I visited a small town in UK two months ago (Didcot). It is a village, far from London, slightly close to Oxford. Price of a decent home was 400k-500k pounds. Inflation, COL issues, etc are everywhere for lower-middle class and below. Most people are extremely ignorant about how global these issues really are(COL issues are in India, AU, UK, etc too) and blame it on someone/something. I've even seen my American colleagues complain about how much someone should earn to survive in X city - these things are so prevalent. I've a Senior PM from NYC who's going to be a lifelong renter despite earning $200k+ and similar comps for his wife - they don't whine though.
I agree on the economy part, although for Canada's defense, whenever Canada tries to innovate in a certain industry, the US just gobbles it up. Either they get bought up by an American company, or forced to go to the US or re-establish there to access more capital and market. I remember hearing from a commentary that big-shot Canadian politicians are disclosing the "properties" they own, while big-shot American politicians are disclosing the "company stocks" that they own, just goes to show you that even Canada's rich and powerful prefer to put their money in properties rather than businesses. I don't really get it, but that's how Canadians roll.
They will probably keep on extending their work permits until they eventually qualify for a PR status. Who knew hunger strikes can be this effective in Canada. I wouldn't even be surprised if they increased the quota and directly granted them a PR. Nothing is out of question now.
This is the biggest fallacy held by the Canadian government and Canadian businesses. Trying or aiming to compete with the US. It’s foolish and unproductive. Canada doesn’t have the population, geographical conditions and history to compete with the US. Neither do other western countries. This focus on trying to build a wide variety of industries on the scale of the US, has not resulted in any net benefit to Canada. In fact, it’s costed a lot of money to Canada for absolutely no economic advantages. As a relatively small country, the focus should have been to develop a globally competitive niche in natural resources, auto manufacturing, IT and nuclear. Canada has competitive advantages in these industries but instead of developing these industries further, the government is trying to throw money at everything with the expectation that something will work.
There are some things out there impacting our image for sure. I've gotten nothing but love from fellow Canadians so far and things don't look as bad. But, I heard that Calgarians are more friendly compared to folks in BC or ON(been to BC and ON, but I found everyone welcoming, but my time there was limited). My friends and colleagues in BC and ON haven't encountered any hate either.
This is incomplete understanding. This applies ONLY in extension scenario. A person may very well be eligible for more than one status. For instance someone
Thankfully, functioning courts are there to address exactly these kind of situations. They will overturn such decisions and policies. It has happened in the past. They include "Certified Questions" in such cases for higher courts to comment and at times courts have found government policies and laws to be incorrect or interpreted incorrectly. Lawyers have a full time job to research such things.
Well good old bribing always works. I typically wish my neighbours and exchange gifts on appropriate occassions. I am also allowing my neighbour to park his RV in my uncovered parking (which I am not going to use anyways, I have another covered parking). The building inspector dude told me that once storm drains should be cleaned (like once in 10 years or so), so I got them cleaned.Stop scaring the new guy!
Tbh, in my list of things to worry about as an Indian immigrant(or any immigrant) - mosquito bites in Calgary >>>> immigrant hate.
Your and mine experiences are so so different. From work to my neighborhood - everything has been very lovely so far. Hope Canada gives you better experiences. Your workplace sounds like a terrible one for sure. I guess, I'm very cutthroat at work, so people don't try to pull anything with me.
