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Disappointed Yanks swamp Canadian immigration website

lol .. i found this to be a rather funny article ..

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Nov. 4, 2004. 06:10 PM Disappointed Yanks swamp immigration website FROM CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA � Canada's immigration website is being flooded with a record-smashing number of visits from U.S. Democrats dismayed by the prospect of four more years living under President George W. Bush. His re-election has some long-faced U.S. liberals apparently musing that perhaps Canada's cold winters, high taxes and strained health system are more easily endured than their commander-in-chief. A new record was set within hours of Bush's acceptance speech as six times more Americans than usual surfed the site Wednesday. The overall number of 179,000 visitors was almost twice the previous one-day record set last year and a whopping 64 per cent of visitors � 115,016 � were from the United States. Many were doing more than just casual surfing, a spokeswoman for Citizenship and Immigration suggested Thursday. "The most-visited pages . . . were the skilled worker online self-assessment pages (to check if) they'd meet the selection criteria," said Maria Iadinardi. But there's no proof of an influx of Americans seeking asylum from their politics: "Applying and intent are two different things. We're only going to see this about six months from now," she said. Americans moving to Canada must deal with the same rules as other immigrants � including the $500 application fee, the $975 landing tax, and the six- to 12-month wait. The waiting time is shorter if you're married to a Canadian, for which help is available at http://www.marryanamerican.ca, a Canadian satirical site also being inundated by visitors. A quick Internet Google search under the terms, "move to Canada' + Bush" turns up more than 8,000 web pages � including chat groups and at least one opinion poll asking frustrated liberals whether they'd consider fleeing. About 60 per cent replied `Yes' to leaving in the tongue-in-cheek poll of more than 1,000 on CBS's Chicago affiliate web site. One American who lives in Brooklyn says many people in the U.S. now feel they identify more with Canada than their own country in the wake of the election. "I'm not alone," said Chris Walsh, a native of New Hampshire married to a Canadian. "The first thing people said to me when I went to walk my dog in the park this morning was: `We're moving to Canada.' People are very disillusioned, and Canada is looking pretty good right now." A mock map of North America circulated on the Internet illustrating an expanded Canada. The lingering rump of pro-Democrat states � namely the Great Lakes area, and the east and west coasts � would be carved into a larger new country called the United States of Canada. The rest of the continent was left alone in a new entity called, ``Jesusland.'' A gleeful Republican said, "Enjoy the Molson's while you wait an eternity for an imported doctor making the equivalent of minimum wage." "They can pay high taxes for non-existent health care, non-existent military, and non-existent jobs. So go already. . . . be the first in line!" another said. Prime Minister Paul Martin tossed his arms wide open today to aspiring immigrants from the U.S. But he joked they shouldn't expect preferential treatment just because they're neighbours. "The fact is we are a country of immigrants and we're prepared to receive immigrants from anywhere. (But) I doubt very much if refugee status is the way that I would characterize it," he said. The growing ideological gap between the neighbouring nations was perhaps best illustrated during Tuesday's election by the unanimous rejection of same-sex marriage in 11 state referendums. By way of comparison, Canadian gays and lesbians have acquired the legal right to marry in six provinces and the federal government supports extending that benefit nationwide. But one prominent American gay-rights advocate says the talk about moving to Canada is just that � talk. "I don't think you're seeing people do it. It is certainly an expression of frustration you hear more often these days," said Evan Wolfson of Freedom to Marry. "It's people saying, `Canada is on the right track. We're on the wrong track.' " The number of U.S. immigrants to Canada has slowly dwindled to about 5,000 per year from a high of around 23,000 annually during the Vietnam war. One Montreal immigration lawyer said he remains skeptical of a new influx even though his office has received several e-mail inquiries from Americans this week. "I think at this stage it's just a backlash and a reaction by certain very fervent Democrats," said Colin Singer. "My sense is there're more hype than there will actually be applications."

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http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/Co...tacodalogin=yes

THEY'RE COMING!

the end is NEAR!

~runs off and hides in the corner~

remember .. this is the 'other' half

I wanna see that map that they're talking about... anyone got a link?

If all the democrats run away then the republicans will be a sure win forever

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Originally posted by DJ_Elyot I wanna see that map that they're talking about... anyone got a link?

hehe same here ..

United States of Canada vs. Jesusland LOL

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Originally posted by bucky

ROFLMAO!

couldn't they do some sort of referendum to separate from the states? kinda like what quebec tried to do 10 years ago.

would be nice to get hawaii

No thanks, i dont need any more americans, i get my dose everyday of stupid.

I hate fuking yanks.

that article - NO DUH!!


jeez americans get stupider everday

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Originally posted by maxtuh No thanks, i dont need any more americans, i get my dose everyday of stupid. I hate fuking yanks. that article - NO DUH!! jeez americans get stupider everday

You're thinking about all the americans in the red states though, you'd be getting us smart ones in the blue states!!!

I knew this was going to happen. I hope they take their business with them i.e companies.

Why isnt alberta included in jesus land?

Alberta is bad for that compared to the rest of Canada but compared to the southern US, Albertans look like pinko commies.

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Originally posted by j_spot Why isnt alberta included in jesus land?

ahaha ur right .. the most pro-American province in Canada

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Originally posted by bucky

Talk about delusional. If Canadians spent half the time actually dealing with important issues than they spent trying to LOOK and FEEL important, maybe our country would slide back into the top 5.

wow... USC would be an awesome country... we'd have all the original 6 teams in canada, and we could mosey on over to KA-LEE-FO-NEE-AH anytime to see premier schwarzenegger...

seriously... i'd go for this idea...

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Originally posted by bucky

ROFL @ the cow and "Hello everyone! Please copy, don't link."

would be a quite cool country tho

for selfish reasons i dont want any US immigrants in Canada. fuck that. If they want they can start a revolution. fuck ill help them fight. but more people coming into toronto = real estate going way the fuck uop even higher and we're renting right now and looking to buy just waiting for prices to drop. but they wont if 100 000 ppl come from the states seeking asylum

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Originally posted by Vivid Boy for selfish reasons i dont want any US immigrants in Canada. fuck that. If they want they can start a revolution. fuck ill help them fight. but more people coming into toronto = real estate going way the fuck uop even higher and we're renting right now and looking to buy just waiting for prices to drop. but they wont if 100 000 ppl come from the states seeking asylum

Dude we're not gonna see anybody from the states seeking "asylum". Americans don't go to other countries looking for welfare and a comfortable ethnic community where they don't have to learn another language. I doubt 99% of them would have any interest in emigrating to Canada at all, and of the ones that would, I doubt they'd want to move to Toronto and deal with the ridiculous taxes/insurance/real estate/traffic/pretentiousness/anti-Americanism. They'd probably go to Alberta or Northern Ontario if they came at all.

I seriously wouldn't worry though. For every American moving to Canada there are probably 50 Canadians moving to the USA. I agree with you that we need to cut Toronto's population in half, hell we need to cut about 80% of it, but the problem is not with immigration from the USA, it's with refugees and 3rd-world welfare chasers.

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Originally posted by DigiNut Dude we're not gonna see anybody from the states seeking "asylum". Americans don't go to other countries looking for welfare and a comfortable ethnic community where they don't have to learn another language. I doubt 99% of them would have any interest in emigrating to Canada at all, and of the ones that would, I doubt they'd want to move to Toronto and deal with the ridiculous taxes/insurance/real estate/traffic/pretentiousness/anti-Americanism. They'd probably go to Alberta or Northern Ontario if they came at all. I seriously wouldn't worry though. For every American moving to Canada there are probably 50 Canadians moving to the USA. I agree with you that we need to cut Toronto's population in half, hell we need to cut about 80% of it, but the problem is not with immigration from the USA, it's with refugees and 3rd-world welfare chasers.

yeah trust me i didnt believe they would come. i was just saying if they did. one thing abt toronto star or any other newspaper there is out there is that its 80% lies. my brothers friend had a fiancee that died around 3 years ago, found dead in her apartment, in the newspaper they reported that their were investigations seeing if the fiancee murdered her. anyways to make a long story short she really died of some disease and the cause of death was known the day after she died

I swear when i take over this country the only people allowed to emmigrate are hot chix with large boobs.re name this country to CANSada

edit: theres one catch, every applicant has to take an oral exam, if u know what im syain

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Originally posted by E*Master I knew this was going to happen. I hope they take their business with them i.e companies.

And now that John Kerry didn't get elected with his crusade against "outsourcing," this might become reality. Yay for Bush! Yay for the Canadian economy!

Oh wait, they'd take one look at our system of "punnishing achievement" and realize that living under Bush ain't that bad.

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Originally posted by Vivid Boy for selfish reasons i dont want any US immigrants in Canada. fuck that. If they want they can start a revolution. fuck ill help them fight. but more people coming into toronto = real estate going way the fuck uop even higher and we're renting right now and looking to buy just waiting for prices to drop. but they wont if 100 000 ppl come from the states seeking asylum

well, talking from a european experience: real estate prices almost never drops... doubt it would be too different here? if you are planning on buying, buy now, its just silly to wait cause you will probably never get lower prices...

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Originally posted by DigiNut Talk about delusional. If Canadians spent half the time actually dealing with important issues than they spent trying to LOOK and FEEL important, maybe our country would slide back into the top 5.

chill out .. it's supposed to be funny ..

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