‘How to move to Canada’ surges on Google as U.S. wakes up to Donald Trump win
https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/how-to-move-to-canada-surges-on-google-as-u-s-wakes-up-to-donald-trump-win-1.7100547
‘How to move to Canada’ surges on Google as U.S. wakes up to Donald Trump win
https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/how-to-move-to-canada-surges-on-google-as-u-s-wakes-up-to-donald-trump-win-1.7100547
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This literally happens after every Presidential election.
This year, Mexico made history by electing its first female (and first Jewish) President, Claudia Sheinbaum. I was looking forward to the United States also electing Kamala so we could join them in having our first women Presidents. Still, it’s a crazy thought that we instead chose a felon (who can’t even visit some countries) over a prosecutor and former attorney general. Mexico’s government is more progressive than ours.
Going to be very difficult to move to Canada for most people. They are pretty restrictive. It can be done if you have family, are a skilled worker, high net-worth, and some other sponsorship opportunities.
There were so many trump supporters saying that if Trump lost they were moving to another country.
The irony of all the anti-immigration people admitting they support immigration is comical. As long as it’s THEM that want to do it of course!
Insane that people think Canada would want them.
I’ll bet you could make a killing mining search tends and publishing AI articles like this.
Most people don’t realize that “desirable countries” (as in places most people want to move to) like Canada and most countries in Europe have tougher immigration laws than anything US has.
Unless you are A. rich, B. highly skilled or C, married to a citizen you are most likely not getting in.
I love Canada, but it’s not all the liberal utopia people think it is. Like, the anti-vax movement has caught on in some of the provinces. PM Blaine Higgs was recently voted out, but he was pretty Trumpy. (Read about Faytene Grasseschi and you’ll see that there are crazy fundies in Canada too.) And whatever happens in the next few years – ignoring climate issues, tariffs – is definitely going to impact Canada too.
They’ve got universal healthcare, but they also struggle with the same issues we do – housing, jobs, poverty.
Canadian here. Please have a look at our rent and home prices first before attempting to move. Then look at our job market (basically non-existent unless you are highly experienced in a high-demand profession, and are willing to take a significant pay cut). Then look and compare what taxes you will be paying here vs. your current situation in the US (make sure you are sitting down while you do this due to the risk of fainting). Also understand that our “free healthcare” system is severely underfunded and overburdened, and most Canadians cannot even get a timely doctor’s appointment, leading to long and dangerous lines at the ER. Honestly, even with a Trump win, I think many Canadians are still more interested in moving to the US than staying in Canada. Things are not good here, and most Canadians are just barely getting by.
Been looking into this since before the first debate. Let me save you some time – unless you’re in a very in-demand field, or are already independently wealthy, you can’t.
Hate to break it to you but Canada is having a bit of a right wing rising themselves…
I am a dual citizen and will be moving Spring next year after 25 years in the U.S. problem is that I was counting on the equity in my house. My value will go down (live DC) but will bite the bullet to get the hell out
I wonder if Canada is going to create a special visa for the American refugees?
Don’t like Trump? Let me tell you about this Polievre guy.
Looking to network with people who want to flee this fascist national.
Trump is going to turn climate change into runaway climate change. So it doesn’t matter where you are.
Bro Canada is moving to the right just like we are. They might not be looney toons level like us, but still.
As a Canadian living in the states, I’m just saying , it’s hard to Americans to immigrate to Canada if you don’t have immediate family or a phd degree in your late 20s.
How to move to [blank] is gonna be trending for a while i think
I’m thankful to have a degree that considers me highly skilled for other countries. I feel bad about leaving but I have to protect my family.
Jesus, Americans really are idiots.
The entire industrialized west is going through a right wing surge, driven by anger over decades of neoliberal economics which have routed the working classes. But instead of being angry over lost wages, voters have easily been swayed by racist and religious rhetoric, blaming immigrants and gay people for people’s woes. The German people were quite easily convinced to blame Jews for the pain the Great Depression and the Treaty of Versailles caused.
Had the parties of working classes (Democrats, Labour, etc.) actually looked after their constituents instead of capitulating to the rich 40 years ago, the rage which racists and Christians so effectively exploited would have been muted.
Canada is only a couple of years behind the US. Multiple European countries are seeing the growth of hard right parties, driven by rhetoric about minorities and immigrants.
Any society based in capitalism will eventually fail like this. Capitalism -> late stage capitalism -> fascism. Once capitalism has taken everything from everyone, they get mad and they start to vote for things like unions. Billionaires don’t want that, so they have to get people to vote against their economic interests. But how?
Religion and racism. And those things are in such plentiful supply globally that fascism will always win. Every time the working class tries to improve it’s situation, we’ll be met with this.
Look at the Great Depression and WWII. It only took capital 30 years to undo the New Deal.
Let’s say there’s 50 years of violence in front of us. And after 40 million people die, there’s another post WWII period of relative peace and prosperity. In 20-30 years, capitalism will destroy it and return to the robber baron era again and we’ll go through this again. It’s unstoppable.
As long as we live under an economic system like this, we will know no peace.
As long as we allow adults to believe in magic sky daddy, capitalists will have an army ready to murder on their behalf.
Obviously, those last two points are never going to change. I don’t have kids, so when I’m dead, my suffering ends. For those of you who have children, their suffering has just begun.
If the US goes to hell, Canada is going along for the ride. Most of the world actually, but Canada especially.
I might move to my parent’s home country in Latin America, which would also possibly give me a pathway to Spain since it’s a shorter process with a Latin American passport.
Once they start killing democrats we can apply for asylum…we get to see what it’s like now.
Fuck you to each and everyone of you that didn’t vote or voted for this.
Should be googling how to move to Pennsylvania, Michigan, etc
If you have any sort of criminal record at all good luck. Even a DUI and you ain’t going to Canada bub. They won’t even let you in the country.
Canada is turning right wing as well. So is most of the world. This is not just United States.
Uncertainty and turmoil promotes the seeking of ‘”strong men” architype leaders to quiet the chaos. Unfortunately, this is just a primitive psychological response like becoming hyper alert to noises in the bushes or hyper responsive to sugar that might have been more useful to cavemen, but not so much in modern times, sometimes maladaptive and harmful.
I’m moving south, eff the snow too.
Canada is not the haven people think it is.
Sincerely,
A Canadian
I’m not going to leave the country. That’s just too difficult. However, I am going to reassess my plans of staying in Florida after college. California it is
Screw it. Stay right here and be a thorn in their side. Let them know every day how you feel about their BS.
We couldn’t escape them, they should not get the gratification of escaping us or having us disappear.
Please just stop coming to portugal for relatively cheap living with good weather… the place is gentrified enough as is…. young people are leaving in droves because richer foreigners just keep buying property up and they can’t compete.. it’s so messed up..
Fuck that. Stay here and fight for the soul of your country. Don’t be a coward and run.
Go to your local township meetings. Go to school board meetings. Get involved with your local political leaders. If you run, Trump wins. Hell, he’s trying to kick you out.
If you didn’t vote or threw it away on a third party then you better buckle your bitch ass down because you don’t deserve to run away now.
Tl;dr It’s quite difficult unless you are rich
Americans bout to find out themselves how hard it is to migrate. The irony.
Joke’s on you. We are about to elect our very own Maple MAGA Trump wannabe next year.
The greatest gift my father ever gave his kids was retaining his UK Citizenship. He’s been a US permanent resident for nearly 40 years, but never wanted to be a US Citizen. Because of this, I am legally considered a UK/US Dual Citizen, and have begun the process of getting my British passport.
I live in DC. I have no idea what the next four years will look like here, but it’s really comforting to know I have an escape plan.
Canadian here.
Just because you guys made your bed poorly doesn’t mean you can sleep on our couch.
Candian here. not sure how many I can sponsor but I’ll look into it. I’m pulling for ya.
It is much easier to move to Australia also Australia has left leaning values. So time for a “g’day mate”!
Canada isn’t on my list. I think it’s too infected with whatever is happening in the US. I am in Florida and my plan is to save money between here and like April or May.
By February or March we will see how things settle.
I am going to initially try to move to a blue state.
I am bilingual, college educated and have government experience. It shouldn’t be that hard to find something.
International is the next step if things get too out of hand
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