im so glad you aked, Elli :)
this is a pic of the neighbors playing in the river bed at low tide...
http://www.shemp.com/mudbowl.jpg

and this is a pic of my bro's new raft at high tide...
http://www.shemp.com/shempboat.jpg

I agree with Elli,Americans need not come here.it's miserable,stay away ,the walrus and Eskimos will attack you

this is the community daycare center...we hope to get a larger raft next year

http://www.shemp.com/shempplaypen.jpg

this is our park band...they do a mean rendition of "the last train to clarksville"
http://www.shemp.com/band32004.jpg

and the real reason i live in Canada...
public health care :)

http://www.shemp.com/hospital1.jpg

You mean "Last Train to Barkerville?" :)

Yup, the biggest problem with that is any mudhut living stone age religion thumping prick can jump off the boat and instantly be a canadian.

GTFO OF MY COUNTRY

Pro:

Free community centres with gyms, sports and social activities.

Like I said, if I were ever to live in Canada it would be there (which shows how bad Canada really is in general to live). I guess it is a matter of perspective, but to me the weather is not mild. It also rains almost every day, things are very expensive (especially with the strong CDN$), every other person is chinese, you can't drive 2 blocks at night without being stopped by a police drinking and driving roadblock, taxes are high as fuck, downtown Vancouver is one of the scariest crack head scenes ever... I can go on and on.

You went everywhere all the faggots go. BC is badass. If you stay out of the greater Hongcouver area and the K-hole, pretty much everywhere else is heaven on earth, lol....

you obviously never lived in the mountains. it doesn't rain everyday here at all. we have a rainy season, then a snow season, then a hot summer. but yeah, i agree, Van for sure rains one hell of a lot. i couldn't live there.

Your Native American? Cool ! :1orglaugh

Fuck off, we stole this land fair and fucking square, and the Indians are lucky we let them live on the reservations instead of just exterminating their people like we should have. If all these third world cocksuckers want in, they can come steal the land themselves. Until then I'm sick of seeing these cocksuckers boated in and given a "Be a Canadian tax-free" pass. Seriously, we need to close the fucking door already. :pimp

In all seriousness, our immigration laws suck fucking donkey balls. After 9/11 happened, America blamed us for harboring terrorists and making it too easy for them to just waltz right in. Well, they weren't wrong! We need to start turning some fucking people back for fuck sakes.

Am I a racist? Probably, so what? Fuck you if you have a problem with it. I just hate anyone who gets a tax-free pass in this country, which last time I checked tends to be brown people.

This thank you note from Brian Williams of NBC about Canada might be worth reading.

Whitey doesnt move here anymore ever since they got TV in Europe so they could see how cold it was here...

maybe we should invest in television with canadian programming for the third world as a proactive "don't move here" campaign...

I have not lived in the mountains, but I know it does not rain every day there, but the weather certainly is not what I would consider 'mild' up there. If you like it, you like it, no big deal. I can see the attraction if you are a snowboarder. I'm more of a golfer, lounger, drinker.

cons: very cold?

Canadian summers are awesome. The fall is beautiful but the winters are harsh in central and eastern Canada.
Internet and cell phone services are criminal (Rogers and Bell should be taken out back and beaten with a wet trout). Move to Japan!

I think the cold weather would be a con for me..

Thanks,man,thats really great to have such a cabine near the great city :)

Dude, what's that fish?

http://www.shemp.com/shempboat.jpg

So chilled out area, love the day care thing and overall style.
Do you have internets overthere?

I certainly think you dont know all the advantages canadian passport can give.

Amen. lol :thumbsup :1orglaugh

Lol at high gas price,you probably never bought gas in europe.

Rush is from Canada....:thumbsup

:1orglaugh:1orglaugh:1orglaugh

Cellphones probably work fine.. this is BC Sid.. you can be in the heart of downtown, and then fighting a grizzly in the woods in under 20 minutes

4 golf courses in Whistler, and a shitload of bars/lounges for a town of 10K. anyway, my point is... i'm a drinker too!

haha.. in the summer it's really hot up there.. most of the time i have spent in whistler is during the summer.. it's great

Beautiful country and nice people..

But, the socialist attitude there is the main deal breaker for me. Just say NO to those high taxes and lousy health care services.

I'd rather visit Canada than live there.

lol @ americans loling at canadian health care, :1orglaugh

native girls drone on about this for hours

you're referring to these little red indian status cards?

http://shimmycash.com/shimmy22572.jpg

they are not 100% tax exempt, they still pay the other 7% tax, pst/gst whatever its called. and from what i have seen a lot of white people have the indian cards i seen them using them at gas stations all the time. hell my ex wifes redneck mother in law has an indian status card. and they are porcelain white with blue eyes etc. go get yourself one like everyone else up there or pay the tax and deal with it. or marry an indian girl and use their status rights

All they pay is GST/PST, who fucking cares about that? I'm talking about not paying Federal and provincial income tax. I don't even really care that they get tax breaks on smokes / booze / gas, which is still pretty fucking stupid.

In order to get any status recognition you need to have 2 parents or grandparents who are registered status indians. Otherwise you need to be able to prove your native ancestry.

Passing as a Metis person, DOES NOT EXEMPT YOU FROM TAXES. So I don't know what blue-eyes blonde indians you were talking to, but they were full of shit.

We also offer immigrants a beautiful tax exmeption period upon moving to Canada. What the fuck is that all about? I'm a citizen of the god damned country and I never got a taxfree year in my life. Why the fuck are they given a free pass to move here? If you want to live here, come and pay taxes like the rest of the country's born citizens.


Another shitstorm that irritates the living fuck out of me. Foreigners can come here, get a work visa, work for their minimum number of hours, get a layoff, and collect Canadian unemployment insurance that they have never paid into up until this point? GTFO, you're not a citizen, how the fuck are you collecting UI paid for by citizens?

1. Can anyone describe me how it works if you lose a job? Wellfare or anything? Do they offer you any job substitute? For how long do they pay your jobless?

2. How expensive is hiring a nunny for 2 kids say 4 hours a day afternoon time?

3. I read your gas price, not scared its same here.

4. Weapon, is that also easy to buy like in the US?

5. Leasing a new car, is that too expensive comparing to say buying a used one in a good condition?

6. Cable internetm how expensive is say 5Mbit pipe a month?

7. Daycare and public schools, is that payable? How much, well, consider something
average.

8. I liked Halifax views and house pricng. I can tell you it's even less expensive then where I live. What the fuck with Atlantic Canada, why so cheap?

9. Mobile phones, okay, I just need a family plan I guess, so mostly internal calls, if you get that free in Canada.

10. Why do you have your bathroom equipment so standartized all over North America, and most important, who invented that shitter that stays filled up in half with water when you do your dumping?

Dam I'll be out with beer one day !!

i'll answer a few. weapons are a bit of a pain in the ass with the governments retarded and extremely expensive waste of money gun registry.

yes, there is welfare (i hope your not planning on using it lol), as well as UI for short term job loss.

Cell phone coverage is a major rip off here, you get raped. i switched over to virgin mobile after getting burned for years with Rogers.

There's no work there. They have to ship all the Newfies and Novies to Alberta to make money...

Canada vs. Ukraine - is this even a question?


Just DO it!

:)

I know you like big engines, amigo :)
On a serious note while its progressing i have several month of getting to know it... virtually :)

Naw, don't need to. They aren't keeping up with their bills and the new landlords will get them under control soon enough.

Even top Canadian politicians don't trust their lives to Canadian health care system! Soon enough this will not happen because OUR will sucks as bad as YOURS!

the healthcare system is a joke - talk to doctors if you have some as personal friends or family members, especially in Southern Ontario where a third or more of Canadians live, cancer care is horrendous, and as the Baby Boomers keep on aging it's gonna be fucking scary. it's second class healthcare imho. My aunt just spent three days in an ER waiting for a bed, an 80 year old woman who worked her entire life paying her way in taxes and that's the reward of the glorious Canadian system that at 80 you get the same treatment as a third world peasant does in his country. it's rationed healthcare and most Canadians don't realize it because for basic and some type of healthcare needs the system works very well for broken bones, trauma cases, obstetrics, the cold/flu, yearly checkups etc
it's when you or a family member run up against something big where you'll see the huge cracks in the system. Rich Canadians will almost always head to an American clinic when their life is in danger, at least to get an opinion on what treatments are available both in the US and Canada. When you are told that there's a 4 month wait for your cancer treatment and that it won't make a difference in your outcome - get online and do your research.

taxes are brutal but American taxes are catching up, a state like New York is almost or equally as bad as Canada for taxes - paying over 40% in income tax makes me physically ill. add on the stupid GST and provincial taxes on everything and it really is a socialist system. it's very hard for an American company to come to Canada, many decide after giving it a try it's not worth the investment. Everything for some reason just costs more. It's like a secret consipiracy where everybody just decides to charge more for things. You'll see an item in the US and it's significantly more expensive in Canada, no reason for it, thanks to NAFTA there's no duty on most American imported products.

Southwestern Ontario is pretty mild, nice and sunny too.

Do you live in Canada? I have never paid 40% income taxes...As for health care, what hospital was this? My dad has had a few trips to the ER in the past few months and there was never an issue getting a bed. Those without extreme emergencies have to wait way too long to get seen in the ER but thats all I've experienced.

Try making more money. Once you get in a higher bracket you may as well give it away to avoid taxes. Tax time is a fucking nightmare...People really lose sleep over their deductions and tax strategies. It's almost a full time job to run your affairs so as to avoid over taxation.

And then there are all the consumption taxes. A can of refried beans that costs 79 cents in the USA is fucking $4.39. By the time you add in all of the taxes you pay the total rate against your income is close to 50%.

And don't get me started on the medical system. If you have a chronic problem or anything slightly out of the ordinary you are fucked. In 2008 I had to go to another country to get treatment...And guess what I am still fighting to deduct the amounts I paid for medical care from my taxes.

I bet there is a lot more to the story about your medical problem. As I recall you went to some Asian country to get it done...why not just go to the states? Anyways, if its so shitty, don't live here. I always find ways to get my income down to a decent level despite how much I gross. Health care may leave something to be desired but its better than paying 300/month in insurance despite not using it for years.

What, you think high income earners in the US aren't paying taxes in the 40 percentile range? Think again.

I was just at the grocers today. Beans are on sale for $1.29 a can. I have no idea what store your're shopping at where they're soaking you five bucks a can but if I were you I'd try another one.

Not true in the slightest.

I worked in the medical field for nearly 15 years and can think of very few instances where anyone "had" to go to another country for treatment. Very few as in almost none. I've known many people who have been diagnosed with and beaten cancer who stayed right here for treatment. My sister in law for one. I've had 5 surgeries in my life, all of them here. No complaints whatsoever.

Seriously, if you find it so miserable in Canada, move. Maybe that country you "had" to go to for treatment would take you in?

HAHA!!! That is fuckn classic!! :1orglaugh

what he said. has worked out fine for me so far