New member (Moving to Canada soon)

[ExOz]

Hey all,

as the title says I'm moving to Canada soon with my family (Wife and 4 girls) and we should be there mid to late this year. I thought I'd sign up and get into the swing of things and meet some people.
So, hi.
Name's Gav, I'm 28 and look forward to frequenting these forums.

[urban.one]

Welcome!

28 and 4 kids? Sounds like youve been busy.

[turbo4dr]

wow 5 girls in da house man you must never get to see the bath room lol welcome to beyond

[projekz]

Hi, I'm curious to know why you would leave Australia to come to Canada? It's a great place here and I hope you enjoy it, but Australia is awesome too!

[TomcoPDR]

Welcome to Beyond. Have you decided what city/province in Canada?

[ryanallan]

What car are you going to buy ?

[ExOz]

A bath-what??? lol ha ha!

Yeah 5 girls is insane. A bit like an untrained circus troop.

If I get the job I'm chasing (chances look good) I'll be looking at buying something from the AMG range.

[Canmorite]

Going to move out East or West?

[ExOz]

Originally posted by projekz
Hi, I'm curious to know why you would leave Australia to come to Canada? It's a great place here and I hope you enjoy it, but Australia is awesome too!

Wifes choice really, she loves it there. Australia only "looks" good. It's near impossible to buy a home, cars alone are stupidly priced. We pay over double for most cars to the rest of the world. And to be honest my biggest issue is the fact that the government lets minority groups change up our whole way of life. We can't even have xmas decorations in our cities because we might offend somebody! (And it gets much MUCH worse than that.)

Looking at either Montreal or Quebec...

[LilDrunkenSmurf]

That's just political correctness... We have it too. So why Montreal or Quebec? Seems like an odd choice, going to a french city from Australia... hit up the praries! Come to Calgary!

[mark4091]

^

[Maddog55]

Originally posted by ExOz


. It's near impossible to buy a home, ........ And to be honest my biggest issue is the fact that the government lets minority groups change up our whole way of life. We can't even have xmas decorations in our cities because we might offend somebody! (And it gets much MUCH worse than that....

^^^ Huh.....you just described Calgary to a T!!!


My son spent 6 weeks up north of Cairns and just loved it. He's scheming on how to move there permanently!

[soloracer]

I find it ironic that someone living in Australia who is against minority groups setting the rules would decide that Montreal is a good place to live. Tell you what, try posting an english sign on your place of business and see how far you get. You might start wondering why you moved.

[ExOz]

Ours isn beyond political correctness though at the expense of 90% of the country.

[ExOz]

I wont be working there though, looks like my offshore job is going ahead.

[funkedelic]

Welcome to beyond! Best of luck when you get to Canada

[Jlude]

Originally posted by funkedelic
Welcome to beyond! Best of luck when you get to Canada

+1

[cynik]

Originally posted by soloracer
I find it ironic that someone living in Australia who is against minority groups setting the rules would decide that Montreal is a good place to live. Tell you what, try posting an english sign on your place of business and see how far you get. You might start wondering why you moved.

Well, wouldn't that be an example of the opposite? i.e. - Montreal's population is primarily francophone, so disallowing English signs is actually the majority dictating the rules. Sure, Quebec is part of Canada, which is primarily English speaking. But on a provincial scale, Quebec is most definitely francophone.

Note that I'm not agreeing with the way they run things. I'm just pointing out that Quebec is the last place you'd want to single out as a place that allows minorities to set the rules.

You do bring up a good point though .. if you're an anglo living in Quebec, you're definitely going to be getting attitude from some locals. On the other hand, I found most people in Quebec to be some of the most laid back, genuine people I've ever met. It probably helped that I'm bilingual.

Anyway, take it for what its worth. And welcome to Canada (when you get here). Canada is an awesome place to live.

[ExOz]

Just to clarify a few points, we had a riot two years back, started purely by a minority group, they were out for nothing but violence. The police did nothing even when a woman was thrown onto the train tracks with her baby in her arms on a security video. Yet when the majority stepped up and attempted to defend their city they were arrested left right and centre. The same thing happens when they rape local white women, as apparently they're "expected" to do it.


Thanks for the early welcomes. Once we sort out a few things over here we'll be over living in Canada.

[soloracer]

Ok, the rest of the country is primarily English. So what do you think would happen if each province banned signs in languages other than English? I have no issue with them banning English signs in Quebec as long as the rest of us don't have to print everything we produce in both French and English, etc. The minority (French) are making the rules for the rest of us. That is the point I'm trying to make.