I really wish this were an exaggeration.
It’s not. We have a catch and release police for most offences.
Like finishing we only keep you if it’s a big one.
I would, the problem is getting back into the US.
Screw going back. If I had an easy way to leave the country and renounce my US citizenship to become the citizen of a different nation, I would. Not sure if I’d necessarily want to do so in Canada, seeing as its southern border is touching this rotten hell-on-earth icon of hubris, but it would still be a welcome start.
I have a job and family here, and this is where my wife’s support system is. Uprooting her and taking her away from the kids and the rest of the family would be a huge decision to make.
We’ve legitimately discussed it, but in the short term we decided me leaving the country, even for work, just can’t happen. If they are revoking green cards on a whim… I just can’t chance it.
I’m so confused, is this about an avatar or something? (I don’t see them in my app)
You guys taking electricians? I’m pretty sure I can chug syrup, and I can start using “eh” more, eh?
Most trades are provincial jurisdiction (including electricians), so pick a province and look at their requirements for foreign trained electricians.
For example, to get your ticket in Ontario you’ll need to look into the trade 309A (Construction and Maintenance Electrician) or 442A (Industrial Electrician), verify your work experience, and take an equivalency exam to test your knowledge. I’d recommend reading up on CEC requirements (very similar to NEC but there are differences).
https://www.skilledtradesontario.ca/experienced-workers/trade-equivalency-assessment/
Excellent. This is exactly the kind of advice I’ve been looking for. Thank you!
No problem!
I should also mention that electricians are part of the federal Red Seal program, so once you’re licensed you can pretty easily move provinces without needing to recertify (though you still have to register with that province’s trades regulator and follow their regulations instead).
I’m like 3 steps away from applying for Permanent Residence. The best year of my life was when I worked in Toronto, and that was before the orange turd came back in and expedited my desire to be literally anywhere but here.
No, but if the US decides to label you a felon for any reason, or no reason at all you can’t go to Canada.
Notice how the US Government is declaring the anti-elon stuff to be terrorism? Do you remember what Edward Snowden showed us about the type of spying that the US is capable of, and authorized to do in the name of ‘counter-terrorism’?
The US is about to invent a lot of new ‘felons’ and ‘terrorists’ and other countries, including Canada, will deny them entry and asylum.
I absolutely disagree with all this garbage, and I refuse to leave. I played chess with a Venezuelan homie in a shelter several times and i think one time he pretended to lose his queen, because he always otherwise destroyed me. I guess i shouldn’t worry anymore, because why would i care if my friend was sent away
France doesn’t extradite if death penalty or bad shit like this is on the table. So there is a strong chance you wouldn’t get deported these days even as a “sans papier” (illégal alien). Is Canada not similar?
He wasn’t in France at the time, though. Once you’re in, though, we’re not supposed to kick you out if we know you might get killed. This may actually have evolved in recent years, sadly.
But diplomacy is a bitch yeah.
I reckon it would be a very different answer if he made his request right now, though!
No. When there were large bunches of refuges trying to escape from camps from the middle east, Canada refused entry to any any male 16 years or older for asylum. Women and small children were okish, but males were right fucked and flat refused. And I think that’s still on the books yet today.
Canada, for all the “feel good” they have from others in the world, has as much history of cruelty to outsiders as any other western nation. And don’t look to closely into why the Geneva Convention exists today either. They just hide it better.
Well, young guys that are not immediately employable are gonna be super difficult to integrate, to be fair. It sounds like a recipe for disaster unless you have a solid way to help them and what country actually has that, really?
