Reason to move back to Canada?

canadian.shaun
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Joined: 12 Nov 2007
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Location: London, Ontario

Posted: Tue Aug 12, 2008 3:37 pm

 

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People are hasty to idealize life back home and see there current situation on in the short term. My wife and I moved to Scotland in January and really enjoyed ourselves. After 6 months of not being able to find work in my field we panicked and instead of working it out we just turned tail and fled back to Ontario. We have been back for a month now and both regret it, we didn't understand at the time that there is a real pshycology to moving abroad and an individual will have a natural bail out period at the 3, 6 and year mark. If we would have stuck it out I am sure that we would have been fine and could have continued our adventure. luckily we still have 4 years left on our Ancestral visas and hopefully my career will take us back over the pond in a couple of years, God willing.

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Steven
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Joined: 28 Sep 2007
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Location: Calgary

Posted: Wed Aug 13, 2008 9:07 am

 

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In the UK there are so many laws and regulations that basically they have become "fads" rather than laws, which means people pay lip service to the law because if you actually tried to follow all the laws to the letter you would probably go mad. End result of high population density, lots of laws.

I lost count of the number of laws that came into force that were vigourously enforced for a few months then forgotten about. Then someone would say there needs to be a law just like that law and people would have forgotten there already was a law and it didn't work.

The one law the UK really needs is more controls on alcohol, came to that conclusion years and years ago. All this CCTV, "anti-social behaviour orders", never ending increases in criminal penalties, controls on fireworks, guns, knives, etc. ad naseum. And now they have speakers on the CCTVs telling people not to litter, etc.

How about banning kids from possessing alcohol (which is legal, they just can't buy it or consume it on licensed premises) or banning consumption in public places or banning open containers in vehicles, even?

All these facist police state laws are a result of public disorder, and stopping drunk kids running riot with tougher controls on booze would sort it out. Why they don't do it I have no idea (taxes from businesses in towns that would be stuffed without it, probably). Go to any town centre on a Saturday night and you're ankle deep in empty beer cans.
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taz31
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Joined: 14 Aug 2008
Posts: 4
Location: limerick

Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2008 1:03 pm

 

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Ive been thinking of moving back to Canada from Ireland with my Irish husband and children.economy is going downhill fast and i really miss Ontario.problem is my husband.hes really nervous about moving away from his hometown and his family and keeps changing his mind about the future.we live in limerick(famous for gang crime)which is not exactly where i envisioned bringing up kids.haven't been home in a while-10years,but with terrible health care,below standard schools and high crime would we be better off making the move?everything i loved about this country is gone!the friendly atmosphere,the social scene(coke is commonplace,people are really quite rude)the beautiful scenery(not much left of that)i don't know how things are back home,but here we have to lock all doors and windows when we are home because thieves have been known to rob when people are home,laws don't seem to deter them here and if anything they have more rights then there victims!I'm just so tired of it all.any advice anyone?would an Irishman survive in Canada?is it safer to bring up kids?(our city here is nicknamed stab city-completely untrue because now gun crime is common!)and would we be able to handle more than a week of sunshine in a year?

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Steven
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Joined: 28 Sep 2007
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Location: Calgary

Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2008 8:30 am

 

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I suspect Ontario is a bit safer overall (at least with property crime), but the economy is tanking.

Personally I think western Canada makes more sense. Things are slowing down here too but nowhere near as bad as Ontario as far as I can tell.
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taz31
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Joined: 14 Aug 2008
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Location: limerick

Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2008 12:06 pm

 

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thanks Steve!i appreciate any advice given.I'm training to be a computer tech.from the look of monster.ca there appears to be jobs over there still.out west would be better for jobs i agree-I'm just a little chicken on starting out where i don't know a single person.its crazy i know!lived in Calgary when i was 8 or 9-believe it or not i still have good memories of the place.maybe i could do with a bit of adventure anyway!its going to be a challenge anyway i look at it

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Steven
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Joined: 28 Sep 2007
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Location: Calgary

Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2008 9:17 am

 

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In Calgary the labour shortage is more in non-professional jobs than anything else. I read somewhere the Premier reckons Alberta will need some ridiculously large number of people to work on the bitumen conveyor that is going to be built between Fort McMurray and Fort Saskatchewan.

There are a lot of govt. jobs and civil engineering jobs going especially. Which is not to say they're badly paid, but I do get tired of talking to people who didn't bother to graduate from High School because they can get a job driving a truck for six months a year in Fort McMurray for $100,000 pa. They may be making a lot of money but they're, erm, a little unsophisticated.

Where there's muck there's money, basically.
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