With the new fascist us administration, thereβs whole swaths of scientists from every discipline being fired from national research orgs. Canada has an oppprtunity to be the recipient of a siginificant US brain drain
this post was submitted on 18 Feb 2025
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The whole damn world.
The single best thing about America, its scientific infrastructure, and some jackass who can't admit he made a typo for coffee is taking an ax to it.
I think "coverage" is more likely in the context.
I'd actually forgotten the original context but you're almost certainly right
People are moving to Mexico too, they also have zero to low cost healthcare.
What about prescriptions and dental? If they have those that's a step up from Canada.
I had a friend that was living on a visa down there and paid $5 for their prescription no matter what it was. I don't know if that's universal though.
Also, the more I look at their wikipedia page, it seems like it's a mix of private and public. I'm not sure I understand how it works, but it might be like medicaid in the US.
Interesting. We do have pharmacare here for lower income but I really think it should be universal. Divest ourself from the pharmaceutical system of the states.
And I'll vote NDP as long as we have to make sure no one has to worry about their teeth.
Maybe we get the ones back who were chasing money.
Come to Canada. We need more physicians in general. Welcome!!
We will respect your expertise too!
I was going to say well that is one way to help get more doctors, but then I saw this quote and I just got mind ducked. Why should a child need to make this statement, I cannot believe how lucky we are here in Canada.
βMy daughter actually said to me, βThereβs no camera on our school bus. If someone comes to shoot us, theyβre not going to know who did it.ββ Fleming says she told her school shootings are rare to non-existent in Canada because of gun laws.
Let's roll out the welcome wagon folks!
Bring your oppressed genders, race, LGBTIA+ workers and educators here to Canada!
World class physicians, scientists and intellectuals? Yes please
We will actually value their skills and knowledge unlike some anti-intellectual red state.
Don't forget to renounce your US citizenship. It costs just $2300 + income tax on everything you have
This is why you wait until the wars start and it's free.
Could you explain this? I don't know the context.
A post (that now appears to be deleted) of a American that moved to Singapore and renounced their citizenship after obtaining Singaporean citizenship. Apparently the OP there was charged $2300 to do it and the post was a digital receipt for that.
I'm just spitballing here, but why would you pay taxes on your way out? I mean torch the passport, make an afternoon of it by all means. But pay a fee and tax? Just leave right?
The US is one of the only countries in the world where citizens are taxed even when they don't live there (and haven't for many years). If you don't pay taxes on your way out but you have to visit for any reason, cops can arrest you when you re-enter.
Because as long as you're US citizen, they will persecute you for every penny of income tax even if you work abroad.
This isn't surprising to me. I know that this might not be strictly relevant to this community, but I thought I'd share anyway.
I live in a conservative state that has restricted a lot of women's health services(abortions). We had a really great family doctor, she was my wife's OB, she was my kids pediatrician, she even delivered my youngest. She moved to New Zealand over a year ago and we are still upset over it.
We have multiple friends and acquaintances that had to go to a neighboring state for a "procedure" because hospitals in my state refuse to do anything that medically is related to abortions. One friend had a miscarriage and needed a procedure to remove remaining tissue in her uterus and she had to go to another state, even though there wasn't an embryo in there anymore.
It's nuts. I'd love to get out of here, but we have young kids and all of our family is local.
It's so hard to leave. Not only is it expensive, but the family ties tie us up. My mother in law refuses to move away from my sister in law's kids. My wife refuses to move away from her mother, because she is elderly and needs our help. I owe a lifelong debt to my wife so I will not leave her.
My friend is moving to Uruguay. I would love to join him.
Yes please.
All physicians should be considering this, given the risks to them of providing basic healthcare to women in some US states. This may also become true of providing healthcare to transgender people.
Unfortunately Canada is suffering from Conservative premiers working hard to cut public healthcare and privatize it. Canada needs to vote them out and turn that around, while taking this chance to invest and attract medical professionals from the USA. (And don't elect Conservatives federally either.)
Canada should also take this opportunity to invest in science and attract scientists from the USA. It could be a real boost in these economically challenging times.
Go ahead and go through the immigration process only for USA.com to invade us in order to protect and liberate oppressed Canadians.
hope transferring/acquiring new practicing license won't be much of a hassle