Wednesday, August 01, 2007

O, Canada! More Americans Heading North - The Number of Americans Moving to Canada in 2006 Hit a 30-Year High


Based on my last visit to Canada - British Columbia to be specific - I can well understand the attraction of leaving the USA as is talked about in this ABC News article (http://www.abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=3433005&page=1). To me the most telling comment in the whole article is this:

"Things are totally different here because they care about their people here," she says, explaining that she's only been back home once or twice.

Particularly under the current political regime, the leadership of the USA cares little or nothing about individual citizens. If they did, there would be universal health insurance and the tax system would not be geared principally for the affluent. Other highlights of the article are:

Blame Canada! It may seem like a quiet country where not much happens besides ice hockey, curling and beer drinking. But our neighbor to the north is proving to be quite the draw for thousands of disgruntled Americans.

The number of U.S. citizens who moved to Canada last year hit a 30-year high, with a 20 percent increase over the previous year and almost double the number who moved in 2000. In 2006, 10,942 Americans went to Canada, compared with 9,262 in 2005 and 5,828 in 2000, according to a survey by the Association for Canadian Studies.

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