United States have become a rogue nation of religious extremists, where
violence, lies and corruption have become an inalienable part of its
national and international policy. It's the state where constitutional
protection of its own citizens is no longer effective, where people can no
longer trust their government, or their media, or their neighbour.
But there is hope. As we can see from the article below, Canada is welcoming
all freedom-minded Americans. Also, there are many other countries in the
world, where freedom still reigns, where air is still breathable, fish is
still edible, government still not violent, where hate is not prevalent and
health care is affordable, or free.
Read the article. Also, visit the www.escapeartist.com for many more ideas
on escaping from Fascism into Freedom, and go for it! I am on my way out of
here. I choose to be free!
DD
http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/americas/11/15/canadian.welcome.ap/index.html
Canadians open arms to Americans
Monday, November 15, 2004 Posted: 9:13 AM EST (1413 GMT)
The U.N. has named Toronto the world's most multicultural city.
What's this?
Reasons to move to Canada, as cited by www.canadianalternative.com:
1. Canada has universal public health care.
2. Canada has no troops in Iraq.
3. Canada signed the Kyoto Protocol environmental treaty.
4. More than half of Canada's provinces allow same-sex marriage.
5. The Canadian Senate recommends legalizing marijuana.
6. Canada has no law restricting abortion.
7. Canada has strict gun laws and relatively little violence.
8. The United Nations has ranked Canada the best country to live in for
eight consecutive years.
9. Canada abolished the death penalty in 1976.
10. Canada has not run a federal deficit since 1996-97.
Source: The Associated Press
SEATTLE, Washington (AP) -- Rudi Kischer wants to help those Americans who
have the post-election blues after U.S. President George W. Bush's
second-term victory.
The Vancouver, British Columbia, immigration lawyer plans seminars in three
U.S. cities -- Seattle, San Francisco and Los Angeles -- to tell Americans
frustrated with Bush's re-election that the grass is greener north of the
border.
And that's not just an allusion to Canada's lenient marijuana laws.
"We started last year getting a lot of calls from Americans dissatisfied
with the way the country is going," Kischer says. "Then after the election,
it's been crazy up here. The Canadian immigration Web site had 115,000 hits
the day after the election -- from the U.S. alone. We usually only get
20,000 hits."
There was so much interest that a Vancouver-based Internet company,
Communicopia, set up a new Web site this month --
www.canadianalternative.com -- to suggest Canada as a viable option for its
American clients, including anyone concerned about constitutional bans on
gay marriage passed in 11 U.S. states this month.
"We invite you to get to know Canada," the site says. "Explore the richness
and diversity of our regions. And find out why Canada is the perfect
alternative for conscientious, forward-thinking Americans."
Another Web site urges Canadians: "Open your heart, and your home. Marry an
American. Legions of Canadians have already pledged to sacrifice their
singlehood to save our southern neighbours from four more years of cowboy
conservatism."
Canada suddenly has utopian appeal for many left-leaning Americans. Its
universal health care, gay rights, abortion rights, gun-control laws, drug
laws, opposition to the Iraq war, ban on capital punishment and ethnic
diversity mirror many values of the American left.
Immigrants, including an estimated 1 million Americans, make up nearly 20
percent of Canada's population. The United Nations named Toronto the world's
most multicultural city.
And, as Michael Moore pointed out in "Bowling for Columbine" -- required
viewing for many lefties -- in Canada there's apparently no reason to lock
your door.
On the other hand, it's cold. The baseball's not very good -- so long, Expos
.. And the taxes are higher, eh?
But, as one American who has his bags nearly packed likes to say, at least
the taxes go toward good causes.
"I just like their way of life a lot better, and with everything the Bush
administration has done -- for the American people to give him their seal of
approval, it's basically the last straw," says Ralph Appoldt, a resident of
Portland, in Oregon, a state that narrowly supported Democrat John Kerry for
president.
"Canada's basic population is much more intelligent, polite and
civilized,"Appoldt said. "I like their way of government a lot better. Their
tax dollars go to helping those who need it, instead of funneling money back
up to the wealthy and feeding this huge military-industrial machine."
Appoldt, 50, a sales manager, and his wife, a nurse, figure that selling
their house and getting their immigration approved could take more than a
year. But they're moving, they insist. They've already hired Kischer to help
them.
Though he may see a good business opportunity following the election,
Kischer has no illusions of a mass American exodus to Canada.
Americans have to follow the same procedures as everybody else -- including
the $500 (387 euro) application fee, the $975 (755 euro) landing tax, and
the wait of six months to two years.
He only expects about 100 people at each of the how-to-move-to-Canada
seminars, all scheduled in Democratic-leaning areas -- December 4 in
Seattle, December 5 in Los Angeles and December 6 in San Francisco.
Nancy Bray, a spokeswoman for Citizenship and Immigration Canada, said her
agency's Web site received 261,000 hits from the United States in the two
days following the election, but it'll be many months before officials can
guess how many of them were serious.
"Our interest, our goal, is to attract the best possible immigrants," Bray
says. "If there's a lot of publicity about our country, that's to our
benefit. But we're not interested in people's political leanings or
political dissatisfaction."
Jason Mogus, Communicopia's chief executive, said that while his company
wanted to help interested Americans, moving to Canada should be plan B.
"We strongly encourage Americans to stay and build a culture in line with
their values," Mogus said. "In other words, stay and fight."
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