Partially free healthcare (No national pharmacare, no dental coverage, no optical coverage only eye exams for children and seniors but no glasses, no physiotherapy, no medical devices, payments even for subsidized longterm care, etc.) Those without benefits that they pay into through their employer struggle to pay for many of these things. Many don’t have the option for benefits through their employer. Welfare payments keep you under the poverty level so nothing to get too excited about although I realize we are lucky. Most welfare recipient are dependent on charity for food and basic necessities. Many in Canada rarely leave their city. Most are way to busy to explore new places every weekend. They need to do their cleaning, shopping, other chores, potentially a child’s activity because on the weekdays most people essentially have time to get to work and come home to cook dinner and maybe relax a bit. Would not really say that winters are refreshing in most places in the country. Have you experienced a real winter? I am not a fan of the crazy heat and humidity but also can’t take the cold winters. 4 hours shovelling snow? Sun going down at 4pm and being too cold to go out many days. Bad driving and hours stuck in traffic. Ice storms. Hot summers. It has been 40 degrees with the humidex many days during the summer. Not trying to discourage you but you seem to have an over romanticized view of Canada? Have you ever visited?
