Quote Originally Posted by Tri Girl View Post
Don't EVEN get me started on how cool Canada is (my brother-in-law was stationed in Toronto for 5 years many years ago and I visited often).

I keep telling my DH that when I retire I'm going to become Canadian. He laughs because he knows how much I HATE the cold and wouldn't be tough enough to last one week in the winter up there (you guys are tough).

Don't get me wrong, I love America, too- we just have so many issues that I'm growing more and more frustrated with as I get older. I really think I just need to find a deserted island and start my own little commune there.

not all parts of Canada are cold - we don't all live in igloos and commute by dog sled

I'd say Vancouver's much milder than a lot of places in America. No different than Seattle.

We have public health care but it's not perfect. We're always short on beds (in fact, as a speak, a co-worker's mother is in one of the sections in the ER because there are no beds for her). And it's not free, either. Something in the middle would be nice; a tiered system so if one wants to jump the cue by paying for it, we should be able to. I had to wait 4 months for my laser surgery on my cervix to get rid of abnormal pre-cancerous cells.

BUT, all in all, Canada is cool