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I miss Canada! Moved away over 6 years ago. It’s just not the same.

My husband and I are engineers from the US and Mexico and have lived in Germany for 15 years. Both speak fluent German and have raised three kids here. Yes, many people are racist. But if you learn the language well it’s not that hard to integrate and then things get much better. Germans can be the best friends you’ve ever had, much better than superficial Americans, but it can be hard to break through the shell. We have always loved it here. But to be honest with the steadily declining economy, massive scarcity in housing, and no salary increases in years, we are considering leaving as well. The outlook isn’t good for the Automotive industry and we could make double or triple the salary elsewhere. It would be very difficult to pull up our roots now gs better get better quick or we won’t stay much longer.

I have 15 years experience at mainframe and currently working for a big bank in Australia. I’m looking to move to Germany as my in laws family are living there. I have had no luck at job application for roles that is literally written for me. The 2 months on the role is still open.

I agree with all you said. I left Canada in 2018 after struggling there for 20 years. I am fortunate to also have American citizenship. Unsure why I held out in Canada as long as I did. So much easier to live in the USA. One thing you missed were the lockdowns. It caused massive disruption to people’s lives and many friendships and families were destroyed. My mother left in 2022 for exactly those reasons. Many others that she’s met now in her current country of residence left for the same reasons. Trudeau. What can I say…??

Us boomers are in part to blame because of our indifference to policies and practices that we knew would be detrimental to future generations; policies that primarily were created by the Silent Generation in politics. Then later indifferent to things like real estate agents shadow flipping and developers engaging in speculation and the corruption of spot zoning over the years to name a few. Also we were warned in the 90s about how the policies that stemmed from supply side economics and it BS trickle down strategy would inevitable devalue the earnings of our kids and relatively stagnate wages at times not to mention the younger generations would be squeezed out of housing if we didn’t address and curb those polices.\n\nNo wonder so many youth entertain the idea of leaving thier city, province, or country.

I am a Latino teen. My mother and her 2 sisters came to America illegally years ago,my mum struggled and got her papers 2 years ago but her sisters are still struggling to get theirs. But my mum secretly voted for trump but lied to my aunties that she voted for kamala Harris. My mom told me to never tell my aunties who she truly voted for but I feel bad for them. I don't know why mother did what she did. Why mom? my aunties has always been there for me, still is.?

Don’t feel sorry for any racist MAGA losers and never will. You had 9 years of knowing this fascist dictator and his antics, you sealed your fate with that wasted vote. June 16, 2015 will be the most consequential day in history, the horrible day Trump came down his golden escalator to wreak havoc.

Try and be a good person.....period.\nCanada is a huge country with many variables in taxes, climate and culture. In southern Ontario I shovel the driveway about 4 times a winter. Winter is mild now compared to the 60's. \nI try and aviod processed foods that are taxed as opposed to most groceries that are not taxed. \nHealth Care has gone downhill in the last 25 years. \nBut, no one goes broke paying hospital bills. Fortunately health care where I live is very good. No wate times or problems. But, it would be great if nurses and doctors came to Canada!!!

In Canada it would have been free of cost. What they did teach me at the alcohol rehab center worked and I had quit drinking in 1990. But after in the early 2000's I started to drink again and after getting blood poison in 2003 I finally gave it up for good and now I have been sober for 21 years. Best thing I ever did for myself.❤ ❤ ❤

I live in Toronto, and I've been doing the same just above minimum wage job for $17 per hour for 8 years.

It is absolutely not an easy task to ruin such a great country in just 10 years. You could pick a random person off the street and make them the Prime Minister, and they still wouldn't manage to cause this much damage. Therefore, Trudeau is truly an extraordinary individual! He must possess a superpower for destroying a nation ?‍♂

I left Canada for Taiwan 10 years ago and havent looked back. I work for the Taiwanese government now and have a much better quality of life than I did back in Canada.

I left Canada after 20 years of living there. Went to Russia. Had about $80k of debt. 5 years later I bought penthause in Spain and 150 m2 flat in Moscow. Cannot be any happier

This woman wants to deport FAMILY that has lived here for 20-30 years, who probably have families of their own now.\nWhat ... an ... absolute monster.

It is funny how you forget to mention the other side of things. You are supposed to be impartial, not side with one party or the other. While it might cost $20B to deport illegal immigrants, as of right now there are estimates between $150B and $450B a year of taxpayer money to keep them in the country. So even if you are not good at math, I'd prefer to spend $20B on every 1M, to stop wasting every year $150B. \nYour biases show a lot!

You Indians ruined immigration for everyone in mere 2 years.

THESE PAST FEW YEARS, DON'T ASK ME WHY BUT I'VE RAGINGLY COME TO HATE WORDS SUCH AS DIVERSITY / MULTICULTURALISM....AM SAYING THIS AS A BLACK MAN FROM MAURITIUS WHO HAPPENS TO LIVE IN AUSTRALIA...THESE WORDS ARE SOOOOO HACKNEYED....THEY MEAN NOTHING AT ALL.....WE ALL HATE EACH OTHER AT THE END OF THE DAY !

Simple solution. Place a 10 year ban on migration from india to Canada.

G 20 submit me Modi G ne Trudeau ko ignore kar diya.\nG 20 submit Group photo me Modi bilkul Centre me dikh rahe.\nIn next 10 years India will be fully developed .

And only 2 years later does the government take a harder line and make some significant policy changes. SMDH

Yes please leave. Come back in 20 years.

Vieja pendeja, in the latino community family is everything. She might be deported to because for 20 or 30 years she new they were illegal and she did or said nothing. That is the excuse they will use against her to send her back. Without her family she won't survive in mexico.

Who leaves after 25 years never intended to stay.

I want to leave Canada tbh. I was a immigrant in the late 60's, I think this country is horrible for many years now, thanks to Turdeau.

Finally Canadians can enjoy some good news for a change. After years and years of Trudeau doing his best to destroy the country there is great news.

Why are some immigrants choosing to leave Canada?\n\nBecause they learned to hate this chaotic mess of a country in only a few years.\n\nImagine what people born and RAISED here feel like lately. ?

This is the best news iv heard in the past 4 years!!! Woohooooo!

In my opinion The longer stay of immigrants like 20 years they get pensions which they don't have in Canada and move back to their own countries I would assume those who are not on wait list to recieve canadian citizenship fro perminant residence status have no intention of staying in Canada in the long run ir they would be also applying for citizenship not just perminant residency status in my opinion.

10 years ago I had been called by my company to work in Germany. First discrimination I had was when a government worker told me in english that she does not speak english and if I want anything I should get a translator or learn german! Since then I have been many times facing similar discrimination even after I learned the language. The sacrifice I make is for my children as I want them to have opportunities for higher education and a larger spectrum of careers. One thing I must ask germans: ist es so schwer anderen zu helfen, ohne sie herabzusetzen?

To her point, should her citizenship revoked? Because she’s been harboring them for years, as she said! Just asking for a friend.

Imagine opening the door for a bunch of cows to run out of the barn then slamming it shut 9 years later.\nThat's what you did, you bunch of morons. You only have yourselves to blame for allowing this for so long. You were completely complicit.

Seriously, this is an absolutely disgraceful and pathetic attack by the liberals. Here is the cold hard fact. The government controls immigration. The government controls who and how many. The liberals have been granting student visas for years, literally unchecked in both numbers and who they were given to. The schools merely took in however many the liberals let in. Hundreds of thousands of them. Had trudeau set a reasonable cap to begin with, then the schools would only be accepting that capped number. The more trudeau let in, the more the schools took on. This wasnt the fault of the schools. This is an absolute direct result of the liberal government completely screwing up the immigration system. \n\nNot only did trudeau let in far too many students which blew up school enrolment, but it messed up the entire employment system, healthcare system and housing market. Not to mention that it drained the foodbanks and students were using them as their grocery store. Now we have hundreds of thousands of international students demanding trudeau support them, give them housing, jobs and citizenship. To say trudeau completely wrecked immigration doesnt even come close to what has resulted. The entire country is now reeling from this, and it will take decades to resolve the consequences. \n\nTrudeau is despicable. And to think our tax dollars paid for his pathetic finger pointing video.

Trudeau is an embarrassment to our country. Sorry lived here for 40 years. What’s the worst evil people?. Figure it out.

I have cousins who are illegal immigrants, I’ve been trying to sponsor my wife to come here legally and it has been the most dreadful process I’ve ever been through. Meanwhile these guys are here already receiving food stamps and housing. I make 220k a year. I pay my fair share in taxes and don’t need any government assistance. I’m definitely for returning illegals that are jamming the immigration system.

Mark Baum: I have a feeling in a few years people are going to be doing what they always do when the economy tanks. They will be blaming immigrants and poor people.

I hear you , but I think you should give Pierre and the Conservatives a chance , at least for a couple years . Most of us are praying he can turn things around .

It takes 20 years to legally enter the country from Mexico.

Illegal immigrants cost the state 150 billion for housing, food, healthcare for 1 year. Even if this cost 300 billion, it will pay for itself in 2 years.

Why omit the financial impact of supporting illegal immigrants? The house received testimony on this subject earlier this year: $68,000 each (lifetime services minus taxes paid).

Cots 300 billion to send them back but to keep them annually cost 116 billion a year according to federation American immigration reform

Living in Canada 38 years. At this time if I was like others seeking a better life Canada would be the last place I would want to go. Welcome to suffering and can’t afford a place to live. ???

As an American we are very relieved, here in NYC about 500,000-750,000 people are here illegally (that we know about) and they take jobs, resources, and money from actual citizens. For example they cut our schools budget to fund hotel rooms for these people. Gave them debit cards, free phones, and a whole lot more. I hope Trump does it and removes all of them, for America's sake. I say this as a 25 year old former democrat. Mass migration is a detriment to any society. Not to mention the crime and resource problems that come with it.

Really don't care how long illegal's have been here, be that 1 year, 10 years or 30 years. They all need deported.

Daily reminder that all the democrat border bill did was say that the president *may* take action to close the border only if the daily illegal crossings exceed 5000 a day, approximating 2 million a year.

I'm sorry, but your illegal numbers are way too low. As someone who lives on the border in arizona, the numbers we've seen in the last four years should have bumped it up at least three million minimum

Bit of a side note, but Latin American birth rates have dipped so low in recent years (Mexico's is now lower than that of the US), that long-term migration from Latin America will probably decrease, because young adults are the prime migrators. This is especially true given Venezuela and El Salvador will probably shrink as source countries (Venezuela because it literally had so much emigration already, that everyone who would leave, has left, El Salvador because of the recent improvements in its security situation). I'd also expect to see some Latin Americans head for Guyana instead given its oil boom. \n\nFor context, it's not actually out of the realm of current UN projections that Latin America and the Caribbean as a whole will go from having about 2x the population of the US at the moment, to it being about 1:1 by the end of the century. \n\nThat said, this could also all be counter-acted by the economic hardship aging populations in the region would bring.

As a long time follower of this page... it's time to unsubscribe. You should be able to differentiate between immigration and illegal crossing of the border. I'm a master's student at a top university in the US, my dream is to be staying here LEGALLY and after years of work I want to build my own family and company here. My background is checked before I came here and I'm entitled to the laws here. Unfortunately the situation is really bad with illegals as they have no papers, they can literally go away with everything. They don't pay taxes, they commit crime and don't face the consequences. A guy from my programming class told me his best friend's sister was r*ped by an Afg*n criminal and he's still out in their neighbourhood.

Bye Bye...enjoy your trip back to wherever as tRUMP reminds you this is not your COUNTRY to take back. BTW....who was president 'twenty' years ago when they came here illegally. And, why come back 'the right way' when they have had twenty years already to have done so? WOW!!

This is what we wanted and we wanted them out. I don’t care how he does it. We already been paying for them for the last four years. It’s time for them to go. They can go to Mexico and ask for asylum. Asylum is pure BS. \nThis is why we voted for Trump.❤???? to save America

Canadian health care is more expensive than U.S health care we pay for it just the same except the bill is in a different place.\nIf you don't mind waiting till you die to get anything done,I have waited 3 and a half years for sinus surgery and the health care has been paid for through taxes from the start of my life.\nThe waiting is so bad I looked up the U.S what it would cost and I wouldn't be Abe to afford it because our taxes are way too high