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2 years, 11 months ago @carolyndaigle770 You appear to be shocked at some of the comments that I'm wondering if you are fully aware of what your country is going thru. Perhaps watch a news cast outside your country like, CBC or BBC. 1 O0gJtVar7_E
2 years, 11 months ago @robertr.27 I don't most folks from other western democracies want to move to the USA now. Mass shootings (even at schools), Unregulated news media with leads to half their population believing lies, women's gay rights are being stripped by a corrupt Supreme court that has more power than the King. 0 O0gJtVar7_E
2 years, 11 months ago @charlie53echo In the U.S. there have been more than 13900 people killed in gun violence in the first 4 months of 2023. I couldn't find exact numbers for Canada in the same time period, but I did find a list of gun deaths per 100,000 population. \n??: 0.5\n??: 4.12 0 O0gJtVar7_E
2 years, 11 months ago @sinrenfield Definitley desensitized by lack of choice regarding the school shootings. I remember the first time it truly shcoked me, when I realized (forget the year/time now) that there had beeen more school shootings in the US in ONE WEEK, than there had been in Canada in DECADES (I think I can count all of what we've had on one hand). Kids here grow up barely knowing (if at all until they are older) that it's even a thing. 3 O0gJtVar7_E
2 years, 11 months ago @annemarie3140 The only reason I've ever heard of Canadians moving to the U.S. were job opportunities, or falling in love with and marrying an American. 0 O0gJtVar7_E
2 years, 11 months ago @HaleyMary I don't think I would move to the U.S. for many reasons. Healthcare is great in Canada. I don't think I'd be able to afford insurance in the U.S. , I also would be afraid of guns, the coastlines will rise by the 2030s, so my dreams of California and New York are out as well, never mind the outrageous cost of living there and being an arts person, I wouldn't want to be there now with the strike. I don't think I'd be affected as a stand-up comedian, but the opportunities would be way less with the industry shut down. 0 O0gJtVar7_E
2 years, 11 months ago @ilonadankov5175 America is going backwards in a lots of important issues. Not inaccurate 0 O0gJtVar7_E
2 years, 11 months ago @michaeldowson6988 Not unless US Border Control issues me a loaded gun at the entry point.\nJust joking! I'd never seriously consider even visiting the place. I learned a lot about US policy and opinion from reading Noam Chomsky decades ago.\nThere is no 'perfect' country, but some are definitely worse than others. Perfection is a fantasy that varies from person to person. We have room for improvement in Canada. 0 O0gJtVar7_E
2 years, 11 months ago @theAkildare funny, thing, anmericans don´t see, its only a question of time when every city will have a history of school shooting. 0 O0gJtVar7_E
2 years, 11 months ago @robertsmith4681 Many Canadians I know would do so in a heartbeat if they could legally do so, but are limited to being snowbirds, even when they own property in the US. The healthcare situation tends to be massively overblown.. 0 O0gJtVar7_E
2 years, 11 months ago @hatumaeu From my point of view, America is like Iran. Don't mean to hurt anyone but politically and religiously without forgeting women right, it's almost the same. I may be considering vacation there but I prefer not to, I would rather live one more day than getting shot for no reason by a junkie or a racist rednect and yeah forget about moving there for all of the above 0 O0gJtVar7_E
2 years, 11 months ago @gregblair5139 In the US, a loss of employment could lead to a loss of insurance! This is especially problematic if you loose your job because illness or injury leaves you unable to work. While Obamacare improved that situation somewhat, it's still a big problem! 8 O0gJtVar7_E
2 years, 11 months ago @celticlass8573 Over the years I've been to the US many times, most recently in 2014. I can tell you with 100% certainty that with the way things are now, I have no plans whatsoever to return. There are so many systemic issues, including gun ownership/violence being a self-fulfilling prophecy (everyone has guns, so I need a gun to protect myself, which means more guns in society, which means more people thinking they need guns to protect themselves, which means more guns), and that they've somehow allowed half the population's human rights to be violated (and fail to see that it's just the beginning of a slide down a very slippery slope). They tout that they have so much freedom, claim they have more freedom than anyone else in the world, but their freedoms are being taken away left and right from their federal government, all the way down to individuals who think that their personal rights and freedoms are paramount, even to the point of impinging on others' personal rights and freedoms. Add to that the obvious health care issues, the food quality, the environmental issues etc... No thanks. 0 O0gJtVar7_E
2 years, 11 months ago @DocJ58-OCB Hey Tyler...ask the question in reverse...see how many Americans would move to Canada....and I have a question for you, Why should I have to make a choice where I live, directly in response to gun violence and mass shootings, lousy uber expensive health care , discrimination, racism, bigotry, and hatred?...like I said in my 1st post, I lived in Cali. and Arkansas in the mid 80's, as different as environments can be...yet all of the same issues, just some more pronounced than others ( surprisingly, I saw and HEARD a lot more racism in Southern California than I did in Arkansas)....but now, in the 21st Century, the fact that politicians are actively trying (and in a lot of cases succeeding) to return the U.S. to the 1900 ( taking the vote away from minorities, especially blacks and native Americans), making women bend the knee to what men say and want them to do ( the reversal of Roe v Wade, 100% total bans on reproductive rights, and the restrictive, totalitarian, Nazi/fascist bans on the rights to choose who you want to be, how you want to be addressed, LGBTQ people and lifestyles) when I see this, hear the right-wing racist, elitist,MAGA, B.S., I wonder how ANY people in their right minds could want to live in 2023 America, the Land of the Lost ! 1 O0gJtVar7_E
2 years, 11 months ago @williamralph8396 Originally from a border town, NOPE! Your allowed open carry guns while drinking....never a good idea. The gun violence is a big one. We do have a huge hunting and fishing culture and even though some form of violence maybe on the rise in Canada...I still don't lock my door often unless going for an extended diner / movie type night and we have the kids with us ( both teens ), encountering guns on the street is rare here still, your more likely to encounter knives. My wife carries a pocket knife in her purse it's just handy for all types of things when your out. She' grew up hunting and fishing for her it's a tool not a weapon. And yes the extremes ARE BATSHIT CRAZY!!! Terrifying, not saying we're perfect but seriously, my wife had fond memories of camping stateside with her grandparents , she won't visit or crossborder shop too violent and too extreme to take the chance. 1 O0gJtVar7_E
2 years, 11 months ago @msgypsyqueen We also have McDonald’s and Starbucks for as far as the eye can see… So absolutely no incentive there with ever wanting to move to the US. 3 O0gJtVar7_E
2 years, 11 months ago @Nightangel8212 I would happily move to the States. Especially with the way our government has been operating lately. Trudeau is the WORST leader this country has ever had, and he's just a step down from a dictator in my opinion. 0 O0gJtVar7_E
2 years, 11 months ago @kathywrath33 One should not need to be so “selective” about where to live within one’s own country. If the overall compassion is there; if people have a more socialistic concern for others rather than such individualistic way of thinking (like there have been no school shootings in MY town), then you would not need to be as selective 0 O0gJtVar7_E
2 years, 11 months ago @sid7088 There has already been 23 school shootings in the US this year. 167 since 2018. ? 0 O0gJtVar7_E
2 years, 11 months ago @warrenpeterson6065 in 1960, 85% of US immigration came from Europe, Canada, and Australia. In 2020, just 60 years later, the numbers have flipped and now only 14% immigration comes from these areas. 0 O0gJtVar7_E
2 years, 11 months ago @renees1211 My brother always wanted to move to the US, and finally did. He HATED IT. He had good health care, so that wasn't an issue, but he said the racism was incredible. He would talk about the road rage and violence he saw on a regular basis, the religion overload, the crazy politics with the big political rallies and events. He was very unhappy living there and was thoroughly disillusioned. The only things that he liked about it were all the concerts and sports events that he had access to, lol. 69 O0gJtVar7_E
2 years, 11 months ago @donnaogorman4935 And how many health care issues are now being removed ??? 0 O0gJtVar7_E
2 years, 11 months ago @The_TRUTH_or_Nothing Just so you know... Quebec swear words are mostly Catholic church words in French. \nLike Tabarnac(tabernacle), Ostie (the communion waffer), Kaliss (the chalice), Criss (christ), Viarge (Virgin mary), etc... It's a form of protests because that church got pretty corrupted and politicized here before we decided to mostly all become agnostic or atheist , and to give women and kids more rights. \nIt's based on the Duplessis era and the abuse of the church... Those abusive schools that the first nation kids went through, we had the same, except they were called orphanages and reform schools and all run by that clergy. It put a big damper on our religion. 0 O0gJtVar7_E
2 years, 11 months ago @wilfridcyr America is home of the KKK and Trump. Need we say more. 1 O0gJtVar7_E
2 years, 11 months ago @torakuro1444 I am autistic, and the fact that autistic peoples are treated as inferiors in the US and not well help, oh hell NO. Even if in Canada this is not perfect, at least I was able to be respected by the most of them and not treated as a joke. Even if people don't realise I am autistic most of the times, my youngers years will be even more a nightmare that it was here. And, knowing that my family were broke already here, and I had an operation for my esophagus, wasn't able to eat anything solid, I will probably be dead today only because of that. So a big pass on the US! Sorry, but not sorry. 1 O0gJtVar7_E
2 years, 11 months ago @TheTrueMilery essentially, the only benefit is a greater income for some fields. But even if you are in one of those fields you need to weigh how important that increase in pay is versus all of the negatives. The two biggest ones would be healthcare (if you aren't making enough extra money to outweigh the extra costs, then it's pointless) and safety (which all depends on the individual and their circumstances, like if you have a family, or you would be the target of racial attacks) 1 O0gJtVar7_E
2 years, 11 months ago @tracybrown6821 Move to a small QUIET TOWN were Tyler, like Uvalde, Texas???❤??. The States don't only lack affordable physical health care, its the MENTAL HEALTH CARE!!! And the reasons for said MENTAL ISSUES ???. Not saying Canada doest have our issues, but the culture,(GUNS MOSTLY ) combined with the lack of accessibility to health care .??? 0 O0gJtVar7_E
2 years, 11 months ago @kerry7713 I'd rather shave myself skinless and rub salt in the wounds. Just saying. 0 O0gJtVar7_E
2 years, 11 months ago @mariehough6600 That’s a hard pass from me 0 O0gJtVar7_E
2 years, 11 months ago @ruthchilds-hein1132 No 0 O0gJtVar7_E
2 years, 11 months ago @sheldrake1111 To be honest, I would❤ consider moving to the US for the right opportunity and as long as I got to pick the city. I do enjoy a lot of what the US has to offer. 2 O0gJtVar7_E
2 years, 11 months ago @christinainyeg There’s ways to be strategic about where you live if you are white and privileged, ahem, like you, no offence. 0 O0gJtVar7_E
2 years, 11 months ago @lorrainericardo8680 sadly to say that Americans still have a cowboy mentality ,, 0 O0gJtVar7_E
2 years, 11 months ago @nickgooderham2389 Been to the states many times and never really worried about my safety. My wife however has heard so much about the shootings that she is afraid to visit. When we travel abroad it's Europe or the Caribbean. I think because we here in Canada see so much of the gun violence in the states on the news we think its everywhere, skewing our perception maybe. 3 O0gJtVar7_E
2 years, 11 months ago @donnaogorman4935 No way...no thanks. Happy to be Canadian through and through.\nThe way thungs are going down there. We obviously have more freedom. ?? 0 O0gJtVar7_E
2 years, 11 months ago @TheRandomView I fear how desensitized most US citizens have become to the violence, hate and anger in their society. Sad really. 0 O0gJtVar7_E
2 years, 11 months ago @Dragonlord_69 I have visited the US several times when I was growing up. Been to many States. Out of all the states I've been to, my favourite was Tennessee. But would I move there? Heck no. There is way to much violence for me. Plus the health care in Canada won't bankrupt you. I also don't like the fact that the US's economy is based mostly around wars. As soon as their dollar starts to tank, they are involved in another war. I think that is why most other Nations prefer Canadians over Americans. 0 O0gJtVar7_E
2 years, 11 months ago @lorrainericardo8680 that french word of Taberkah, is swearing in french for tabernacle ,, really bad swearing ,, sacrileges 0 O0gJtVar7_E
2 years, 11 months ago @christinainyeg That guy with the history knowledge of the 1920’s might want to reconsider, their policies are rapidly approaching that era, again. 0 O0gJtVar7_E
2 years, 11 months ago @sallybyrd3712 Unfortunately, the American political-religious-racist fusion seeps too much into Canada even when you live in Canada. 1 O0gJtVar7_E
2 years, 11 months ago @rickm8443 Haven’t watched the video yet. Coincidentally, just talking with my wife about the economic conditions in Canada. If our PM wins another election, we are going to have to consider finding somewhere else to reside. Not sure if the US is the answer though. 1 O0gJtVar7_E
2 years, 11 months ago @George_K1 When the interest of the 1% rich supersedes the interest of the public good, when the Interest of Pharma, Corporate America, and the U.S. Government supersedes the interest of the public good they suppose to serve, and when there is 30 to 40 million Americans have nutritional deficiencies or at or below the poverty level, Who would want to leave a country like Canada and move to a country plagued with political and social problems which has no real interest in improving the lives of its citizens...? I will also say: Hell ... NO... 1 O0gJtVar7_E
2 years, 11 months ago @lukilukidesj5895 sorry about that! ; ) 0 O0gJtVar7_E
2 years, 11 months ago @mskatonic7240 Not Canadian but... back in the 80s and 90s America seemed like the coolest place ever, cosmopolitan and progressive in a way the UK wasn't. Then I grew up. The Internet got invented. I got to talk to Americans, hear US news and politics that never made it to the UK. Then Trump and Qanon happened. Now there is no way in hell I'd want to live there. Bankruptcy inducing healthcare, religious fanatics everywhere and the risk of getting shot on the daily? No thanks. 0 O0gJtVar7_E
2 years, 11 months ago @andreevaillancourt2177 Except for Louisiana in the non-summer months, H*LL NO! \nFYI, Hollywood got started up here first with Mary Pickford and her gang. We still have a movie and TV industry up here. 0 O0gJtVar7_E
2 years, 11 months ago @bluewater7211 Wtf does Canada have to offer more then the states ? \nNothing. \nNot a thing.. \nLiars will will tell you otherwise.. \nI promise Canada is falling. \nWho cares about the look we have .. actually living here is not as good. \nI make good money and can afford to live in Victoria bc. The most expensive area in Canada.. I currently live here for the last few years. Nobody can say it's better. \nI'm not bias because I'm broke.. or lack of the normal things people are concerned with.. \nOur government is horrible.. the American government is bad.. absolutely.. but Canada is a dictatorship in the making.. I want the fuk out with all my money and stuff I've made before they remove everything we own\nDon't believe what you hear. \nSchool shooting stuff is an excuse to say but we have just as much stupidity here..just hidden crimes. Don't believe what bias people say.. take a trip to see for yourself. \n.. 0 O0gJtVar7_E
2 years, 11 months ago @JackyJames1 Absolutely not! In Canada we help eachother we have health care for all and we don't need to worry about a child being shot in school with an automatic weapon! To add our law enforcement officers serve and protect ! The USA police are corrupt and certainly dangerous! 0 O0gJtVar7_E
2 years, 11 months ago @hoiming If you are in certain career fields say IT or Finance, or a lot of fields actually there are just more opportunities for you to make a higher earning in the US. And if you make enough money, a lot of nicer things (education, products, services) are available to you. This would make the trade off of health insurance, guns, politics safety tolerable. For the average Canadian there's probably not much incentive. And all the nice places in the US can be visited as a tourist since we're so close (most of us). 1 O0gJtVar7_E
2 years, 11 months ago @pmjohnston7987 Your suggestion that potential permanent Snow Birds just need to do their homework to select a community suited to their personal philosophy is a good one, as long as the Cdn heading south has the most marketable skills on the planet. In the current economic climate, you look for work, then relocate when you find a job that ticks enough boxes. If you are the breadwinners for a young family there are a LOT of boxes to consider. Even if you are an actual Snow Bird (retiree) you often come home when you health starts to decline. The US has lots of touristy things I might enjoy visiting, but I watch enough US news to know that most of what I do know comes from movies & TV, which has nothing to do with real life. 4 O0gJtVar7_E
2 years, 11 months ago @davej.4989 I used to think about it but America has been so out of touch with the rest of the planet, that I would never consider it anymore. 4 O0gJtVar7_E
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