What is your backup country?

[bcla]

I'm not sure you understand Canada very well. The openness and willingness to make room in our society for those of every origin and creed is 100% the result of the liberty and respect that comes from our Judeo-Christian foundations. We have in no way abandoned those ethics and newcomers flock here specifically because their own homelands don't offer such an advantage.

I don't buy that it was anything more than code words for white Europeans.

 

[ronandannette]

I don't buy that it was anything more than code words for white Europeans.

What was code words? I didn't use any code words. You've lost me.

 

[ashley0139]

Sweden. When I was there last year I could totally picture myself living there. Only downside is the weather. Not sure how I'd deal with that.

Same for Canada, I absolutely adore it, but I don't do well in cold.

I need to find a warm backup country. Or not even backup. I am actively looking to live in another country at some point.

 

[mummabear]

We already have 2 (NZ and Canada) so my 3rd would be Ireland

 

[Drasticq]

Florida! Or, if I had unlimited credit, Vegas

 

[PollyannaMom]

Definitely the UK. - I lived there for a summer in college, and loved it!

 

[morgan98]

Italy.

 

[Kitty 34]

Jamaica

 

[Eeyore daily]

I know it has it's problems right now but probably the UK, specifically England. My boyfriend has family around Manchester who love dogs so I think they're my kinda people lol.

 

[snappy]

I would need a warm climate for st least 75 percent of the year. Good transportation. Open for ideas.

 

[MrsCobraBubbles]

canada. Second choice would be Scotland.

 

[dish rag]

I'm not sure you understand Canada very well. The openness and willingness to make room in our society for those of every origin and creed is 100% the result of the liberty and respect that comes from our Judeo-Christian foundations. We have in no way abandoned those ethics and newcomers flock here specifically because their own homelands don't offer such an advantage.

Well Annette. The real reason why Canada is accepting so many legal immigrants is that the country needs young workers to pay taxes to maintain the social programs for its aging Canadian population.

In our direct circle I can count 19 Canadians in the 20’s and early 30’s that were born to Canadian parents who have yet to have children. What one would consider the average Canadian youth are just not pro creating. So with out sensible immigration Canada’s population would have some real problems in the next decades.

 

[AustinMommyofThree]

Mexico, specifically San Miguel de Allende. We can even drive there in less than a day if we need to get out quickly. The weather is perfect year round, the people are wonderfully kind, the cost of living is very reasonable, and it's straight out of a movie set for its beauty.

 

[tcufrog]

Please do, and hurry!! I hope your branch is ready to employ about 10,000 people - we're dying up here. OTOH, it's a buyers market, so y'all come see us, y'hear!

As far as somewhere else I could live? I really can't think of anywhere I've ever visited that I'd be willing to live. We're going to the UK next spring, which will be my first time in an English-speaking European country. Maybe one of the British Isles would be somewhere I could see myself.

Alas, no we wouldn't be able to hire near that many people. His business currently has between 20-25 employees, which is the most he's ever had.

 

[Micca]

Question about a backup country: Does it make that beep sound all the time?

 

[ronandannette]

Well Annette. The real reason why Canada is accepting so many legal immigrants is that the country needs young workers to pay taxes to maintain the social programs for its aging Canadian population.

In our direct circle I can count 19 Canadians in the 20’s and early 30’s that were born to Canadian parents who have yet to have children. What one would consider the average Canadian youth are just not pro creating. So with out sensible immigration Canada’s population would have some real problems in the next decades.

What on God's good earth does that have to do with anything being discussed in this thread?

 

[dish rag]

What on God's good earth does that have to do with anything being discussed in this thread?

It’s a reply to your opinion of Canada’s immigration policy and why it is like it is. It has nothing to do with religion and good will. It has to do with need.

 

[ronandannette]

It’s a reply to your opinion of Canada’s immigration policy and why it is like it is. It has nothing to do with religion and good will. It has to do with need.

It wasn't an explanation of "policy". It was a comment about Canadian culture. Experienced by an actual Canadian. And if the undertones of this are going "racial", I'm out. Do you people even realize how one-track your minds are?

 

[dish rag]

It wasn't an explanation of "policy". It was a comment about Canadian culture. Experienced by an actual Canadian. And if the undertones of this are going "racial", I'm out. Do you people even realize how one-track your minds are?

Not sure why racial would even cross your mind. Canada needs population. Young working people to maintain a tax base. It’s common knowledge. I’ve never heard that talked about in a racial nature until you just did.

 

[starry_solo]

Canada...or somewhere in Europe.