Do you want to return to Canada?

Inspector
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Illuminati Vicit

Joined: 07 Oct 2008
Posts: 4
Location: Breda - Tilburg

Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2008 7:08 pm

 

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Born abroad to Canadian parents and have lived in Canada for various periods of time, have now lived in Europe for the last 26 years. My European wife and I are considering returning to Canada in semi-retirement. I work internationally, in Canada will not get either the work nor the income level I currently enjoy.

When visiting Canada on a regular basis, we try to look beyond the surface, to attempt an evaluation of what life would really be like on our return.

Life in Europe has for us been very good, both with excellent careers, income, lifestyle etc. Europe has much to offer, in the way of history, culture and beautiful places. Things that are not going well in Europe are the incursion of
ethnic/religious groups that are trying to impress their worldview on the rest of the population. It also seems that, like Canada, European governments do little to resist these developments and appear in fact to go out of their way to destroy the traditional way of life by appeasing the newcomers.

Practical downsides in Europe are high taxation, expensive standard of living, astronomical costs for cars and fuel. Objectively, Canadian housing costs are lower, as are cars, fuel and food than in Europe. Taxation is probably about the same, however that depends on what one is doing workwise. Nature is [still] beautiful and entrepreneurial initiatives are slightly easier.

On the downside, bureaucracy is rampant at every level, government officials display an arrogance that beggars the imagination, financial systems are archaic and Canada is, according to alarming reports on sites like [see(notCanada)], losing it's reputation as one of the places to live.

So all in all, there is much food for thought when considering a move back to Canada; I would appreciate your views as fellow expats.

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Canucky Woman
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Joined: 19 Jul 2008
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Location: Halfweg Netherlands

Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2008 11:58 pm

 

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Funny, I've lived in the Netherlands for four years now, after over 40 years in Canada, and I don't find anyone trying to force their worldview on me except Geert Wilders and Rita Verdonk.

I always find it fascinating how many Dutch people want to move to multicultural nations to avoid, erhm, multiculturalism.
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audreybella
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Joined: 27 Jun 2008
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Location: Fort lauderdale

Posted: Thu Oct 16, 2008 8:08 am

 

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I hate Canadian winters. Way too cold.

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waytolove
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Joined: 14 Oct 2008
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Posted: Fri Oct 17, 2008 6:55 pm

 

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I love to go to Canada because I think it is quite safe to come and the education is quite good? Is it right?
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Reba
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Canuck in NC

Joined: 16 Jul 2004
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Location: North Carolina

Posted: Sat Oct 18, 2008 5:37 am

 

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depends what area you're in, and what you're comparing it to. Just like anywhere else in the world, Canada has "bad neighbourhoods".
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