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Lots of good stuff goin on this week .


Americans Flock to Canada's Immigration Web Site



OTTAWA (Reuters) - The number of U.S. citizens visiting Canada's main immigration Web site has shot up six-fold as Americans flirt with the idea of abandoning their homeland after President Bush's election win this week.

"When we looked at the first day after the election, Nov. 3, our Web site hit a new high, almost double the previous record high," immigration ministry spokeswoman Maria Iadinardi said on Friday.

On an average day some 20,000 people in the United States log onto the Web site, www.cic.gc.ca -- a figure which rocketed to 115,016 on Wednesday. The number of U.S. visits settled down to 65,803 on Thursday, still well above the norm.

Bush's victory sparked speculation that disconsolate Democrats and others might decide to start a new life in Canada, a land that tilts more to the left than the United States.


Would-be immigrants to Canada can apply to become permanent resident, a process that often takes a year. The other main way to move north on a long-term basis is to find a job, which requires a work permit.


But please spare the sob stories.


Asked whether an applicant would be looked upon more sympathetically if they claimed to be a sad Democrat seeking to escape four more years of Bush, Iadinardi replied: "There would be no weight given to statements of feelings."


Canada is one of the few major nations with an large-scale immigration policy. Ottawa is seeking to attract between 220,000 and 240,000 newcomers next year.


"Let's face it, we have a population of a little over 32 million and we definitely need permanent residents to come to Canada," said Iadinardi. "If we could meet (the 2005) target and go above it, the more the merrier."


But right now it is too early to say whether the increased interest will result in more applications.


"There is no unusual activity occurring at our visa missions (in the United States). Having someone who intends to come to Canada is not the same as someone actually putting in an application," said Iadinardi.


"We'll only find out whether there has been an increase in applications in six months."


The waiting time to become a citizen is shorter for people married to Canadians, which prompted the birth of a satirical Web site called www.marryanamerican.ca.


The idea of increased immigration by unhappy Americans is triggering some amusement in Canada. Commentator Thane Burnett of the Ottawa Sun newspaper wrote a tongue-in-cheek guide to would-be new citizens on Friday.


"As Canadians, you'll have to learn to embrace and use all the products and culture of Americans, while bad-mouthing their way of life," he said.

 

Hiz Highness

I don't know why Canada would want all the quitters from America. Every liberal that crosses that border makes it harder on the rest of us to achieve change. If you are truly opposed to the policies and philosophies of GWB you need to stay here and fight for change. If we all run to Canada then the country will be left solely in the hands of the neocons.

Is that what you want? You want a nuclear armed America with no voice to balance the neocons? You want an America where no one protests at all when country after country is pre-emptively attacked?

Call me egotistical, but I consider America MY country. I have ancestors who signed the Constitution. I have ancestors that fought the British at Lexington and Concord. As far as I'm concerned, I'll be tossing the new breed of facists out of my country, not the other way around.

So quit running. Just stand up and take your country back.

-HH

HappyMan

Why do some people think that Canada is so much better than the U.S.? They DO have their own set of problems up there.

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JTP

I read some VERY funny articles by the Canadians saying that we can keep all the babies down here. Didn't post 'em, cause well, somebody may get mad. But, trust me - funny funny stuff.

Murdock

From who? the overwhelming majority?

Your ideology is failed and America has told you to stuff it.

 

MickityMike

I swear to God, guys, I didn't pay Murdock off to begin attacking you all...

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Hiz Highness

Nope, just crazy neocons and religious nuts.

You don't know my ideology, and you sure don't speak for America.

-HH

MickityMike

I think the Left dismisses this election's results at their own peril...

Hiz Highness

I think the fringe right is still under the delusion that it's somehow mainstream.

-HH

HappyMan

just like the fringe left...............


like most things in life.


It is all about moderation.