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I emigrated to the USA in 1978 and returned to Canada in 1998 to care for my dementia stricken mother and MS stricken sister. By 2001 both my mother and sister had deteriorated to having to be institutionalized. In 1998 I had found Canada wasn't Canada anymore. It felt strange, a woke-infected hellhole in my judgement then. I had a girl friend who lived in France so my next destination was Paris. I am now retired and live in Germany and feel perfectly at home. The cost of living and health services are both excellent. Most of Europe is a train ride or a short flight away.

That's sad .I'm here 25 years and i know its changed a lot last 10 years with inflation and emigrants Ontario looks unrecognizable. Anyways Good luck Alina

Many Hong Kongers emigrated to Canada in the period leading to the 1997 handover. Many have since returned. Many are just interested in getting Canadian passport.

My impression is that Canada has few opportunities for immigrants. They have to have local experience before they can get a job in their fields, but that creates a Catch-22 situation. Also, the Canadian economy is not doing too well, with low productivity, minimal investments in research and development, and an over-dependence on extractive industries and real estate. I think your family emigrated there at the right time, when Canada was at its best.

We emigrated in 1992, everything was wonderful from an economy point of view, now our children your age are experiencing housings difficulties and we are thinking what have we lead our child into. We do know from our thirty years in Canada, governments come and go and do have an impact, but the last several years have been brutal for us all.

So sad to see, can remember Canada was the place most wants to emigrate to, democracy has failed spectacularly and there is nothing the normal folks can do about it, the ones with capitol now controls the political parties and MEDIA. The citizens only get pre selected candidates to vote for and they don't have your interest at heart.

I'm experiencing something similar, I wanted to travel when I was younger and even did tourism at university but never ended up having the means to do it and family dependent on me financially. That's changed in the last year but I then came to a realisation when looking at buying a home, why buy here when I can emigrate like I used to think about? Even if I didn't like it in the end it would be a working holiday, and I'd have more opportunity to travel as well. Saving some more money up then applying next year, think I'd regret not doing it.

My Canadian born children emigrated to the US in 2015. Finance and Tech professionals. They are happy living in Bay Area, Silicon Valley, CA.

These emigration countries are sending their problematic citizens away. Hence the rate of murders, rapes and thefts in the western world.

I don't know what's worse, in Canada they request masters and doctorates to emigrate and work in cleaning. Lately the so welcoming society started blaming immigrants for their problems instead of their government and companies dedicated to speculate with housing and real state.

I got deported from Canada for having an overstay on my visa tried to get it fixed but couldn’t was very expensive so came back to Europe which is going the same way as Canada mass emigration scary how quick it’s happening.

In order to avoid emigration, it is necessary not to destroy other countries. Is it difficult? The West?

It is interesting that a lot of people complain of mass migration!\nVery surprising IRAN is under invasion by millions of Afghan invaders who are not culturally compatible and using a lot of its resources. This has resulted in emigration of natives from Iran to other countries.

What is the immigration process and feeling at the moment in Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Nigeria and the other 30 countries that top tne global list of cou tries with the highest birthrates on the planet? \nHow welcoming are they? \nHow many Canadians emigrated to the Congo last year? \nWhy not ask those questions?

Hardship is going to come because capitalism is going down nothing to do with emigrants typical fshist way of thinking

India has 1.5 billion people and is heading for 1.7 billion they could emigrate 500 million and still be over crowded. USA has a cap for visas from India and people fight against it. Nothing against people from India but if you flood a country with one culture it has major impacts. How many people should Canada have 30 million , 50 million , 100 million , it is a question that needs an answer.

5:53 the Indian guy keeping it real and giving essential advice to anyone who is looking to emigrate to a higher income country from a lower income country.

Nigerians are desperate to emigrate anywhere in the world The truth is they must abide to law and order or continue to add destruction in their own country.What about rebuilding Nigeria than running away to vountary re-colonization and reslavery?

Canada has long been oversold. My parents emigrated to Toronto in the mid-50s but returned to the UK in 1970. Back in Britain, they were quickly able to enjoy a much higher standard of living than they could in Canada.

Until recently, the educated emigrated to Canada and the USA, and the poor and the uneducated to Western Europe.\nBut Europe is much smaller than Canada and the USA and they no longer have place here.

We need putin power here dey don't have this problem in rusia no emigrants no praide parade in Moscow and people are happy

Stop emigration make canada ?? grate again

Deportation send them back...what do you mean can't send them back? ,what the hell is going on with this country can't protect their borders and stop emigrants come to this country and live like is ok is no consequences, I'm so upset with this shit.

Be prepared. 20 million Ukrainians may want to emigrate in the near future. Hopefully they’ll want to stay in Canada. .

Kamala’s voters caming unlegal. Emigrants ?

Strangely I know Germans who emigrated to Canada recently and who love to live there now. So for outsiders the situations looks way brighter than from the inside. It is the same in Germany though. People are so dissatisfied even though they are living the dream compared to 80% of the world population.

Great answer.\nArab Nations should not make themselves complicit in Isreal's 'Voluntary Emigration' of the Palestinian People, just as the West needs to stop being complicit in Isreal's Genocide of the Palestinian People.

When they demand Islamic law be followed by the people of the country they emigrate to is crossing the line... you need to understand that you're the one who has has to follow the laws of the country you want to live in

The problem is prime minister ! 1st fix our problems before U start bringing useless emigrants ! Why my taxes instead going to housing, medical care, education, homelessness are going to support some 3rd world rejects !!???

With this number of emigrants it is not possible to integrate them. And with selective emigration from specific countries, there is no real diversity. It is regular liberal’s BS

I tried to emigrate for years to Canada. I speak 9 languages, C1 (IELTS) and graduated as a French teacher in Albania and later Switzerland. Have a work experience in my field and are with my husband and child law abiding citizens. We tried for years and between IELTS tests and Credentials assessment it took a good chunk of our finances, yet we weren't deemed to be enough to emigrate to Canada. Even raised my child bilingual in English Albanian so she could adjust better and integrate. What kind of policies are these that repel people that are willing to integrate, that try to come there legally and respecting your laws and immigration programs and open the door to law breakers? I just wanted a simple life and a teaching job while holding the utmost respect for the people and the country. All this thing makes me sad, but also makes me feel stupid for wanting to do things legally or that i believed Canada was a country where law was respected.

kinda weird to say before i die there will be more poeple who that are emigrant then us...

It's understandable that 15 years ago people wanted to immigrate for a better life. But not anymore. There are some exceptions though. If one is seeking a specialization like a PhD. Unfortunately India is still not great at research. For everything else India is pretty good today. There is no compelling reason to emigrate. By 2030 if India's GDP hits 10 Trillion and the wealth is more evenly distributed then it will make no sense whatsoever.

I emigrated to Canada in 1972. There is absolutely NOTHING that is the same NOW to what is was then. It was hard but everything was much happier, easy going and there were no heavy stress things like there is today: housing, unemployment, HEALTHCARE and bad economy. Many blame the mass migration but also there have been bad government policies. I really miss those old days, thank God I am retired now and see it from the distance but I fear for my son's future.

Good, as they should. Also, thanks to all the amazing politicians we have running our nation. Our country isn't what it used to be. Those were the golden times. Everything's been turned upside down all for votebank politics. This is utterly pathetic. No matter which party is elected, issues related to immigration are never going to be addressed. It's a free for all. I don't understand how people given PRs in a province that first gives them a chance to emigrate to Canada start moving into big cities like Toronto and Vancouver.

In late 90s-early 2000s Canada was China and a bit Arab Emirates, in 2020-2024 Canada turned into India, Latin America and Ukraine. Emigration is just out of control because of the money the government makes ,they don`t give a shit what kind of asshole they turned Canada in last 20 years.

Find it all strange ; in the mid 1980s i applied and was rejected from emigrating from the UK to Canada aged 27 with a BSc and PhD plus work experience. How and why has Canada let people in with no skills or value to the nation.

Its a pity the entire so called political establishment wouldnt all emigrate to another country. There all a disgrace to what was once a great country.

Western nations should not allow muslims to emigrate to them.

While many immigrants leave Canada, there are other emigrants waiting in line in their country to go and live permanently in Canada.

Indian emigrants. Make Canada disappear. GODBAY nice Country make by European .English Scotish Italian.

Current emigration is killing Canada multicultural environment as vast majority comes from one region ! I am afraid that given another 30-40 years nothing will be left of this country as we now know it

It's good that you show its not just white people who feel that way. Liberals try to frame the whole criticism to the emigration system as bigotry and racism when it's actually not. We all feel like the system is broken, regardless of skin color.

Canada has never had a open immigration policy; i tried twice to emigrate to Canada post University (BA, BSc and PhD) and my application rejected twice ; not enough points. How do these immmigrants get in i ask? (White UK born and aged under 30 years) Canada has and cotinues to vavour immigration from the 'right' parts of the world!

canada needs a few muslim emigrants then they will start kissing out feet ????

If every Indian than emigrated to the west had just set up a business in their homeland and worked on it India would already ve developing and these people would likely have a higher quality of life in terms if PPP.

He's right. There's a lot of Muslims who emigrated to the UK and live peacefully. If you don't respect the laws and values of this country, you should live it to a country that answers your values.

It wasn’t emigration was parliament and the real state cartel who put Canada for sale creating a gentrification and destroy canadas culture !

Canadians love emigration but not immigration ?

Around 25 yrs ago, I almost emigrated to Canada.\nGood lord, G7 countries, one by one failing, eh? England, Canada tops the list. What happened? No more land grabbing prospects? No more slavery? Asians are smarter?\n\nSo much land, minerals etc and a small population and still don't know what the heck to do? Pathetic!?