Why are so many people are leaving Canada?

[@str8cndian]

I lived in Canada my whole life, i worked as a slave and paid high taxes and it's gotten way worse in the last 20 yrs. I feel bad for our young people. there is no opportunity here and wages have been stagnant since the late 90's. There is no future here.I want to leave so badly!

[@ddaniel987x]

I'm pretty sure you've never been in Latin America or better yet to Africa. Otherwise you wouldn't say this and be glad of what Canada offers you. By the way in all first world countries taxes are high...towards the ones who earn more. Thanks to this income inequality is nothing compared in the countries of the places I mentioned before.

[@ACivilizedPrimate]

@@ddaniel987x You can always compare things to something worse to justify keeping quiet about something, but when everyone stays quiet in a burning building they all die. If you live in a place that has gone completely downhill since your childhood you have every right to be concerned! To disregard it because "It's worse in Africa" is absolutely absurd. We should be trying to maintain good places, and not turn a blind eye to the rot in our societies that our children will have to live in! The reality is, if you're struggling in your own country, you shouldn't be worried about how things are going in someone else's country! We can worry about that when we've cleaned up our own mess first!

[@ddaniel987x]

@@ACivilizedPrimateIt's so true what you just said, really. I like that thought so much. However, what I meant with my comment is that people should also stop satanizing Canada. While yeah, it's true that it's not a paradise it's not true either that it's a "hopeless country" like this comment said. Or others that say similar things that make Canada be seen as the worst of the world. In an actual hopeless country, a very big part of the population (more than the half I can say) only earn even less than 100 miserable USD... per month. Also about the youth, in a hopeless country it's pretty normal to see even kids having to work for more than 12 hours selling whatever they can on the streets to bring something home (which is usually 5 dollars or less). Or worse, you can see them robbing people by assault or even worse killing them for some money (or even drugs). Taxes in a hopeless country are designed to enrich the already rich and make poorer the already poor, and to add a really big part of it (to not say all) ends up in the personal wallets of the few ones who made the emblezzement. So thanks to this is pretty normal to see unemployment rates that can reach 70%, lack of access to education that can even include elementary school, lack of access to essential things such as clean water (people make Canada look "miserable" because mobile data plans and car insurance is expensive) and surely lack of infrastructure in general. I don't deny Canada's problems, I agree. However it's even disrespectful that people try to make it look like the worst of the worst for pure bs reasons, the only ones I agree tho are rent and healthcare (which is lack of personnel). But to say Canada is miserable just because they can't watch Netflix when they are on the car cause it's expensive? That's absurd.

[@ACivilizedPrimate]

@@ddaniel987x Thank you for considering my words. I agree that it's not logical to treat it like the worst place on earth, but everyone's opinion is based on their own circumstances. For some in Canada that have lost everything after price hikes, the war on covid, ever increasing taxes, and no ability to save any money at all, they've lost everything. When you've lost everything because of your governments bad choices despite trying your hardest, it doesn't matter which country you are in, you will feel hopeless. There is nothing wrong with people expressing their grief about being on a boat that is either sinking or has already sunk. Freedom of speech is one of the few things the poor have left to vent their grief (unless they're in someone else's establishment). I understand not liking people talking bad about your country, but when it's your own countrymen talking about the countries failing policies, it's their country too to have their own opinion about. Quite frankly anyone old enough to remember the early 2000s who isn't well off enough financially to ignore what's happened has a LOT to complain about with the direction this place has gone in such a short period of time! By the way. Thank you for your respectful reply, and I respect your opinion even if I don't agree with everything. It takes a lot of class to stay respectful to strangers on the internet! I appreciate it!

[@jaideedave]

I had a union job with all the benefits. My take home after all the deductions was about 60% of my earnings. Taxed the shit out of me. Plus gst/sales tax of 13% on everything I bought.

[@terryevp4084]

Very well said. I was shopping yesterday and it was so expensive. 100% agree with you and also food quality in Canada is very bad too. Don't forget we pay too much for low quality food too. What a joke. Monopoly on everything. Thanks so much for exposing the truth.

[@darrenham2723]

Food quality is not bad at all. Don't know where you get yours - dumpster diving?

[@elvan5922]

I agree.The food tastes like plastic.

[@matthewgonano636]

The food is all GMO trash from the states. No flavor and full of pesticides.

[@celesteerasmus2474]

Food is not that fresh! Mostly frozen!

[@CoconutPatel]

I'm jealous of anyone who's able to leave Canada

[@owenready7043]

Me too

[@mahmoudabouniaj1174]

Me too!!!

[@simplelife3575]

Me too!

[@ddaniel987x]

I wonder where do they go... however I pretty much doubt they'll go to countries like the ones in west europe as those countries are also suffering similar things as here. And I could say those countries are even more expensive starting that their currency is more powerful.

[@esparda07]

@@ddaniel987x I'd rather be poor in a warm place to be honest.

[@3906Dave]

I bought a house in 2017 for $300,000 Now it is selling for $650,000 in 2023 More than a 100% increase in price. Price of housing is unsustainable in the long term.

[@fireball_55]

which city did you buy your house?

[@kumarm9221]

You are lucky then

[@doctorludwig9754]

The government will adopt new laws to make it sustainable. All rich Canadians own lots of real estate and are in collusion with government.

[@CanadianEhHole]

@@doctorludwig9754 There is not a single law that the government can pass to make this better. They're the ones who made it worse but they cannot renege on their errors so easily. Foreign ownership of houses and land is a bigger issue than rich Canadians.

[@frankihatch]

Canada is too expensive

[@ReeceTasker]

I moved out of Canada after immigrating to Chinada in 2009. I lasted 14 years. Long wet winters, incredibly expensive to live, corrupt government, drugs and homelessness etc................

[@celineo9445]

Chinada lol funny. How about canadistan and canindia 🤣🤣. I bet you lived in Vancouver.

[@kmann6431]

Canindia and Chinada . Toronto is Asianto , Hindito With so many chinese.

[@djb-w8m]

@@celineo9445 Canastan if you live in Toronto , Chinanda in Vancouver

[@luannecorlett4683]

did you give up your Canadian passport, don't deserve it

[@ReeceTasker]

@luannecorlett4683 I don't understand your reply. I am renounce the Chinada citizenship but it is helpful when entering the US

[@winnipegwanderer9373]

My city has changed considerably since 2015 and will never be the same. The violence daily that is not reported on the news anymore because our internet is censored by government. The streets of my city look like crap, Crumbling sidewalks, smashed bus shelters that convert into homeless shelters. Downtown is depressing to say the least, many small businesses shut down, broken boarded up windows and a huge amount of graffiti. Healthcare is a joke with several people dying while waiting for very primitive services. Canada it was nice knowing you.

[@jevari7]

It's so true new are so censored here like the rest of the world don't know how dangerous things are now

[@myleshagar9722]

The catastrophic covid tyranny put the finishing touches on a ruined country and a broken society.

[@user-cq4xf1xiq]

So true. I got a PR in Winnipeg, but I went back to South Korea

[@winnipegwanderer9373]

@@jsjn315 You nailed it

[@giannilyanicks1718]

i was about to say the same things about france...

[@PoligrafPoligrafovic]

A third of the country is on street drugs, the other third are on psychiatric drugs. Seriously, I've never seen a place where so many people are on so many drugs so just they can function like a (seemingly) normal human being. The passivity with which people watch the country going down the hole is disturbing. Everybody is completely demoralized, you can in people's eyes.

[@missgh1000]

100% facts right here...never thought of it that way

[@adopodrinje1499]

I didnt get that info, when the Can visa people called me: they were talking about making my dream come true in canada, working on a goatfarm and being happy... if u have a country where people are leaving and the birthrate is going down: 2 very important reasons something aint right there...

[@elvan5922]

True.Zombies

[@borisi.]

So depressed there now. Ppl just slowed down the way they walk. They are at least 30% slower then before covid. And rememeber, things will be worst then now. Covid and digital dolar work together.

[@therecanbeonlyonechris5019]

Canada is in an irreversible decline. Wait until the riots begin

[@Jav202x]

When I got to Canada I thought, I will success here, then I noticed how expensive it is, working for a company the salary is not enough, then I thought, I may open a business here, which is very hard too, at the end of the day I left, I dont wanna leave paycheck after paycheck

[@kumarm9221]

Thats what I feel, I don't like to live paycheck to paycheck and left canada.

[@sabn9139]

I mean, isn't living paycheck to paycheck the same everywhere?

[@meirseluk8410]

Hey guys, I was born and live in Israel today, a few years ago my dream was to immigrate to Canada. But today, I have read what you have to say about the country and it sound really sad to me to hear that from you guys. In Israel is not easy too, cost of living are getting higher any time, you need to work many hours a day to survive at this country, I hope to find another normal country to live in the future. Anyway, it’s really sad how Canada become in the last few years..

[@RealChange-eh1gw]

Nice Video. It's an insanely expensive place with low quality of life and heavy taxes you on everything..!!! No more good deals in the grocery stores. Plus standard of food is not good as Europe or USA...!!! True. Not many options to get a good option on a mobile plan and no competition at all....!!!

[@BAR475]

Leaving Canada this summer. Found a new job with my partner to teach English at a college in the north of Mexico for at least one year. We’re not planning on coming back any time soon. Not with this dictator in power.

[@matthewgonano636]

Sounds amazing. Hope everything goes good for you!!

[@jaideedave]

Good for you. GTFO of Canada while you can. You'll never regret that

[@Old-biker]

I'm leaving to, my heart is breaking, a once great country has fallen to a dictatorship.. In the last 8 years it has taken a even worse turn of event it's like watching a train crash in slow motion and it has not ended yet.. I don't think Canada will ever be the same..

[@luannecorlett4683]

bye, you won't be missed

[@brownnomad6805]

Is the sinaloa gangs active there?

[@sjd9214]

I am Canadian. My parents immigrated to Canada in the early 50's. I left Canada in 1997 at the age of 32 with $9k of savings to my name for an infinite voyage around the world. I never returned to Canada to live, instead I found great opportunities for work!, and 17 years later at the age of 50, I retired with a 7 digit savings. Today, I live and sail around SE Asia where cost of living is very affordable, great weather, great cuisine. I often reflect on how lucky I was to be brave and explore the world where I found my opportunities. I know, had I stayed in Canada and never left, I would be a broke, in debt citizen with a very bleak outlook. Moral of this story...don't think life and opportunities is only Canada. Think of the planet as being your country. You will be surprised of how true the phrase, "The world is your oyster ", meaning go out and make your dreams come true. A small caveat. If your unwilling to take the chances and work your ass off, then best to stay where you are. So go for it......

[@tesfaimesghinna5926]

How did you lay down roots in Asia where the language and culture is so different? Not to mention authoritarian tendencies.....

[@sjd9214]

@@tesfaimesghinna5926 hmmm, a bit of a sheltered life? English is spoken around the world and where I am in Asia, its the 2nd official language. Culture is easy, fit in or fuck off. Authoritarian tendencies? Not any different then where you live. It's all about listening and keeping your mouth shut. Small price to pay for warm weather year round, white sandy beaches, turquoise lagoons and a coconut drink when you wake up.

[@CanadianEhHole]

What did you do for work?

[@CanadianEhHole]

@@tesfaimesghinna5926 Canada isn't authoritarian? Quebec set up curfews during COVID. Ontario tried to get everyone to stay no more than 5km away from their homes. Those who didn't take a needle were shut out from society. Were even barred from getting goods from places like Walmart, unless it was for prescriptions. Had to go into a small cubicle to wait for someone to call you up. And then there's the trucker convoy. They froze people's bank accounts... Canada will step into authoritarianism no problem, it'll just be done gradually. Where Asia, Africa, and Latin America have had it happen through coups, Canada has no need for such a measure as the parties largely agree to slowly increase government authority and share it every few elections. Do you actually think O'Toole was opposed to Trudeau's policies?? Canada also just has a better starting point so they know all it takes is some truckers to really shut things down so they can't piss off too many people at once. Most people just go with the flow, that's the history of humanity. What they want to avoid is not pissing off the crucial 2-3% that actually fight back.

[@willankhatter]

9k around the world, y'all think travelling the world is like making $tupid KZbin comments

[@esparda07]

I fell into the trap of moving to Calgary to from Surrey,BC because of the housing. You are absolutely on point with calling Calgary ugly, but don't let locals hear that you're going to get an earful. Also, no, it's not just 3 months, it's actually closer to 5 or 6 months that the weather is crap.

[@jacobclan3867]

Are you still living in Calgary?

[@blingbling574]

Almost all my family and extended family live in rural areas or small cities. That's the secret about living a good life in Canada. Only 1/4 of my take-home pay is overhead the rest is gravy.

[@robertbruce1887]

@esparda07: the late Canadian author Mordecai Richler described Calgary as a city " that looks like it was unpacked out of a crate the night before"

[@juliabennett4321]

We are leaving Canada to the United States in July. We are SO excited and dont regret our decision.

[@Nancy-tr1qp]

How did you work out the visa? I’m in the same boat 🫠

[@juliabennett4321]

@@Nancy-tr1qp I am an American, so I sponsored my husband under the I-130 petition for an alien relative.Have you applied yet?

[@Nancy-tr1qp]

@@juliabennett4321 we’re both Canadian

[@giannilyanicks1718]

welcome to the land of war gangs.

[@ddaniel987x]

Are you excited that when you go therw in case you get sick or have an accident you will be the one who has to pay all the expenses? That legally the employers have no obligation to give you a single day of vacation, paid or not? That you are way easier to be surrounded by a mentally sick person who can legally own as many guns as they want?

[@PeterYoung777]

No fun in this country

[@Jav202x]

The 2 big business in Canada are 1 visas, 2 housing real estate

[@LeeZaslofsky]

Wrong. Forestry is very big. Mining is very big. Auto manufacture is big. Farming is big. Visas is a small business because it depends on people who are outside the country. Housing and real estate are big in many countries.

[@luislimon66]

I have lived in Canada for 16 years. What you said is the whole truth that many immigrants don´t want to hear because they have drunk the kool aid that Canada is like Disneyland. I have had many problems with Latino people who called me a negative just for saying that many things are not ok in this country. For me the highest problem of Canadian companies and government is that they don´t want competition (keeping the prices very high) and they colude themselves (what a coincidence that they charge the same price or the variation is minimal) to extract as much as they can from the consumers, you can see that with the big winners of this situation such as Cellular Services and Internet companies, Insurers (car insurance premium is outrageous), construction companies which are in bed with politicians, real estate agents, trades peoples who do construction, private professional associations which regulate a professions like medicine or engineering, etc. It´s totally incongruent that people who have university degrees (master or undergraduates) cannot make ends meet while contractors who most of them have no more than community college, can have houses of millions of dollars and cottages in the best areas of Ontario and Quebec.

[@jimmyhat3438]

Exactly what he said 👍 my friends got out in 2021 and I'm looking forward to visiting them hopefully come up with an exit strategie

[@LeeZaslofsky]

Where did they go? To live in a classy resort on the ocean? A luxury penthouse in the big city? Do they employ servants? How many cars do they have? Do they enjoy sailing? Why don't you tell us where they went, and what are their living conditions in that paradise?

[@Gromitdog1]

Its really difficult to leave Canada if you are not a PhD or have dual citizenship.

[@GorillaExploration]

Everything this guy said is true. I lived in Calgary & Edmonton for 13 years, 3 years in Toronto, 3 years in Vancouver & I ran away from Canada for warmer climates where life is cheaper & food is better 😅

[@alaypatel6050]

Which country u moved to ?

[@georgesmith8016]

where is that?

[@LeeZaslofsky]

How do you earn money in that place where life is cheap? What kind of work do you do down there? Or are you saying that you made a nice pile of money in Canada, and now you've retired to the tropics? You sound like Canada was damn good to you, despite the "bad food". And now you're showing off how clever you were to retire in a warm climate where you ilke the food.

[@InstantLuc]

I lived in the UK for almost 3 years. My workers rights were higher, much easier to find a job and switch jobs, wages were a bit higher and cost of living was 1/3rd of what it was in Canada. There was also vastly less pressure to "keep up with the Joneses".

[@owenready7043]

Is that still case today? I am from the UK actually but I currently live in the shithole country of Chinada (Toronto). Looking to get out of here ASAP even if I am only 18 years old on very low income.

[@rafae5902]

Well the UK is worse than it was a few years ago. Still, I prefer it to Canada because it's less woke, house prices are less inflated and the weather is a bit better.

[@BariandHamza]

I have found the food is not fresh, bread is stale, vegetables are old and past their prime.

[@matthewgonano636]

The food quality in Canada is some of the worst in the world

[@matthewgonano636]

Bland like the people

[@mollyj6286]

I just came back from a vacation in a tropical country and now that I'm back I'm so depressed. The entire city is grey and light brown, everyone drives everywhere, no life on the streets. It's an extremely lonely place, and as a single person I can forget about ever owning real estate here. Not that I'd want to. I'm saving up to leave.

[@nitika008]

I can totally relate with you. Life is so hard here. Not sure if life is hard or totally unmanageable here. I have been living here from last 15 years but still not able to accommodation this country.

[@briandriscoll1480]

Do your research. Travel widely. Then choose a place where you feel you can belong. I'm too old to leave but I have lived abroad, been to over seventy countries. I know there's better choices if you can cut the ties and are prepared to fit into a new culture.

[@12thhouse4thhousevibes]

@@briandriscoll1480You’re not too old. Don’t retire or die here. It’s depressing. One thing I’ve noticed about other countries when traveling, older people are still part of the culture, on the streets, moving about.

[@1986Unlimited]

Lived here my whole life but I'm done with it myself. Went into debt obtaining an Economics Degree and an Accounting Background, that I still haven't paid off. I have Canadian Work Experience, I'm a Musician, I volunteer, I have other talents but I haven't been able to get my feet planted here and I'm 36 now. It's pathetic. None of what I am is of any use to this country. Blamed myself for a long time because that's what living here does to you; it gaslights you. Makes you feel like you're the problem. But looking around, you come to realize it's the country and the way it continues to put Canadians last, through its Economic Policies. When you do what you're supposed to but you can't even meet your basic needs, what can be said? This place has genuinely made me feel useless and non-belonging.

[@IroncladTrading]

Don't blame yourself. it is the policies. I moved my business to USA.

[@1986Unlimited]

@@IroncladTrading Thanks for the response. Hope you're doing better in the States.

[@mrbbqlvr4274]

You majored in Economics so you should understand supply & demand very well. Man up!

[@1986Unlimited]

​@@mrbbqlvr4274 There's 2 kinds of people who write comments like yours when Canada's faced with criticism: 1. Someone who doesn't live here 2. Someone who carries a substantial amount of generational wealth and support, that shields him from actual problems here. Then you guys show up on comments like mine and presume to tell me what I should do, think or feel, with that giant blind spot. F*ck off.

[@LeeZaslofsky]

Most Canadians are doing better than you are. You need to access the services out there for people who are looking for employment, who may need new skills, who may need some therapy.

[@jevari7]

been trying to get a room in a house but the prices are insane only rich students are able to pay those insane rents

[@ohau_]

Quality of goods and services is lower than developing countries. But people think they live in a developed world😂.

[@MisyeDiVre]

I can't stand this place. I never understood why my family decided to stay here, but I am going to get us out somehow.

[@LeeZaslofsky]

Have a great trip! Let's hope you get the hell out of here soon! Bye bye!

[@betov333]

I'm trying to convince my gf, who is Canadian, to leave Scarborough/GTA. I have a house in a small town Arkansas, it's a mortgage payment of $460 a month. Granted, no one really wants to live in Arkansas (other than me) but it's very rural, quiet, has trees, huge yards, and no traffic. IMHO, it's a nice place for both of us to focus on raising our newborn and skill-up so we can level-up at work. How can I convice her? I don't get what she sees as a benefit to staying other than free insurance for her and the baby.

[@LeeZaslofsky]

Arkansas has its points, but it has a very lousy education system, its health system is not much better, and it has a far right wing Governor who thinks it's her job to police women's sex lives and take books out of the schools if they say "gay". It's a poor, backward state, part of the Deep South, with a low standard of living. Free health care is a huge benefit which does not exist in Arkansas. Good education will benefit your kids, but it is not easy to get in Arkansas. The reason your mortgage payments are low is that Arkansas is poor and doesn't offer the kind of thing educated people look for when they decide on where to live. Canada also has rural areas with trees and big yards and not much traffic. If all you want is a rural lifestyle, you can get that in Canada.

[@sanniepstein4835]

@@LeeZaslofsky Schools should be teaching science, math, and reading. Especially in a sex obsessed society, they do not need or have the right to violate children's innocence or parents' authority. A real childhood is necessary to a real adulthood, and parents are not simply breeders for the state. But the left doesn't want adult citizens, it wants debased subjects.

[@vmvm3857]

Why would you have to convince her? Why wouldn’t she immediately agree to live in the best country to ever exist in the history of the world, and that will ever exist in the history of the world? I agree, Arkansas is beautiful, affordable, and has friendly people and great weather. Anyone in their right mind would leave the frozen tundra shithole joke to the north for Arkansas or any other state. I question the mentality of your girlfriend.

[@FollowBen]

One of the way to test Canada's economic strength, is stop immigration for 10 years and see how the economy works. Anyone wants to call me racist please go ahead, I am an immigrate myself. Immigrates brings money to Canada. Look at cities, filled with us immigrates. Real Estate goes sky rockets because of us. Like it not, we move here because we wanted a better life. But one thing I noticed recently is that Canada relied way too heavily on immigrates to bring in money to keep the life standard and the GPD look good. But, this is a serious issue for anyone who really loved Canada. You see, if your government or society has to rely on foreign money to keep it going properly, that government is doing a terrible job despise how flamboyant the prime minister wants to be. Once the broader closed, can your people survive? Can your nation self-sustain? If your nation cannot self-sustain, someone else owns your azs and you have to be his bytch. Now who owns Canada? Think about it, and you will know we are not a strong independent nation, and makes the slogan "Strong and free" a laughingstock.

[@IroncladTrading]

You are absolutely Right.

[@jaideedave]

Take a look at the Toronto police service most wanted bulitten , thats your typical immigrant

[@mrbbqlvr4274]

Need to bring “Energy” $ into the picture. So much potential but seemingly lack of will.

[@m.boivin8671]

Quebec wants to limit immigration to 50,000/year, to ensure its ability to integrate these immigrants. Ottawa says it can accommodate more. More jeopardizes the ability of the province to accommodate this mass of immigrants also considered as a threat to the language and culture that Quebecers want to preserve. For this, we say that Quebecers are racist and xenophobic. What will happen soon with Trudeau's goal of increasing the population of Canada to 100 million by the end of the century?

[@CanadianEhHole]

@@m.boivin8671 Quebec has a spending issue anyways. Maybe they should sort that issue out. They demand less migrants, which will help, but then constantly overspend beyond their means. Canada would've been better off letting them leave decades ago.

[@Tourlou0409]

Just wait long enough to get the passport and then leave.

[@mrbbqlvr4274]

Why would you want the passport? Just leave.

[@Tourlou0409]

@@mrbbqlvr4274 You right, the new passport design is ugly AF anyway 😆

[@hobonomad1928]

I was born in Toronto 60 years ago. I have left Canada twice now, once when I was 23 to NJ and then in 2000 to Berlin, Germany. I am back now for 13 years and if I didn't have to move back for family reasons I would have stayed in Germany. Both my daughters are planning to leave as soon as their education is done, one back to Germany and the other to New Zealand. I think that almost anyone born and raised here over 40 years ago finds it almost impossible to recapture that great standard of living we used to have. The Canadian government's policy that population growth is all that matters is very misguided, remember that cancer is also growth, overgrowth. Only 10% of Canada is habitable, since the 80's almost every immigrant has settled in Toronto, Vancouver or Montreal (and now to almost every major city) which puts an enormous strain on any city where infrastructure, housing and public transit growth were and still are non-existent. The traffic, the costs, the shoulder to shoulder congestion, the crime and the homelessness are now the norm here. No thanks, I have a retirement home waiting for me on an island in NB and in Berlin and as soon as that day comes I am outta here like a rocket. Sorry, but Canada is broken and it can't be fixed as long as Ottawa continues it's current immigration policies.

[@CandidClara]

Interesting take Luke, had two years in Ottawa, left last summer, miss it a lot, nice to be reminded of the reality!

[@disgusted6479]

As a Canadian, I am very happy to see so many videos of immigrants stating that they are returning to their own countries... glad to see you go. Hate that so many come here for "new lives" but expect us to change our laws to give them their old lives here. If I moved to, say Russia, do you think I have the right to demand that they all now speak English??? That is what refugees are expecting here while Canadians work hard to pay for immigration luxuries on our dimes and backs.

[@AbyKaby]

You came (your ancestors) and committed genocide towards the local (indigenous)people, and now you complain that immigrants change your way of life.. nothing to complain, it was well deserved, moreover it`s too late to complain, look who is in your government: Singh, Anand etc. etc. Boomerang returned, buddy...

[@mainscore7853]

Nobody is expecting you to speak a foreign language. What a stupid comment. Why don't you address real problems many are facing?

[@AH-mj1rd]

What laws exactly? Lol as Canadian, we should make Canada better than USA or EUROPE. Right now Canada is about the same level as an old Soviet city

[@AbyKaby]

@@AH-mj1rd In many aspects the old Soviet city is better than a Canadian one. I have lived in both. The only moment, where a Canadian counterpart is way better, is the road infrastructure, not the quality of asphalt, just the infrastructure itself, how it was designed (due to the total reliance on personal cars, caused by underdeveloped public transit system). Roads in Soviet cities were designed for lower amount of personal vehicles and it is the long lasting inheritance, causing a lot of traffic jams now, when many families have two or more cars.

[@AH-mj1rd]

@@AbyKaby This makes Canada even worse, average Canadians think we are the best, they have no idea

[@arifmerghani7631]

You did the right thing moving to mexico

[@ddaniel987x]

Except that he'll carry the same issues that Canada has to over there (which they already have so many issues and worse than Canada's). Don't think he went to look for a job paid in Mexican pesos, otherwise he'd never upload this kind of videos, actually he'd upload a video about things we should appreciate about Canada.

[@elvan5922]

@@ddaniel987x 6:03

[@elvan5922]

Mexico is amazing sooo beatufuland great people.The food is soooo good and the food is cheap and real.Everything is wayyyyyy easier.

[@ddaniel987x]

@@elvan5922 You wouldn't say the same if you earned in Mexican Pesos. Did you know the minimum wage is less than a mere 250 USD per month?

[@arifmerghani7631]

Everything you are saying is accurate I want to go to the USA .

[@stubru16]

Canada is the easiest country to get into but just because it’s easier and less strict than the USA, I wish I had spent years trying to get into America now Canada isn’t worth my time money and energy.

[@ddaniel987x]

Why the USA? Over there if you have to visit the doctor you even have to sell your house to pay the visit. Or that employers there legally have no obligation to give you any day of vacation.

[@randysalerno6274]

not to mention supply management on milk and poultry, which artificially creates high prices

[@luislimon66]

Farmers are protected from competition by the government because their lobby is so powerful. The government kept them out of NAFTA.

[@sanniepstein4835]

@@luislimon66 It also makes it almost impossible to enter farming, as buying quota costs a fortune. Many farmers dislike it, but can't see how to break it up.

[@marck7041]

I’m Mexican I move to Canada about a year ago and this guy is being completely honest!! This is crazy expensive way too many taxes and the inflation here is horrible!! I will get my Permanent residency and I’m going to leave and find a remotely job because I don’t want to live here!! For six months during winter this is the worst!!!

[@LeeZaslofsky]

Inflation rate in Canada (August 2023): 4% Inflation rate in Mexico: 4.6% What taxes are you talking about? Did you look into Canadian taxes before you came to Canada?If not, why not? The information is public. Are you upset about property tax? Income tax? The GST/PST? Be specific. And what are taxes like in Mexico? I bet the government has to impose taxes to pay for the massive police and military effort to combat the drug cartels. Maybe you will find a good job outside a major city. What's wrong wit that?

[@marck7041]

@@LeeZaslofsky it’s complete different down here!!! Mexico has a really cheap food and the quality is top 1 Even insurance for a car or anything else is way cheaper!! Health and medical assistance is more efficient and I pay just a 1/4 of what I use to in Canada! And the Mexican government charge taxes yes that’s right but is not 12% of every single thing that I can buy and about crime all that is just the American government talking shit!! In one year in Canada someone clone my credit cards and sped every dollar! In Canada I hear a lot about stolen cars funded in London, in many times a friend of mine who has a construction company told me 3 times a group of criminals stole all the furniture of a couple houses from their projects and a lot more! What I’m saying is Canada is not the greatest place that thousands of people believe one day!! That’s why many Canadians are moving to the USA 🇺🇸 just because easily they can afford a decent life without paying a lot to their government that is more corrupt than the states and Mexico together! I know is hard to believe but it is true!! And you can ask to any Canadian who has lived in a different country!!

[@rollthedice54]

The worst monopoly is government, and Canada has a massive government.

[@LeeZaslofsky]

Bullshit. Canada's government is no bigger than other governments in advanced countries. I know you "conservatives" hate government. You prefer the rule of the corporate sector.

[@djb-w8m]

I lived here all my 62 years and I want out!!

[@LeeZaslofsky]

You want to retire in a warm climate, I guess. Because you have lived in Canada, you are healthy and wealthy enough to do that.

[@ppiriou]

Disposable income is really low in Canada after income tax, rent and food when you have a family. I tried going back to work in Canada and it only took me four months to change my mind! And I was born in Canada... 🙃

[@biggiedii4889]

I'm Australian and did a WHV in Canada before Covid and it's a great country but I definitely wouldn't want to settle there permanently. Wages are much lower than Australia with a similar cost of living. Also the food is generally better in Australia.

[@MarkDrisch]

Germany has a lower cost of living while providing 2-3x the vacation time and infinitely better healthcare just to name 2 glaring differences. I was just there and food prices are nearly half of what they are in Canada while being of much better quality. It's absurd.

[@Olivia-bl8ez]

My medical school a few years in takes a few doctors from other countries to become certified in the US. This is the first year the majority of students are from Canada

[@dee-exotica]

Samething happening down here in the U.S. I’m Canadian myself. My dad moved the family to Ohio in 1997 or 98, I was 14 at the time so I didn’t have a say in anything. Anyways. In the past couple of days, I’ve been watching vids on telling about MILLIONS more of americans are continuing to leave the U.S and permanently live in another country. Like somewhere in Europe, South America, Australia. The U.S is so freakin costly in a lot of places. So unless prices lower down, people up there AND down here will continue to move to another country that they can afford. If I were to choose, I’d probably choose Scotland.

[@kenbrockman2312]

Yet immigration to Canada sits at 400k+ and emigration is on the lower end at 50k. On Average, 60k people leave Canada every year and most of those are people who are retired and can take better advantage of their pensions in Europe or elsewhere.

[@jaideedave]

Yup I'm retired here in Thailand. No more snow for me.

[@hbbstn]

1/3 of newcomers return to their home countries after a few years, so this doesn't sound right

[@jaideedave]

@@hbbstn Can you blame them? They get minimum wage jobs and pay high taxes and higher costs of living. Broken dreams

[@CanadianEhHole]

Obviously immigration is still going to be higher. Toronto just had an event and a counter-protest event about Eritrea. Does Canada still have better conditions than Eritrea? Obviously. Afghani immigrants went to Parliament Hill this weekend to protest the Taliban... because... logic. But a lot of Canadians and immigrants plan on working here, making their money, and then moving away. Meaning most of them don't really want to live here, it just provides a good method of making decent money where they can then convert it to a much lower value currency and live in better conditions. There's a reason so many Canadians fly to Florida. A lot of them it's only for the winter because they have no means of permanent residency in the US, so they just repeat the process on a tourist visa for 6 months, otherwise they'd do it permanently like others do.

[@stevejeffrey11]

well jobs pay 17 an hour and rent is 1700+ Not including utilities...@@hbbstn

[@w.terrace5394]

If I move to Mexico, I don't think I need to buy groceries that often because there are more inexpensive restaurants, street foods available at all hours.

[@Kowsan824]

agreed, the costs here just not able to support a family

[@Tom-k9j]

as soon as im able to escape from canada i will

[@priyojeetdash9467]

I admire your articulation skills

[@bonniebluebell5940]

Things started to go downhill after 1973. We went from a self-sustaining land to wage and price controls. Inflation was high and the government over-spent. We've been in decline for decades --- now we are heading straight for the cliff. Generations have been robbed of the free and prosperous nation we loved. This is not the same country at all. Everything's changed.

[@sharondouglas1149]

Thanks for sharing, very informative

[@antoniodesousa9723]

No Lidl un Canada either. In my town 2 groceries stores closed down years ago even though the population has been increasing. Lots of monopolies in Canada.

[@nassimakkouche4593]

Really ????? And me who s thinking of moving from Algeria to Canada 🇨🇦!!! Knowing that I am fine in my homecountry

[@mrbbqlvr4274]

Stay put.

[@smilodon87]

i hate canada's monopolies. i lve in vancouver. counting the years until i can leave.

[@Olivia-bl8ez]

Whenever things become more socialized there are more monopolies. This happens everywhere business taxes and regulations go up

[@sanniepstein4835]

Yes. Thanks to regulations, Cargill controls at least 90% of the beef industry, which was once spread out. There were no health problems that prompted those rules, it was all to drive small operators out of business.

[@Davo-i1s]

I am an Aussie and I often see these sort of videos from immigrants making negative comments about their experiences after moving to a new country. In Australia inflation is also being driven higher by the war in Ukraine , the cost of living is becoming ridiculous in an already expensive country. Housing is under pressure because of things like foreign investors, immigration, landlords cashing in on the short term rental market and most importantly a lack of government investment. Our infrastructure is under pressure and the answer seems to be bring in more people especially on student visas. Last I heard immigration wasn't compulsory maybe peope need to spend more time actually researching the country rather than just watching a few Utube videos before they do it. Other than our indigineous people every Australian is an immigrant or are descendants of immigrants who managed to move here successfully. What they have in common is that they struggled through the hard times to do it, I'm sure that there have also been plenty of people who came here over the last 200 years found it all a bit too difficult and left for greener pastures - personally I dont have a problem with either decision. Probably the biggest differences between Australia and our cousins in Canada are our wages are higher, we have a reasonably good health care system and we have heat and beautiful beaches rather than snow and beautiful mountains.

[@AhriGames]

And far more racists

[@mrbbqlvr4274]

Racism exists everywhere. Don’t be fooled. The racists in Canada are just nicer.

[@shachora5900]

i feel you I left after immigrating there two decades ago. canada is a shadow of its former self, and has always been a mess to be honest. but now its gone from mess to nightmare.

[@hbbstn]

I discovered your videos today and i agree with most of what you said. I live in Toronto and I'm full of it.

[@SirManfly]

Liberalism has really ruined Canada!!

[@LeeZaslofsky]

Full of what? Be specific!

[@mav3r1ckk]

Moving to Canada this Sunday. Didn't know things were this bad!

[@melanodawido]

man do yourself a favour and don't come here

[@sethzenger6226]

It all depends on what you make of it hey. I have 2 friends who moved here this year, had the right mindset and a positive attitude. Now, they're making over 100K / yr.

[@antisocial4288]

@sethzenger6226 100K is not much when the COL is so high.

[@mav3r1ckk]

@@melanodawido sorry bruh, too late!

[@sethzenger6226]

@@antisocial4288 What do you consider a reasonable salary with current COL

[@stubru16]

Lived in Canada for 5 years, I enjoyed my first year but after that I started to hate it, people are extremely two faced, the cost of living is expensive, no job security, healthcare is bad. Crime has gone up, no control on immigration even tho I paid all my fees and visa they allowed anyone to claim asylum which is unfair to me and others who had spent years trying to get into the country. I find the country extremely boring too even tho I hate cities and I love the nature of Canada it’s so boring and bland.

[@simplelife3575]

Where'd you go instead?

[@stubru16]

@@simplelife3575 U.K

[@simplelife3575]

@stubru16 you like it better? I agree canada sucks

[@Messergebnis-liebhaber]

Why is it so boring to you?

[@alexchristopher221]

You need to be rich to enjoy yourself in Canada.

[@ronsta11]

Man I relate so many things in just two months of my life in Canada. The only saving grace is the fact that I moved here with my wife as a dependent on an open work permit as she got a job transfer. Believe me, from what is published outside Canada, you would want to move here but once you do, what you thought was ridiculous in you life gets multiplied by 100x. To start with, I have 17 years of experience with IT Support, Sales, Digital Marketing and Program Management. All throughout my career I have worked for North American companies that had global presence and I had the pleasure to work with some of the absolute market leaders who manufacture PC, enterprise networking and storage hardware, collaboration software, databases etc. However, none of that is considered here in Canada. That is fucked up! Just to see where the job market is alive, I modded my resume to look like I have come to Canada with nothing, I get a lot of positive response for warehouse jobs, custodian jobs and jobs with food chains like Tim Hortons, McD and what not. I respect those jobs and I really don't mind doing it considering one of us in my family has a decent job and I am doing some work that would atleast save the stupidly expensive rent we are paying along with insurance, utilities and our expenses. I genuinely think I came here at the wrong time and I hope things get better for people who genuinely in desperate situations than myself. If you have plans coming here, please think again. I m planning to GTFO in two months because, your experience, expertise and your skills are equivalent to a piece or paper on a toilet roll and if Canada is serious on holding on to the migrant population it needs, they really need to start respecting their talents and skills and have ways to test them than disrespecting them.

[@Joeym1655]

Have similar international work experience came here and was able to land a job in my field. Employer recognized the basic skill set and said you will learn the rest either thru training programs or experience gained from work rotation. Every project/program manager looking for work has a current PMP designation. Need that to be competitive. Point is not everyone who comes succeeds but rest assured there are more than a few who succeed.

[@ronsta11]

@@Joeym1655 You have a very valid point. However, considering certifications over experience, talent and knowhow is what spoils any industry. Hiring professionals should have to patience to at best talk for a good 5 minutes with a candidate to see if they are the right fit. It is way better than looking considering only people with certain certifications. I have been a hiring manager for a substantial amount of time. And here is what I have learnt. I am a digital marketing operations manager and of all the people I have hired so far the best of my team are the guys I took a chance. They had no experience in what I wanted them to do but they had the willingness and the hunger to get better and all I had to do was to keep them motivated and happy. Which thankfully I was able to. I don't mean to paint a picture that I am perfect, but no certification is beyond the person's skill, capabilities and the willingness to excel and innovate. It is high time the industry recognizes that.

[@LeeZaslofsky]

You blame Canada for your inability to find the job you want? Bad attitude! Change your job search strategy. Use the resources that are out there for people looking for jobs. Make contacts in the industry you want to work in. Last year Canada took in 1,000,000 immigrants. There are 800,000 international students in Canada. But you have decided that you're going to GTFO. Bye bye! Have a nice life!

[@lavista4u]

Thanks for the info

[@dason5408]

I love your candor brother 👍

[@rinzlerthehunter539]

work 60 hrs a week to meet ends, not worth it

[@eprofengr6670]

Who is living well in Canada? What is the demographic or type of person who is living well in Canada?

[@LeeZaslofsky]

Most Canadians live well. Canada is ranked #2 on the list of Most Livable Countries. Three Canadian cities are among the Top Ten Most Livable Cities.

[@sanniepstein4835]

Bureaucrats.

[@LeeZaslofsky]

Bullshit. The people who "live well" in Canada are the rich investors and property owners, the lawyers who protect their wealth from taxation, the media faces that preach their lies, and the fools who don't live well but worship the rich bastards who do.

[@TempleNirvana]

And then whenever I tell people, who have never lived here, how life really is like in Canada, they all behave as, "no way, this is not the Canada I imagine, I heard that it's a beautiful country with massive land and nature, I don't believe you" =_=

[@LeeZaslofsky]

Canada has been ranked #2 on the list of Most Livable Countries. Three Canadian cities are in the Top Ten Most Livable Cities in the World. Canada IS beautiful! It has more land than any country but Russia! It has vast areas of nature -- sea, mountains, lakes, forests, rivers, endless prairies, thousands of islands. All that is true! It's also true that most Canadians live in cities or suburbs so they don't see mountains and lakes every day. But there are millions of Canadians who live close to nature. You can be one of them.

[@andygoodwin7653]

Alberta was the place for young ppl to get ahead financially it was the one place in Canada that shone ,however interprovincisl jealousy and central canadas foot on Alberta's neck has killed that ,could it comeback? Maybe in the meantime what's left ? Total mediocrity

[@robertlyon8876]

Your video is bang on . Glad I left 35 years ago .

[@LeeZaslofsky]

If you left 35 years ago, how do you know what Canada is like now?

[@robertlyon8876]

Most of my family unfortunately is still there .

[@robertlyon8876]

Most of my family is still there unfortunately, although that’s finally changing.

[@LeeZaslofsky]

Oh my God! How you must suffer, knowing that your family is stuck in Canada, ranked as the 2nd Most Livable Country in the World! I'm sure you cry yourself to sleep every night, there in the Paradise you have found, when you think of the pain and suffering your family members must endure in (ugh!) Canada! BTW where exactly is that Paradise? You forgot to mention your current location! I notice none of these complainers tells us where they go to get away from the horror of Canada. Where are they?

[@VinitJangir-b1i]

Luke, what about Northern England or Scotland in the UK? Is the situation same there? I live in Calgary, AB, and trust me, I really want to move. Just figuring out where? I really like the UK. Need your thoughts. Thank you.

[@Moonmaster85]

I live and grew up here, my parents generation had it the best, this current regime has sold us out under many different ways, I have a 6 figure income and gf is close to the same can only afford to rent a townhouse next 2 annoying neighbors with no privacy, also work with immigrants who came here 15 years ago who say its becoming like a 3rd world country

[@MrImp0rtant]

Where people are moving to ?

[@rohanutep81]

USA

[@sethzenger6226]

@@rohanutep81 is the US really any better?

[@matthewgonano636]

Mexico

[@xanders.3810]

@@sethzenger6226 Yes, but you honestly might get shot if you're in the wrong place

[@thomasranjit7781]

Western countries have become slavelandia for people going from third world countries.🦊🦊🦊

[@frankalexander5401]

I live in California (San Francisco Bay Area). I wouldn’t live in Canada even if the Canadian government GAVE me a $1,000,000 (US dollars) and 100,000 acres of land. I won’t even visit the country because it is a boring country.

[@Messergebnis-liebhaber]

Why do you hate Canada so much?

[@MrCodyswanson]

Cool story bro.

[@kmann6431]

Enjoy East san francisco . beside all Homeless and street gangs , Drug dealers.

[@frankalexander5401]

@@Messergebnis-liebhaber I don’t “hate” Canada; I just find the country to be boring. Canadians speak like Americans and the food is similar to American food except a bit more bland. I don’t visit a country to look at trees 🌲!!! I have traveled all over the world (courtesy of the US Army). Most of the places I deployed to were filthy, the people dirty, and incredibly dangerous, but at least they were “interesting.” I visited Canada several times in the past and find the country to be as exciting as watching paint dry!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@frankalexander5401]

@@kmann6431 I haven’t gone into SF in years and I only live about 20 minutes away in a very affluent suburban town!!!

[@JohnCollins-p9o]

Grass is always greener on the other side, Canadian who lives in US and pays $2500 a month plus for medical insurance and have no problem spending 750 + for food for 2 per month.

[@TimCook-v9x]

I left Vancouver, BC for a high pay high tech engineering job offered in Taiwan. The problems of unaccessible healthcare, high cost of living, housing bubble and unhealthy job markets are solved instantly. Canadians have a strong passport to easily receive a foreign work permit. Just leave Canada for countries with cheaper cost of living, future promising job market, affordable housing and accessible healthcare like Singapore, Japan or other european countries like France and Germany.

[@michaelshih8163]

It is good for so many youtubers to diss Canada. The country is over populated, way over populated, as evidenced by the high housing cost. We need one million to leave at least to make the country liveable again.

[@Isaac_Brock]

Try 15 million.

[@Be3nz]

All along I thought I'm ungrateful or not working hard enough. I take home arround $5000/ month. This is after taxes. I got 2 kids and a stay home wife. I dont save much. What I can tell you is that little I'm saving is for tickets to get the hell up outta hear. It's just crazy to pay groceries @ $ 1000/ 1200 every month for a family of 4. My rent is $3000 I have 3 devices with Rogers paying $250/ month thru my business. Utilities on average $300+ per month. Car insurance is stupid $280 / month Entertainment for kids throughout this shitty winter ❄️❄️❄️ ? Atleast $200+ a month. One Uber eaths night atleast $70 (halal costs more. ) This is a treat for us atleast once a month. I'm very entrepreneurial, and this place is draining or sucking out that spirit I've had for many years. How am I to sharhen my skills with courses, spend on building the business. ? When cra are draining me at the rate of $800 roughly divided by 12 months installments payments, am I paying for being an entrepreneur? I'm paying CRA for comming to this place and taking a risk. How about my losses ? 😢 My life in southern African Zimbabwe is way better. Such us 1) quality food - eat100% organic. 2) free time 3) good weather 4) small busines friendly 5) way less tax. Canada it's was tough knowing you for 6 years . But I've got get the hell up outta hear to breath 🫁 .... 😂

[@rohanutep81]

Yes then move back to Zimbabwe 😂

[@sethzenger6226]

You think Zim is really better? 🤔

[@Be3nz]

@@sethzenger6226 for me it's better. That's why I sed " my life " But anyone that can save ... An amount to set up a viable business, can succeed faster than this side especially today.

[@sethzenger6226]

@@Be3nz interesting take. I’m also from Zim, which is why I ask. I was last there in June last year. I saw both extremes; people making it really big and people scrounging to survive. But it appears to make it big, you have to be connected (in most cases, politically).

[@Be3nz]

@@sethzenger6226 my in-laws a ordinary people. They make products then resell to " Ok store, and pick n pay Zimbabwe. ". By no means are they wealthy. But they're ok. They live well. Eat well. Have time. They travel abroad too. They are in no shape or form attached to anyone politically. I've seen greed cause people to use those with political power. But if you are willing to work at it, as hard as we work in these capitalism systems. Then what can stop you boss? Zimbabwe has endless opportunities, for those who's eyes are open to those opportunities. I've met a guy that came to Botswana and joined a local on business then expanded that business to Zim. While busting his ass, guess what .. he flies around southern Africa in a private jet today. I can tell you first hand as I've seen him step of that air craft with his staff.

[@borisi.]

Digital cage is coming

[@richardmurphy4520]

Not sure what brand of, " green ", you,re on bro ?, but its working a treat on screen.

[@sparkely1122]

How do I leave without a visa? Or how do I get a visa to leave?! I just don’t understand!?!?! I want to go to Texas but can’t 😢

[@glenp9783]

Canada sucks so bad that the government will soon ban people from leaving in a last ditch effort to keep our infrastructure marginally intact.

[@BlancGivre]

Everything is more expensive and less variety, selection and competition.

[@hanial8210]

the question is, where Canadians are going to leave? I mean which countries would they consider? only the USA?

[@jeffhampton2767]

What are you talkin about? It is freezing cold in most of Canada just like Siberia 7 months out of the year

[@sebastienbolduc5654]

Canada is going down the road of Venezuela, but at a lot slower rate. People are also having less children because they cannot get easy and fast access to healthcare. How many women want to become pregnant in a country where obtaining healthcare services is next to impossible? How many women want to get pregnant if they don't have a GP? Also, children get sick a lot. How many people want to sit hours in a waiting room every time their kid gets sick? My 9 year old nephew has been waiting to be registered with a doctor for his entire life. Now doctors no longer perform annual medicals/preventative healthcare on patients, and this now applies to children as well. Thus the problem with that will be more and more Canadians suffering from illnesses, and it will increase our mortality rates. Don't fool yourself. This, I believe, is the main driver on why the birthrates are down. More and more adults are sick or sickly due to not having proper and timely access to healthcare. How does one expect to raise or have a family if they are ill? If one paid attention, even poorly, you would have noticed the trend. It was when healthcare started going downhill that the birthrate began to drop. That started happening a little over 20 years ago. As you mentioned, the salaries do not meet up to the cost of living. Our GDP use to be better than the USA. When I was toddler the Canadian dollar was worth more than the Greenback. I was born in 1977 btw. Those days are gone. Back then Canada was flourishing like a SOB! Today we're just a stagnant pool of urine. You can see the echoes of the past all around you. It's all the old and deteriorating infrastructure built during the 70s. Now we cannot even afford to repave a freak'n road anymore, let alone built new hospitals and other infrastructure. The danger is that this has occurred at such a slow pace that it's not noticeable, especially with the younger generations who never seen how good it use to be. So now we have an entire generation or two who think this is normal. Its not! You pay way to much taxes for nothing in return. You are being robbed! I due believe, within my lifetime, that I will see Canada drop off the list of developed countries. I seriously mean that too! I hope I will be wrong about that.

[@Ashybasha]

Being Canadian at this point feels like having cancer that i can't afford to treat.

[@LeeZaslofsky]

What a disgusting thing to say. It's people like you that create the nastiness that is too prevalent in Canada -- though mostly on "conservative" circles.

[@WorldvsTruth]

Stop being Canadian then. That is to say, stop acting like a Canadian. Get off your frozen arse, and do something about it. It will cost you a change of mind. A shift in attitude. Then you'll soon stop feeling that way. That being said, if you intend to live there for a few more years, stay out of any large city, especially provincial capitals. You can't afford not to treat your indecisiveness, and get started. I was the best procrastinator I've ever known, and it cost me over 15 years of wasted time, living in the core of downtown Toronto, which is nowadays no more than an open air prison, a social cesspool. Get the lesson in that. All the best to you going forward, seriously.

[@LeeZaslofsky]

I live in downtown Toronto and I deny your ridiculous, unfounded description of it. Toronto is a big city, and it has its problems, but it is a good place to live (I've lived here for over 50 years and I deny that it is anything like an "open air prison"or a "cesspool". I think your decision to waste 15 years of your life in downtown Toronto shows that you decided to take a dive into a cesspool, and now you blame the whole city for your stupidity and laziness. It was your fault, not Toronto's. Deal with it.

[@staycasual7203]

Damn man, Halifax really is a hell hole isn’t it?

[@LeeZaslofsky]

Nope.

[@darcydomanko6396]

I made the decision to leave Canada months ago, life is so much better nowadays, God bless Texas.

[@LeeZaslofsky]

Make sure you don't make anybody mad at you. They all carry guns down there.

[@vmvm3857]

@@LeeZaslofskyyou’re delusional and brainwashed from the media. Go visit Texas for yourself. Then, report back here.

[@MsDesiree39]

but i must say that in some places in the Caribbean the food options are kimited outside of fresh fruits and fish

[@FranchiseCityOnline]

Some places in Canada limited to Poutine and Donair 🙂

[@adopodrinje1499]

u lived in Calgary ? I wanted to move there and work on a goatfarm...

[@AH-mj1rd]

I'm Canadian. Here is why we don't want to have kids. 1. Extremely expensive to live decently, noway will bring kids with all expenses. 2. Unfeminine women. Mostly are over weight with poor attitude. 3. Very bad marriage rule. Pro feminism. You can lose all your life if your wife divorces. Just not worth it.

[@stevejeffrey11]

trying to find someone to date is like wading through a bog of mental illness, promiscuity, hostile attitudes towards men & straight up selfish gold digging

[@missgh1000]

There is no real competition in certain industries...this isn't capitalism...the travel industry is definitely the worst

[@LeeZaslofsky]

Capitalism ALWAYS leads to monopoly and ALWAYS concentrates wealth among a small percentage of the population. That is what capitalism is. What do you think it is?

[@Mrnew2town]

Very informative videos thank you for sharing. Just a question about cost of living if you could help please, can you live for 110000$ salary per year before tax for a family of 4 in B.C, I’m a mental health nurse and my wife is an advanced data analyst , any extra info will be appreciated😊

[@markusnall]

Ahh Luke. Anytime I am feeling a little too optimistic about life I put on one of your video just to bring me down. Your whining does wonders for my confidence. Good luck in Uzbekistan or where ever you end up and please don’t let the door hit you in the @@#$ on your way out

[@godneptune2214]

Well, if you move from 3rd world country Canada is awesome. In places where government can do whatever they want with you, where owning real estate is only possible by inheriting it - Canada is a dream. Newcomers do not get any monetary support from Canadian government until citizenship is awarded. Canada is profiting from immigrants, but immigrants from better countries are leaving, because their lives back home were better.

[@tapsunofficial]

Where do you live now you’re glowing now

[@michaelrogers3254]

Unfortunately, it is true. Unless you have loads of money, you are not going to live the Canadian dream you always thought of. And, if you have a regular job and are lucky enough to find someone to share a one bedroom apartment you could be on the way to living that dream. Unfortunately, to those who cant find someone, it is better to just go and put your head in the sand, because It's not going to change anytime soon. Sad but true.

[@LeeZaslofsky]

Who lives their dreams? Why does everybody think they have a right to "live their dreams". That's not how life is. Dreams are not reality.

[@NathanFlorida]

I’m leaving in 2025

[@istvanglock7445]

PIty you didn't figure all this out before you came to Canada. With the world's knowledge at your fingertips, it's not hard to find out what's going on anywhere. $600-$1000/month groceries for two? Just ease back on the caviar and champagne. Problem solved. I also came to Canada (Calgary) from the UK. Best decision I ever made.

[@spiritedtruthseeker5929]

80s and 90s awesome. Now its garbage

[@throckmortensnivel2850]

Well, there is one saving grace. There's no law that says you can't leave Canada. You can leave any time you like. Strangely enough, Canada's population keeps rising, and in fact hit 40 million three years before estimated. I think Mexico is probably a good place for you. You might want to watch your back, though. Homicide rates in Mexico are thirteen times what they are in Canada.

[@mizutofu]

You can live in another country and still be counted as a canadian citizen

[@throckmortensnivel2850]

@@mizutofu Yes, if you wish it to be. You can also renounce your citizenship. The choice is yours.

[@mizutofu]

@@throckmortensnivel2850 It's better to keep the citizenship so you can come back when you need expansive health care.

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@@mizutofu Be a bit careful. If you're out of the country more than six months, you might lose your access to Canadian health care. It depends on the province of your residence.

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@@throckmortensnivel2850 I heard it's reinstated after you come back for 3 months

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such frankness, i know canadian phone bills can be shockin.