For as long as anyone can recall, Americans have poked fun at Canada and Canadians for everything from our love of hockey and beer to the colour of our money. So how come an increasing number of our southern friends have been leaving the States and moving to the Great White North in recent years?

For starters, unemployment is no laughing matter. Thus the jittery state of the U.S. economy is driving more of its citizens to seek better prospects here, according to a GlobalPost story that's gaining traction. This surge of stateside economic refugees has seen the number of Americans applying for temporary work visas double between 2008 and 2010, according to Canadian officials.

While that sounds impressive in reality the number of U.S. citizens working in Canada is, at least by global migration standards and according to CNN, relatively small with an estimated 30,000 Americans working here at the beginning of 2010.

However it's not just job seekers. Call it a reversed brain drain if you like, as American students too are reportedly flocking to Canuck post-secondary institutions because of the significantly lower cost of tuition.


http://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/Americ ... 0.html?x=0


sorry but I just have to poke fun at this one...this will be the first thing in tomorrows show ..well barring any other big emergency...to anyone new to the forum..I am a Canadian...lol...

And all 300 million of us are coming to stay with you, Kelee!

What is needed up there is a slightly warmer climate, then you would have to beat us off with clubs.
Jay

there"s always the hope global warming will click in and we will never have snow up here again....