I would say in that is an exaggeration at best. We have no more rusty cars than say Minneapolis or Detroit or any other city that salts their streets in winter. New car sales ARE as brisk in Canada as they are in the US so I don't know where that person got her information. The 15% tax at the register is not on everything. First of all, that is 2 taxes. There is the 7% Federal Goods & Service Tax (GST) that is like a VAT (which tourists can get back a portion of) & also the Provincial Sales Tax which is 8% in Ontario. The 7% doesn't apply to such things a groceries or medicines BUT does apply on restaurant meals. You go & buy a donut & you pay the 7% GST. You buy 6 donuts & you pay no GST cause you are buying in bulk. Go figure. We are encouraged to be pigs. I guess they need patients for the FREE Health Care System.
There are 3 basic personal income tax levels. A single person pays approx 22 % income tax on any income over 8,000 until 31,000/annum. The top personal rate is 43% and that is for any earnings over 100,000. Capital gains are taxed at a max rate of 22%.
Official bilingualism — This is what most of the taxes pay for.
Learning and speaking another language may seem like fun to most Americans. Forget about that textbook Parisian you learned in high school. My husband speaks French fluently but not by Canadian government standards. He'd be passed over in employment by someone who speaks a government approved level of French.
Canada is officially bilingual and that means everything must be in French and English. Everything. It's the law.
That is bullshit. If you buy something the label must be in French or English. If you are in any province other than Quebec, there is very little French spoken or written. Travel brochures are only in English for example. Menus in restaurants are only in English in Ontario. You only need French if you want to work for the Federal Government. In private industry, French is not required for anything. Nothing. Our corner grocery store has no signs in French.
Employment — If you are English-speaking in Canada, it's difficult to find a job.
Another load of crap. People get jobs here who don't speak English never mind French. You can get your Canadian citizenship without speaking English or French.
Salaries are much lower than in the U.S. When we moved to the U.S., my husband almost tripled his salary.
Only for doctors as far as I know but stand to be corrected on this. Our salaries are comparable to those in the US and in many cases higher.
And my wife goes to Starbucks every morning for her decaf cappy.
I guess there will always be people who piss & moan about their circumstances. The only reason we would consider moving would be, as has already been mentioned, the snow.
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