Fraser valley is 4th highest in the world for rent prices i believe.
Renting come this summer, wish me luck..
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Quebec wants to throw out 18,000 skilled-worker applications as part of immigration overhaul
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Fraser valley is 4th highest in the world for rent prices i believe.
Renting come this summer, wish me luck..
Fuck! That's horrible to hear, but you're not a failure, the failure is on us for not being able to come to our senses. While this is a setback don't be too down, there must be other options available. I'm happy to help look for them if you need assistance. Unfortunately, things aren't doing so well here politically in Ontario either, but regardless, let us know if there's anything at all we can do!
That's fair, I should probably have been more specific about what sort of jobs. I also found the wages lower relative to the cost of living, but I don't have any numbers to back that up. I was working econ/finance in Victoria and found I could make nearly twice as much in Calgary or Edmonton and have a lower cost of living. It's possible other jobs don't have that variation, especially now with the economy sputtering a bit.
Tradeoff is not having the climate and soothing surroundings of the island.
Nanaimo just got on that most expensive list so every city anywhere near south coast in bc is going to start feeling residual effect of being a suburb .... my house was just assessed at 500k . I'm an hour from any major city . That's assessed not sale .
I live in Victoria and I pay $700/month for a one bedroom nestled between downtown and the ocean. There are affordable places. The townhouse complex near me is $1000/month for a 2 bedroom. You dont need a vehicle here either. And if you go a little outside of Victoria to Langford like 10km out, you can find nice basement suite accommodations in the sub $1000/month range.
Its super expensive to buy but you can find affordable rentals if you look.
But around here, unless you work in the tech sector, the only jobs are in the hospitality industry.
Its super expensive to buy but you can find affordable rentals if you look.
But around here, unless you work in the tech sector, the only jobs are in the hospitality industry.
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Thank you for your help. I'll check other options tonight and keep you posted.
nationaliste posturing on the part of the Province of Quebec on a Federal Election year trying to get Conservatives elected .
Premier Legault was a YES caribou separatist in 1995-1998 and a conservative nationalist.
this whole thing is smoke and mirrors to bait the Federal Liberals to say "NO" just to get the Federal Conservatives elected in October who promised to cave into Quebec's nationalistic demands.
Sorry Machado, Quebec has stupid nationalistic identity politics that nullifies common sense
Premier Legault was a YES caribou separatist in 1995-1998 and a conservative nationalist.
this whole thing is smoke and mirrors to bait the Federal Liberals to say "NO" just to get the Federal Conservatives elected in October who promised to cave into Quebec's nationalistic demands.
Sorry Machado, Quebec has stupid nationalistic identity politics that nullifies common sense
I chose Nova Scotia for the rural environment, and getting huge bang for my buck, when selling my Toronto house. No way was I going to consider BC as it would have resulted in another smallish house in the city, or even outside for that matter. The culture is great here and I can park anywhere. But I know you are a city person so this probably won't make much sense to you. I'm quite happy where I am, got a huge lakehouse and a dock, fibre internet, awesome people, milder winters on the coast.
I'm originally from Cape Breton and ended up out here in BC. But NS isn't a bad bet either. I know a lot of folk that went back there for the cheaper housing and shit and are doing really well. Nova Scotia is great.
Already doing that shit with the conservator saying they'd let Quebec handle both tax reports.
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I've had over a dozen friends move there, all came back due to cost of living.
I would love to move there
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It's not going to get reversed and will only spread across Canada. This is our new reality
Idiotic and awful. Fuck the CAQ.
I'm so sorry dude. I really hope the feds overturn this somehow.
Still way more expensive than QC, it seems.
I hope so. Basically everything I've worked for over the past 4 years depends on this.
There's this online petition from an European applicant which most likely will not even be looked at but the least I could do is share it as much as I can. If you have 10 seconds please check it out. It's in french but it explains our situation pretty well.
Thanks in advance
https://secure.avaaz.org/fr/communi...dossiers_dimmigration_pour_le_Quebec/?tNjWZnb
I'm so sorry to hear that Machado. :(
The federal government might just rebuff the Quebec government. Let's hope it does that.
It's not certain yet that this will go through.
edit: Yeah try to apply for other provinces too.
Fuck everything bro
They destabilize our countries and then won't even let us in.
Signed. I don't need to confirm I signed via email, right? Just signing it on the form is good enough for it to count, right? Last took French in high school 14 years ago so I'm a little rusty, lol.
Machado, you're probably in Montreal, which makes your deputy liberal instead of the ruling party (unless you're in Pointe au tremble). I would call his office, for sure they're looking for cases like yours to highlight and make the CAQ look bad. Your employer can also help you on the work permit side. My brother in law is also an immigration lawyer, I might be able to tap him for info. Better take it to PMs.
I do believe Machado never made it to Quebec and is still in Venezuela, waiting for our shitfuck government to accept him. :(
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Yup, I was hoping his family made it in before this. I had not seen an update since the GAF migration
Thank you for those who signed. I doubt it'll work but hey!
Just checked BC immigration programs, I don't make the cut.
I may be able to on Saskatchewan but I'd have to be approved by federal government. This might be my best bet thought a long one. I don't know if I'm willing to wait another 3 years :( I'll check it out tomorrow.
Edit: I never made it out of Venez.
Just checked BC immigration programs, I don't make the cut.
I may be able to on Saskatchewan but I'd have to be approved by federal government. This might be my best bet thought a long one. I don't know if I'm willing to wait another 3 years :( I'll check it out tomorrow.
Edit: I never made it out of Venez.
Montreal is a small island of red surrounded by a blue ocean
Which is funny because their French language requirements benefit Muslim immigrants from the Maghreb.
Ah, harder. At my old firm I had hired a couple of Venezuelans engineers, good people. This will sound bad, but the easiest way in might be to go to NY as a tourist and walk in from upstate NY, ask for refugee status once in (wait for May if you want to keep your toes). Since he had a good enough background to get on the skilled workers list he should be able to get a job easily once here.
It's not as easy as it seems. If you don't have a masters degree it's very hard to make the cut.
That may be true for the Ontario province. But I know of many Latinos already working in other provinces.
I thought they were gonna try to bring over, over a million new immigrants over the next couple of years?
This is really horrible...
This is really horrible...
Of course it matters, policy changes depending on who is in charge Federally and Provincially
Quebec Nationlissssstes are too thin skinned whenever it comes to legitimate criticism on how ethnic nationlism skews policy decision based on irrationality over facts
I never said I agreed with what the CAQ is doing, but of course everything on this forum always has to be black or white.
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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/caq-immigration-reform-opposition-1.5013611
Hopefully they listen to reason
They won't, the CAQ are going all in with their toxic brand of ethno-nationalism
That's how they got elected
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https://montrealgazette.com/news/qu...-beating-as-immigration-bill-sparks-chaos/amp
They are feeling the heat
What they could easily do is only apply the "new rules" to future applications, even if it's dumb, they could probably win some points on that. I think there is hope.
