Job scenario for Skilled Immigrants (Canada)

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Subject: Job scenario for Skilled Immigrants (Canada)
  Dear Friends ,

I have come across the following aspects as regards the job scenario in Canada. Can anyone tell me how true it is ???

http://www.canoe.ca/NewsStand/LondonFreePress/News/2004/01/17/315744.html

Immigrants in Canada - www.CanadaImmigrants.com/forum_2.asp



8. Discriminatory and Dishonest Immigration System.
Immigration to Canada is based on a point system, obtained with your education, qualifications and job experience. Points are good enough for immigration, but in Canada, they are not good enough to get a job in your field. Amazing, how the credentials that qualify you to come to Canada are the same credentials that don´t qualify you for your profession in Canada. The reason is, Canada only wants immigrants to do the labor jobs - pizza delivery, driving taxis, factory work etc.

7. Out Of Control Cost Of Living.
From rent, to utility bills, to shopping, to phone, internet and cable bills, to gas, to car insurance, to eating out, to basically anything you have to pay for or buy, the cost of living in Canada has become astronomical. Recent immigrants are astonished as to how expensive everything is. It is estimated that compared to most countries around the world, the cost of living in Canada is on average five times greater.

6. Health Care Crisis.
Practicing physicians in Canada are in a shortage, 1 in 4 Canadians cannot get a family doctor. Canadian doctors are leaving to move permanently to the United States. Statistics Canada and the Canadian Medical Association both have identified that for every 1 American doctor that moves to Canada, 19 (nineteen) Canadian doctors move to the United States! Doctors in Canada are overworked and underpaid, and there is a cap on their salaries.

5. Very High Taxes.
Yes, you have the GST, the PST, totaling 15%, on practically everything you purchase and many other taxes taken out of our weekly paycheck. You have to pay a whopping amount to the government, out of your hard earned salary, so that the government can turn around and give it to beer drinking, hockey watching welfare bums. Fair? It does not matter, it´s Canada.

4. Money Hungry Government.
Canadian Embassies around the world lie to foreigners, painting this picture that Canada is Utopia, because they want foreigners to come to Canada. Why? Because foreigners bring money! So after being deceived, these foreigners come. They must bring with them at least $10,000. Canada has an immigration quota of 250,000 per year. So please do the math, 250,000 multiplied by $10,000 each equals a whopping 2.5 Billion dollars that Canada gains from immigrants every year.

3. No Culture.
Unlike almost every other country in the world, Canada has no culture. Actually American culture is what dominates Canada. When was the last time you had some ´Canadian´ food? There are no Canadian traditions and there is no national identity. What does it even mean to call yourself a ´Canadian´. . .nothing really. People living in Canada, still identify themselves as to where they ´originally´ came from.

2. Worst Weather.
Yes, Canada has the worst weather conditions of any country in the world. Freezing cold temperatures, snow, ice, hail, winds, storms etc. From the Prairie provinces to the Maritimes, from the Territories to southern Ontario, the weather is so horrific and disgusting that many Canadians leave Canada simply because of this reason alone.

1. No Jobs.
Yes, coast to coast, there are no jobs. Immigrants are highly qualified (MD´s, PhD´s, Lawyers, Engineers etc.) but they are driving taxi cabs, delivering pizza´s or working in factories. Even people with bachelors degrees from Canadian Universities cannot find jobs after graduation. This is the tragedy associated with immigration to Canada. I feel sorry for those immigrants who are stuck in Canada for the rest of their lives. It is indeed a very sad and hopeless future.

Immigrants in Canada - www.CanadaImmigrants.com/forum_2.asp


[26-07-2005,14:22]
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Niketh
(in reply to: Job scenario for Skilled Immigrants (Canada))
wow... such a horrible place. better forget those immigration plans.
[26-07-2005,14:29]
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sharon
(in reply to: Job scenario for Skilled Immigrants (Canada))
I know a few places here in Canada that need janitors. Also, in Toronto they are looking for workers at the water treatment plants. If you can deal with raw human shit at least 8 hours a day, you can get a quick job. There might be some scat worshippers out there, who knows. And the pay is good.
[26-07-2005,15:26]
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ano
(in reply to: Job scenario for Skilled Immigrants (Canada))
I read through that tedious article. One thing that appears to be common is that the people are quite happy and are enjoying life instead of dragging their feet, as they did in their native countries. The bitter types seem to be those that left good living conditions, driven by greed for even greater wealth and fame for being in a developed nation, and ended up in what might be called a gamble for wealth and greater comfort. Both types of these people can be found throughout the time... If you are happy with what you got, you may not venture out. A cabbie is no less than a doctor. So don´t be shy to become a cab driver. A janitor has equally exciting life as an engineer... Be happy with the life you got and keep trying to improve by all allowed legal means. Remember, no one is holding you hostage in Canada or US.... If you are utterly discontent, do what you did when you moved to Canada... Move again. Grass always appears greener on the other side of the fence so you always have other places that might appear appealing and even tempting. Always make sure you got a few bucks on you so that if you are dead some place or other during all these incessant greed-driven pursuits, somebody might bury your body with a little respect. It´s a simple life, afterall.
[26-07-2005,15:50]
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ano
(in reply to: Job scenario for Skilled Immigrants (Canada))
Here go the immigrant bashers again....
[26-07-2005,16:42]
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Raj
(in reply to: Job scenario for Skilled Immigrants (Canada))
Niketh, just wants to know if there´s any reality to this and maybe some insight from the people in this forum. I don´t think being flip about his question is necessary.

It´s hard for each and everyone of the people planning to immigrate. There are a lot of questions and concerns. If it was easy this forum wouldn´t exist.

I can say that all of those things listed are true of the US as well. So I don´t think those qualities are unique to Canada.



[26-07-2005,17:09]
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Pugsly
(in reply to: Job scenario for Skilled Immigrants (Canada))
Dear friends , I live in western Europe , since a long time,
nobody care of my qualifications , no one give me just one little chance to prove myself .
wherever I go they said 13% OF OUR PEOPLE ARE JOBLESS.
may this equation will be different in Canada.
LETS HOPE WHATEVER WE HEAR OR READ 1S 50% OF THE TRUTH .
MY RESPECT

[26-07-2005,17:47]
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Anonymous
(in reply to: Job scenario for Skilled Immigrants (Canada))
Well, come on folks! Everyone of us is trying to go for a better life, and trully no one trully expects to work as a janitor after working so hard on our degrees. Let´s be realistic here. If you moving from country where life is very harsh, then whatever is better for you, you will take. Of course! Would you take anything that is worse than what you had before? Never! So, you do have to understand that some people come from H1 visa in USA where life is pretty good but unfortunatelly limited with DOL not approving anything. So, if I already had good thing in US, and I am forced to leave USA, how can you expect me to be happy if from being an engineer I am suddenly a janitor?
You can bash me for what I just said, but....you wouldn´t like to lower your standards and pay for it at the same time, would you?
The guy is only trying to see if life is better there or not. I trully hope this is not true, and if it is, I WILL prepare a plan how to find a good job and will make sure I am NOT a janitor. And I can promise you, I will not be a janitor. My mother was a janitor, and she spent all her money for my education to make me who I am today. And I am taking care of my parents because they gave me all they could! I will not disappoint them by becoming a janitor. Sorry for those who do not aim higher. And yes, I AM MOVING TO CANADA. Sorry to disappoint you, but I am not working so hard on my application right now making it all perfect to settle for the very least after receiving a PR. And I don´t work my butt of over my degrees for the same reason.

[26-07-2005,20:10]
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cool25
(in reply to: Job scenario for Skilled Immigrants (Canada))
To niketh,
What are you trying to prove by this post. I can tell you onething. If you are not good enough in what you do, you will end up as janitor only. If you are good you would find your way out to do what you want rather than blaming the system.. Think about it.

To cool25; if you sing so much praises about US why not stay there. Why canada. Why not your country ??? You have no answers to this. I do not beleive in your stories where life is pretty good in H-1B. You are being used for it and now thrown out of the country because you are not good enough.The refined term for that is "DOL" not approved. Dont bitch about canada. Mind you, you are moving to that country.
Boss.

[26-07-2005,21:01]
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Boss
(in reply to: Job scenario for Skilled Immigrants (Canada))
Boss: I do have answer to this. I think you totally miss the point of what niketh and I and few others are saying. You are the one that is not good since you are only prepared to see the "greener grass on the other side" and are not ready to prepare yourself for harder startup; and here you are, trying to proove something. Well, actually by your "intelligent" reply you prooved that you don´t even speak English too well since you can´t understand what niketh actually needs help with: where in the world is he blaming the system?? And also I can´t see where I compared USA to Canada. That means, you´re also ... well, whatever. Btw., for me there is no difference between USA and Canada living standards. That´s the reason Im moving there, and not to where ever you´re from (if it´s even on the map, probably not).
[26-07-2005,21:29]
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cool25
(in reply to: Job scenario for Skilled Immigrants (Canada))
To cool25:
I think you missed the point and started talking about US and H-1B., which is off-topic.By this, "you showed that you understood what niketh wants very well".
You do not have to worry about my english. iam in IVY league school and can walk anywhere else in the world pretty much after my degree and by your reply you "prooved" ( Iam laughing here. You are talking about english.) that you know all.
Any by the way you do not have degree from western country and i have it. Thats why you are booted out of USA. Everybody knows in this forum what US does to people and do not show your great intelligence by talking about H-1B and be an a$$.
iam proud of canada for what it is and if you are smart you can make it in life. That is it, period. Nobody wants bad publicity about canada here and boasting about your H-1B and US here. OK.Peace.
Boss.

[26-07-2005,22:28]
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Boss