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I’m a Canadian nurse and I lived in the US for 10 years during my career. I did it when I was young to gain work experience and travel with friends. It gave me a lot of insight in how it feels to live in both countries. I’ve been a nurse and patient in both counties so I also know how it feels to work, live and be a resident in both. \n\nI cannot articulate enough how it has confirmed to me how fortunate I am to be Canadian. The perks to living in the US were very superficial and frivolous things that matter very little in the broad scheme of things,….which I see as more restaurant chains, cheaper restaurant food, more shopping options, etc. As a young person when I lived there,…those things seemed amazing but matter far less as I get older. \n\nWhen I lived there, I paid a fraction of the income taxes that I paid in Canada but it’s only short term gain for long term pain. The cost of health care, the amounts of gov funded benefits (disability, EI, pension, etc) in the US makes it well worth paying taxes to offset these things as in Canada. I have had cancer 3 times in 5 years and I’ve not paid a cent for treatment, scans, surgery, etc in Canada. My employer held my job for 2 years and I received long term disability of 70% of my yearly wages and my employer paid my full pension and benefits as I was off of work. After 2 years, my cancer returned and was deemed incurable so I will continue to receive this pay and benefits until I’m 65 and can retire as I can no longer work. I have no financial worries as I battle cancer. \n\nTo contrast,…my US employer was a world reknowned hospital that had excellent pay and benefits. Had I been working there when I was diagnosed with cancer, I would only have gotten full pay for 6 weeks until my sick time and vacation time was used up. Then I was eligible for a fraction of my income for 3 months, which would not be enough to live on. I would not have had my pension paid. After that, I’d receive no more pay and my employer would hold my job without pay for 6 months and then I’d be let go. My cancer required nearly 2 years off of work so after 5 months of this minimal pay, I’d have no income, no job and no benefits with a new pre existing condition to ensure that I’d have a snowballs chance in hell of getting future coverage. Meanwhile during that 5 months of some pay, I’d still need to pay huge costs of treatment despite having insurance but that would disappear after I was let go from my job. I’d have to return to work during my treatment just to afford to continue it. I have many US friends that had a similar cancer that worked throughout to cover basic cancer care while I was able to recuperate without working or fearing being unable to pay. There is nothing comparable to this when you are sick. It is everything!\n\nSadly, many of my American friends are very ill informed on how health care works in other countries and don’t see the shortcomings in their own. Ironically though, they are willing to argue it without proper information so I often find that bizarre. While lived there I felt as though I was in a bubble where the only news that I saw was US news. I saw no info or minimal about Canada in my whole time there,…aside from falsehoods about health care to scare people away from seeking change. “Canadians are all dying while waiting”, “they are all coming to the US for care”, “they pay 80% income tax” etc. All propaganda,…some from politicians or those that should know better. It was truthfully mind boggling to me how educated people could know so little about the world. It almost felt as though they heard so much propaganda about how terrible other places were while only having knowledge of the US, that it ensured that things would stay the same without anyone wanting beneficial changes to dysfunctional policies (like health care, cost of meds, lack of gun regulations, etc). It’s very bizarre.

ITS A SHAME TO SEE TORONTO! PM. TRADUE HAS DESTROYED CANADA.

Half the country is from India, definitely in ontario, 50 years from now, Canada will be 90% Asian, 75% Indian

I am Canadian living in the USA on a USMCA visa, if I lose my job I will go back to Canada or find another job. Returning to Canada would be sad, since I have grandchildren here. I follow the rules, I am a temporary resident. I have been living in the USA since 2011

i think the types of immigrants we are seeing in Canada are also coming in with a sense of entitlement - specially the international students. we don't owe them anything

Hom Assam kaa hu hom vii Canada jayange bolkee sos rahaa hu ap kaa video dekhe kee asaa lagaa. .

Nothing will get better in Canada I absolutely guarantee

I’m Punjabi I was born in Centrel Hospitial in Downtown Toronto my English is perfect. Tell me to go back to my country I dare you! Goofs lol The first Sikh came to Canada came in 1897 and we didn’t contribute to making Canada shut your mouths now!!

the problem lies in Trudeau's Regime.... lack of planning initiatives for a huge influx of immigrants into Canada, housing Crisis, health care degradation and lack of jobs in the market. And foremost, the students are seeking IMIAs through the corrupt systems........Thank you Trudeau for all this unplanned crisis. Lets go P.P ONTO the next Chapter

First don’t use forgery documents to come to Canada

Just wait till they become our police officers.. Canada is in trouble fast and they are laughing at us

Foreign students do not give 3 or 4 years of their life for Canada. They spent this time either to get education or training or pull off an immigration scam.

Okay the lady is saying government should give them the opportunity. These guys already here too many and they don't respect laws which you can see when you go to Brampton. And they want more and more of their people here so they can feel like their back home. But there is problem which is people from other cultures don't like more Punjabis here. And the lady is saying government should give them jobs. There are no jobs and they don't get it. It is like this there is one pizza and that is for four people and now ten people are waiting to eat that pizza. There are no jobs here because Canada is not like US industrialized and tons of companies. So what will happen when tons of you won't get job then you will go and put a camp to live and the expenses would come on tax payers if you become PR because you will claim social assistance and then hospital have to treat you. Means the resources would be limited. So let that pizza for four people. India is very good country good weather everything just build your country and have less kids so they don't have to worry in future for jobs.

The description of Canada today is a joke. Do your homework before choosing Canada. Who paid for this ad?

Too many Indians lol Canada once is to be a native American non white land. Majority of Canada is white.

Hai, if I'm inviting my friend to Canada do I need to give any proof for being friends?

What in the flipping flapjack is happening to Canada ??? Sweet merciful crap!

Only the WEAK leave. \n\nThe STRONG stay and FIGHT. PPC STRONG! The PURPLE INDIVIDUAL LIBERTY REVOLUTION IS ACTIVATED ???????Maxime Bernier 4 Prime Minister and it WILL Happen. Max is 100% Pro Canada, Anti Globalist, Uncompromised, stands for Fairness, Respect and Positive Change for EVERY Canadian to Succeed without Statist Globalist Political Label UniParty INTERFERENCE ???????

Canada is very expensive. One of my friend who had moved there with her husband and is employed and well paid as usual in IT industry says it is much more difficult even with double salary on the higher levels to sustain in parts of Canada like Vancouver as the prices are extremely high including rental and commodity prices.\n\nI had tried for Canada but could not gather enough points due to my age, probably it has turned out a blessing

If you're from Asia or Europe, don't come to the US or Canada. It's not worth it. It's a trap.

As an Indian, I am telling you Brampton and Ontario in general is screwed. Most of the Indians in Canada unfortunately are not the best unlike Indians Americans who are the cream and the most educated. Sorry Canada - you are heading for a complete breakdown

Canada Canadians ke liye, tum log kyu gaye udhar??

Shes saying canada is going to go downhill with a broad smile pigs ?

Indians and Asians came to Canada first waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay before White people ever did just saying.\nPersonally my skin is white but I don't see myself like that nor others for the colour of their skin - that superficiality is wrong and xenophobic .\n#ItsOnTheInsideThatCounts

Trudeau is the Canada s down fall.

Go to Turkey. It is modern, safe, luxury, Islamic and not expensive. As an Australian, I have travelled Canada and it is disgusting

Wheheguru vich bhrosa rakho rules di respect karo bina permission koe kam na karo , atma di respect karo discrimination na karo ta he wheheguru sath dinday hun rishtaya nu emandari nal nibhaow girls di respect karo , clean living rakh , active raho , laziness waleya nu vi wheheguru Taj nahi dinday sab da bhala mago , gurbani nu meaning nal samj kay mann nu bharosay vich rakho , jo ma bap nal jeed kar kay Canada ayay hun ouna nu challenge ta wheheguru app he dinda ha par bharosay wali nu maff vi kar dinda ha

They are a security threat to Canadian sovereignty and bring Indian political issues into Canada.

Indo/ pak culture will prevail in canada now onwards

Living in a van is too expensive in Canada.

Canada needs to bring more immigrants from Eastern Europe, like Poland, Portugal, Romania, Ukraine, Serbia, Bosnia, Lithuania, Estonia, Hungary, Macedonia etc. Eastern Europeans learn the English language quickly. In Canada, people speak English and French.

My home and cottage arw worth over 2M here in Canada. Homes in texas are 150kusd.

I'd leave Canada in a heartbeat and never look back.

prices are just going up , big layoffs at work , Canada went from striving to surviving real quick Thank You Liberals

Thanks Trudeau! Canada is back!

Thanks to Justin Trudeau for this high cost of living in Canada ??

Prime Minister Trudeau is winning. He has unlocked 3.87 million homes, Canada construction goes up 13 %year-over-year, exceeding more than 200,000 starts... He will build 4 million homes by 2031.

Nice job Canada ??‍♂️

only Jaizas can save canada- do you believe in jaizass?

how about many immigrants are actually rich, they pay money to buy jobs and degrees to get PR, then they can stay NOT employed comfortably, enjoying handouts, school, healthcare etc, laugh at the working class, laugh at the tax you paid, praise Canada is great

Canada’s statistics are no different than Australia, USA and France for example in terms of homelessness and home ownership. Our foreign born population is about 20% -Australia it’s 22% - the USA the most immigrant fearing nation around has only 13% - that’s something to strive for lady!. \n\nCanada needs immigrants and lots of them to fill positions Canadian borns are too posh to do. \n\nWorld wide interest rates are high, housing developers are running into delays with things like world wide shortages and local communities having long convoluted permit processes, and volatile prices for home construction materials etc. \n\nWe Canadians are happy to buy from Chinese and USA manufacturers to the point we depend yet again on global markets. \n\nThe bottom line is the Provinces have authority over housing and haven’t wanted the Federal Government to butt in at all. It’s something that we have CMHC for mortgages and assistance to developers - but where are the developers? Not enough profit these days is there. \n\nI think we the people have failed in many ways. We need a scape goat and Trudeau is a very handy target. \n\nCanadians aren’t interested in repopulating by having more than one or two kids and so in order to sustain our economy and fill positions where do people think skilled and unskilled workers are coming from. Apparently being a nurse for example is not an occupation our children want nor do they want to clean toilets or work at Walmart or 7-Eleven. \n\nWe love shopping at Walmart with all its cheap Chinese goods and refuse to shop local businesses. \nWe get what we deserve. Yup, blame it on Trudeau! \n\nHa ha As if the Conservatives will do better! That’s the biggest joke of all

Sad for Canada

Trudeau is a total ? , his FEELINGS don't make Canada better !!!!!!!!!?!

If completely destroying Canada was your goal then congratulations Justin you did it!!!! ?

A colonial people have left their part of the world to Canada. Upon arrival, they have protested and forced the responsibility on the Canadian government. They have influenced younger Canadians to now wave a flag that isn’t Canada. \nUs as Canadians absolutely need to grow a pair and stand up for OUR country and OUR flag. \nOUR Canadian veterans fought for OUR freedoms and OUR flag ??

Liberals brought to Canada Hate and Violens when Canadians need to return at the streets and parks Peace and Love

You will this same thing will happen un Canada ? and USA soon if don’t don’t Muslims Migration ?☹️?

In other words Canada doesn't have an economy. They have real estate and immigration.

Immigration has to change in many countries. Canada too.

As a Canadian who can trace is lineage to the early Saskatchewan settlers, many of the negatives experienced by immigrants are also experienced by those born here. \n\nIt’s ALWAYS been insanely difficult to find a well paid job here. Unless you know someone inside the organization who can pull you in, you’ll have an uphill battle. In order to make a respectable living, you usually have to travel to the north. \n\nIt’s the land of zero opportunities. \n\nJust think, the weather in southern BC is as good as it gets, and it’s all downhill from there.\n\nCanada is completely unrecognizable after all these years with Trudeau at the helm.\n\nAmericans are far friendlier and more hospitable than Canadians. \n\nYou live like a pauper in Canada, but live like a prince on the equivalent wage in the US.\n\nI drove across Canada two years ago, and was absolutely horrified by the dismal state of the nation. Apart from a few areas in a few provinces, the country is a run down broken dump. \n\nCanadians are passive aggressive, unimaginative, and dull…as a general rule.\n\nCanada isn’t at the forefront of anything…positive.\n\nIf not for my age, I’d happily leave, and wouldn’t miss the place for a second. The US is far more beautiful, and most importantly, WARM!