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When will God finally bless America again?
You know the trouble that she’s in

I ask Canadians, when will God wash her pretty face

and dry her eyes and then
God Bless America all over again.

Why are you asking Canadians? Do you think we have a direct line to God? Perhaps you should consult His word for the answer you seek.

When they stop fighting over whether they are a Christian country, whether they were founded on Christian values, when they actually uphold the separation of church and state, stop electing their representatives based on religion, stop all the fighting between the different sects of the same religion….OR just leave behind the religious fantasies altogether.

For Canada, seeing the trouble America’s in (politically, economically, socially, etc) is like watching a little brother dying of cancer.
There’s nothing we can do but pray, hope, worry, and watch.

America needs a miracle and no doubt about it.
God willing, you’ll get one.

You ain’t the good guys anymore. Stop playing world policeman, look after your citizens, change your foreign policy big time and stop thinking money is your god.

personally I think that its all just pretty words… doesn’t mean anything. There are certainly many "blessed" americans already

One can only hope. Maybe it has to really hit bottom first. Hope not, but still…

Get out of here, troll.

Is there any type of airplane dealership in ontario?

There are quite a few, here are a couple…

http://www.apexaircraft.com/default.htm

http://www.aircraftsales.ca/

http://www.orilliaaviation.com/ (website not up and running but their contact info is there)

i know english and some french !!!!!!!!!!

You’ll probably be interested in an English-speaking city as Quebec has its own immigration policies, and therefore is interested in mainly French-speaking citizens. Besides doing your own research on what type of living you’d like to do, and what climate you prefer, all Canadian cities are good. Your main priority would be looking for a job.
I live in Vancouver which is a target city for many immigrants, and therefore is a cultural melting pot. If you’re interested in living in a good, clean city, I would recommend Vancouver. However, be prepared to pay a lot of money! The median housing price in Vancouver is just over a million dollars, for a good-sized property. If you’re interested in moving to an area where it’s slightly cheaper, consider the East Coast.
I will warn you though- lots of the cheaper, smaller places will probably be single-industry rotators. This is basically saying that if you move to, let’s say, P.E.I., you’re pretty much looking at a job somehow associated with fishing. This has its ups and its downs: if the fishing industry plummets, there goes your job. Basically, you want to be economically aware when you move here.
In addition, you want to look at weather and climate. As a resident of the West Coast, I’d say that Vancouver is the most mild-tempered city. It’s neither too hot or too cold here. If you’re looking for a cheaper city, let’s say Winnipeg, then you’re looking at 50C summers and -30C winters. I’ve had a friend say that living in the Prairies is like having 10 months of snow and 2 months of blistering heat.

So, be prepared when looking for opportunities in Canada. It’s a great place, but isn’t without its faults.

I’d say Calgary, simply due to the fact that compared to Toronto and Vancouver, the cost of living is cheaper but the quality of life is the same, if not better. With the exception of Vancouver, Calgary is one of the largest cultural figureheads and in a geographically diverse area. Prairies to the south and east, forests to the north, and the Rocky Mountains just a short drive west, it has a little of everything. Between the yearly Calgary Stampede, the nearby ski resorts, the lakes, the social/urban scene, and the cultural diversity, it’s just a nice place to be…. For a city.

According to international ratings, 3 of the world’s top 5 cities are Canadian:
-Vancouver, Toronto and Calgary. http://www.dailyfinance.com/2011/02/22/v?? http://www.economist.com/node/21016172 and
If you ever get the chance, visit each to see which you like best.

Quebec city.

Quebec City if you want to improve your french, which you need for any descent job.

St Louis

You’re going to have to be more specific.

i studied accounting in Nigeria with 3.40 cgpa ,is it possible for me to get addimmision for masters in any canadian university

Nigeria is a country that is being closely checked by the Canadian Security Intelligence Agency, due to the high number of fraudulent applications that are submitted from there.Applications are being slowly processed, butit takes as long as 5 years to be approved. Blame your fellow Nigerians for that delay. I’m sorry to say this, but Nigerians in Canada have a very bad reputation as criminals and scamartists, and we deport many of them each year, from Canada.

Before you can come to Canada, you need to be accepted by a Canadian University, and receive a letter of acceptance………THEN you apply fora student visa and WAIT.

Jim B.

Toronto.

"iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii – phooooooooooooonnnnnnnnnne"?????

I’m sorry, we do not even have electricity in our igloos.This digital message you’re reading wasn’t typed on a iPad.You just imagined it.

No what is a phone? I have never heard of such things. No really you know the Blackberry phone, ya it was invented here and is a Canadian product so what do you think.

No, only people can work in Canada.Objects are not permitted to have jobs.

*facepalm*

Of course. So long as you’re with a provider that has service here.

i guess it does since i see a lot of people with their iphones walking everywhere..

okay now tell me why wouldn’t it work ?

not sure!

And do you think America would be better off if we made our education system more like Canada? If so, how could we do this?

Well, from what I know, you can do this research on Wikipedia.
Here’s the breakdown of the Canadian system (you can compare and contrast this to the American system):
-Elementary school (K-7) (this varies from school to school. Some Canadian schools may have the middle school system that Americans have)
-Secondary school (8-12)
-Provincial exams
-French/English speaking schools are available (if there are enough people willing to attend either one)
-Native study programs within most schools
-First Nations support workers
-School mandatory until age 16
-Fees paid in public schools, associated with various programs that may/may not be mandatory
-Liason officers in secondary schools
-College vs. University in that Universities provide undergrad studies as well as grad and post-grad studied wherein Colleges may only provide 2y certification programs or may require undergrads to transfer to a full-time unversity in years 3 and 4
-No freshman/sophomore/junior/senior system
-In Quebec, ecole secondaire is provided as Secondary I, Secondary II…Secondary V

These are the basic points that Canadian schools have. Of course, I’ve left out religious schools, but you can do that information yourself.

There is no Canadian education system There are 13 provincial and territorial systems.

Here are some facts about the Ontario system: Teachers are paid well. Teachers (high school) have to be experts in the subjects they teach. Students (high school) can fail, and they do. Education is a political football in provincial politics and several dumb ideas have been dumped on schools for political reasons.

Some basic differences:

Public schools in Canada are more equally funded than US ones.
Meaning that school quality is more balanced and fair up here.
Unlike the States where kids in poor neighbourhoods get a crappy education compared to kids in wealthier ones.

We also have more comprehensive social funding the US which includes post-secondary education.
Meaning that our colleges and universities are far cheaper than US schools.
With the result that more Canadians have degrees than Americans do.
(In fact, we’re currently the world leader in educational attainment.)

Because of our social funding, there’s also less income inequality here.
Meaning more people can afford higher education than in the States.

You are looking for an essay here. Try the homework forum.

do these countries universities have their own university cricket teams ? please let me know about this……..

I live in Canada……….and cricket here is a very low rated sport, played mostly by ex-pat blacks from the west indies, and indians, and pakistanis. Few if any Canadians play it or follow it, either.

Universities MAY have a informal cricket group, for International students ,but they certainly don’t provide funding for the sport, or have a inter school league, either. The major sports that are played at Canadian Universities are basketball, Canadian rules football, icehockey, volleyball, swimming, and track and field events.

Canadian Universities, unlike those in the USA do NOT have any sports scholarships, although IF you are a superior student, you can get a academic scholarship here.

Jim B.

Toronto.

Next summer I’m hoping to go over to Canada and get a job for three months. ( I’ll have a visa). It says that I will need to have private healthcare insurance for the duration of my stay though. How much would this cost? Thank you

It is going to vary based on factors which you haven’t included. Age, gender, etc. You can look up various travel and international insurance quotes online from many web sites. If the case of travel insurance, you’ll likely need to read the details to see if they cover working in the country. Range will likely be in the $150 to $300 range depending upon the maximum coverage, deductible, and (possibly) life insurance options. It won’t vary by province since it you would be buying it from a US company.

You can’t apply for a work visa in Canada without a legitimate job offer. If they can’t tell you what province you are working in… it doesn’t sound legitimate.

It would be "help full " if youmentioned WHICH Province or Territory, in Canada, you will be living in……………As each has it’s own rates for private care insurance.Without knowing where you will be working in Canada, a good answer is impossible to provide.

Jim B.

Toronto.

Get travel insurance. Ask a travel agency. If you are from the US, check to see if your private insurance there will cover it.

Call an insurance company.

I am a Mexican passport holder, travelling to Mexico via Toronto. My flight is next week and I don’t have a visa, will I still be allowed to fly without a visa? I am in transit for 2 hours. Thanks

If you stay in the ‘sterile’ area, you won’t need a visa as you will not technically enter Canada. I am really bewildered by the imposition of visa requirements – $100 for a single visit – on Mexican citizens. Immigration minister Jason Kenney says it is because refugee claims from Mexico have almost tripled and only 11% of Mexican refugee claims are accepted. Whoopee! That means that applicants for refugee status are being screened carefully. But why the draconian measure of imposing the visa on legitimate tourists? $100 is nothing to people smugglers, or to line-jumpers, but it makes a HUGE difference to a family with four kids – who have to pay an additional $600 to come to Canada on a vacation.

I’m sorry to hear that there is no sterile area in the Toronto airport. Friends of ours, who live in Mexico, canclaim a Spanish passport, and are doing so, in order that their children can travel more easily across Europe.

You will need a transit visa.

Pearson International (YYZ) in Toronto does not have a ‘sterile’ international area so you do have to go through Canada Customs for an international connection, and Mexican passport holders are required to have a visa to enter Canada.

So long as you don’t pass through Canada Customs you don’t need a visa. The international transit lounge is considered international territory. You just can’t leave that area.

You do not need a visa when you are in transit (you remain in a sort of secured area waiting for your next connection).

Canada?

Officially, Canada doesn’t take unskilled immigrants.
Unless they’re genuine, legitimate refugees from some horrible corner of the planet.

What it all boils down to is that the unskilled job market here is reserved for unskilled Canadians.
And with a current unemployment rate of 7.4%, our goal is to understandably get those Canadians working first instead of making things harder for them.

Unfortunately, some of my fellow Canadians have misconstrued that as an excuse to behave in a very unCanadian way.
Like that "Canada for Canadians" garbage someone else said.
Which is garbage since we’re an immigrant nation that knows adding to our diversity is essential to both growing Canada as a nation and remaining the success story we’ve become.
Which is one reason skilled immigrants get welcomed here with open arms

Well, there is no real way of telling whether people answering questions are from Canada or not but there are always some people who need their heads examined or think it is funny to post an answer that reeks of stupidity.Of course there are also a lot of people posting questions like this as well so I guess it all balances out.Canada is made up of people from all over the world which is one reason it is such a nice place to live.

Speaking to the question of unskilled labour in general people granted work visas for Canada either have to have a skill that is in demand in Canada (which means, of course, they are not unskilled) or, if they have no specific skill, have to be willing to work in an area where not enough people already residing in Canada are willing to work (some areas of agriculture is where most of the work is).I am making an assumption that your comment relates people coming here on work visas as opposed to immigrants residing legally in Canada.

Because we protect our OWN citizens, so they can get a job, and make a living.

MOST modern countries INCLUDING the USA do that, as a matter of fact.

It is OUR country, so we set the rules about who can come here and work. Either follow our rules, or don’t bother to apply for a work visa. Your choice.

It’s our law, not just MY opinion. And by the way, the exact same rules apply to a Canadian who wants to work in the USA.

Jim B.

Toronto.

NOTE………………….Guess what Federal Government department Thamainworks for ??

IMMIGRATION.

Can you imagine that attitude, from a person who is ONLY a PR in Canada , not a citizen ?She/he has made it quite clear that they have a serious attitude problem, with OTHER immigrants.

I keep track of the answers she/he puts up here. Take a look at the past answers on her/his history page. Quite an interesting read.

Jim B.

Toronto.

Right now there is a queue for every unskilled job in Canada, since there are still people who lost their jobs in the recession.

It doesn’t make sense to import another person to compete for that job and make the queue of unemployed longer.

"Simple. Canada is for Canadians . We don’t build our Nation for foreigners . Period!"
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And the most ignorant comment of the day goes too…….. We are a nation of immigrants, don’t be such a ignoramus. Your ancestors came over just like everyone else, who built it for them?

Simple. Canada is for Canadians . We don’t build our Nation for foreigners . Period!