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It appears to be such a safe and beautiful country, and I know myself many Americans who would either move there or retire there IF Canada would allow it.
I think you can go there for 6 months at a time to live only now as an American. Maybe you live there for 6 months and then can just cross the border for a few days and come back?
It appears to be such a safe and beautiful country, and I know myself many Americans who would either move there or retire there IF Canada would allow it.
I think you can go there for 6 months at a time to live only now as an American. Maybe you live there for 6 months and then can just cross the border for a few days and come back?
It sounds nice but I need to have a stable job. Planning to start a family in a few years, thereby, I need to have a stabe income. I am going up there in September for a job interview, so let's hope it works out.
If you are a white person who does not speck French: when you go to Montreal, tell people you are American. By doing so, you will get less discrimination. There is strong feeling against English speaking people in Quebec.
Really? So English-speaking Canadians get more discrimation than people from a whole other country?
Really? So English-speaking Canadians get more discrimation than people from a whole other country?
Wow.
Quebecers do not like English. The white English speaking people of Canada is the people they do not like the most. I am visible minority. They do not love me, but minority is not the "threaten" one.
Quebec thinks that English threats the existence of their culture. For example, if a child speaks English in a class of French speaking school, he/she will be subject to a punishment. The punishment is not defined, up to the teacher. If both your parents were educated in English, you can choose either English or French school. Otherwise, you do not have the "right" to go to public English school, although you pay the same tax to support schools. If you are American, goes to Quebec to marry a Quebec girl, your children go to French school (you can go to private English school).
I'm sure most of us Americans had no idea of that, wjlz, so thanks. Maybe it would be a good idea to buy one of those small American flag pins and wear it while in Quebec.
Most Quebec citizens must speak some English, tho, I'm assuming?
In Montreal. You do not need to wear any flag at all. Just be friendly and smile annd try speaking some French first and switch to English. And there are sections of Montreal (e.g., Westmount) were English is the lingua franca. Quebec City is a lot more french speaking, btw.
As far as crossing the border after 6 months and coming back a day later.. check with Canadian customs first. If they deem you do not have a permanent domicile in the US you may be denied entry. I'm not with Customs so its best for you to go to the source. People do cross and spend months outside Canada or the US, but they have permanent homes to go back to.
Let me just clarify again vancouver is rated one of the most livable cities in the world based on the assumption that you are bringing $$$$ cash with you and don't have to live from paycheck to paycheck. Expensive cities in the US such as San Fran, LA, Boston and NYC do pay higher wages than the rest of the country, but unfortunately Vancouver doesn't.
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