:43:18 PM |
| #13 I'm sure they can sneak across and get jobs trimming bushes, babysitting, and cooking for Canadian elitists...... |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2004-11-03 6:42:30 PM |
| #12 Debbie - That would be a wild ride on eBay!!! Killer idea! It would last about 15 minutes before they quashed your offer, but you might get picked up by the news services for it. Lol! Waay funny. *kudos* If you do it, post a link to it here and we'll pass it along to Fox - Brit would laugh his ass off! |
| Posted by: .com 2004-11-03 6:40:03 PM |
| #11 Here is one Canadian (and on mild, but damp, Vancouver Island no less) who is willing to direct exchange one Canadian citizenship plus job for US citizenship. Think I should put this on Ebay? |
| Posted by: Debbie 2004-11-03 6:36:16 PM |
#10  I wonder how many Dems will really relinquish their American passports and learn Québécois French? Canada is a huge country, the defeated Dems can skip Québéc since they have their pick of other provinces, IF any following through on their threats and IF the Canadian government allows these rejects to enter. |
| Posted by: Mark Espinola 2004-11-03 5:52:45 PM |
| #9 would have to stand in line like any other would-be immigrants -- a wait that can take up to a year Can, but usually doesn't. Though your application might be automatically rejected if you come from Texas. |
| Posted by: Rafael 2004-11-03 5:33:57 PM |
| #8 There's always Mexico... and wouldn't that be a switch? They should also try the illegal immigrant method. That'd be even more of a switch. |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2004-11-03 4:47:07 PM |
| #7 No one knows what it's like To be the moonbat To wear tinfoil hats Behind blue eyes No one knows what it's like For Bush haters To be fated To losing and to cry But my brains They aren't as empty As my conscience seems to be I screamed like Howard, the Vermont gov'ner When the SwiftVets They beat Ker-ree . . . (Apologies to Peter Townsend & the Who) |
| Posted by: Mike 2004-11-03 4:00:34 PM |
| #6 Rooters didn't mention that Canada actively discourages Americans from coming to Canada to work. I assume they don't want Yankee wetbacks stealing Canadian jobs. I've been turned back at the border more than once. |
| Posted by: Slomort Shonter7331 2004-11-03 3:38:45 PM |
| #5 Hmmm...Fred looks good with his gloat on... |
| Posted by: Seafarious 2004-11-03 2:36:59 PM |
| #4 There are no jobs in Canada, so the D's will have problems with this. |
| Posted by: Brutus 2004-11-03 2:32:57 PM |
| #3 Find a job? Huh? You gotta be kidding me. I hate Bush, hate America, hate Israel - that's enough to get jihadis in... so what's with the frickin' double standard? Oh, I get it. Wink, wink, nudge, nudge... I'll work for a "fundraising" organization, heh. Cool. |
| Posted by: .com 2004-11-03 2:25:10 PM |
| #2 There's always Mexico... and wouldn't that be a switch? |
| Posted by: tu3031 2004-11-03 2:17:02 PM |
| #1 It’s one thing to say ’I’m leaving for Canada’ and quite another to actually find a job here and wonder about where you’re going to live and where the children are going to go to school eh? Why do I have to do all that? Isn't that the job of the Glorious Socialist Peoples Collective party leaders? |
| Posted by: BH 2004-11-03 2:14:40 PM |