Americans didn't flock to Canada after Bush win

[2952-0-0]

Aww...

OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canadians can put away those extra welcome mats -- it seems Americans unhappy about the result of last November's presidential election have decided to stay at home after all.
 
In the days after President Bush won a second term, the number of U.S. citizens visiting Canada's main immigration Web site shot up sixfold, prompting speculation that unhappy Democrats would flock north.

But official statistics show the number of Americans actually applying to live permanently in Canada fell in the six months after the election.

On the face of it this is not good news -- Canada is one of the few major nations seeking to attract immigrants -- but Immigration Minister Joe Volpe was philosophical.

"We'll take talent from wherever it is resident in the world. I was absolutely elated to see the number of hits and then my staff said 'You know what? A hit on the Internet is after all just a hit'," he told Reuters on Thursday.

"I guess I'm happy Republicans and Democrats have found a way to live together in peace and in harmony," he said.

Canada generally tilts more to the social and political left than the United States.

Data from the main Canadian processing center in Buffalo, NY shows that in the six months up to the U.S. election there were 16,266 applications from people seeking to live in Canada, a figure that fell to 14,666 for the half year after the vote.

A spokeswoman for Canada's federal immigration ministry declined to speculate on the reasons for the drop.

Toby Condliffe, who heads the Canadian chapter of Democrats Abroad, did have an explanation of sorts.

"I can only assume the Americans who checked out the Web site subsequently checked out our winter temperatures and further took note that the National Hockey League was being locked out and had second thoughts," he told Reuters.

Last year, Canada, which has a population of about 32 million, accepted 235,808 immigrants from all over the world.

[Alcon]

My, my.  What a shock.

[Vincent]

Yeah, I thought all that self loathing was rather pathetic.

[opebo]

The great majority of Americans could not afford to change countries.  Such moves are the preserve of the well-heeled, for the most part.

[DanielX]

The great majority of Americans could not afford to change countries.  Such moves are the preserve of the well-heeled, for the most part.

Well... a lot of rich folks didn't leave, either.

[opebo]

The great majority of Americans could not afford to change countries.  Such moves are the preserve of the well-heeled, for the most part.

Well... a lot of rich folks didn't leave, either.

Life for the rich is a paradise in any country.

[Joe Republic]

Well of course they didn't leave.  I don't think for a minute that anybody seriously expected them to.

[Joe Republic]

The great majority of Americans could not afford to change countries.  Such moves are the preserve of the well-heeled, for the most part.

Well... a lot of rich folks didn't leave, either.

Life for the rich is a paradise in any country.

You would know.

[AuH2O]

Indeed, we are all stunned by the news.

[Richard]

Indeed, we are all stunned by the news.

All those morons realized, "sh**t!!  America is actually STILL the best country on the planet."

[John Dibble]

The great majority of Americans could not afford to change countries.  Such moves are the preserve of the well-heeled, for the most part.

Well... a lot of rich folks didn't leave, either.

Life for the rich is a paradise in any country.

Oh, then please move to Canada.

[Gabu]

The great majority of Americans could not afford to change countries.  Such moves are the preserve of the well-heeled, for the most part.

Well... a lot of rich folks didn't leave, either.

Life for the rich is a paradise in any country.

Oh, then please move to Canada.

NO
NO
No.

We don't want him.

Please keep him.

[2952-0-0]

The great majority of Americans could not afford to change countries.  Such moves are the preserve of the well-heeled, for the most part.

Well... a lot of rich folks didn't leave, either.

Life for the rich is a paradise in any country.

Oh, then please move to Canada.

NO
NO
No.

We don't want him.

Please keep him.

Above all, don't move to Victoria. We alerady have myself and Gabu here.

[DanielX]

The great majority of Americans could not afford to change countries.  Such moves are the preserve of the well-heeled, for the most part.

Well... a lot of rich folks didn't leave, either.

Life for the rich is a paradise in any country.

1. Not if it's Communist.
2. Rich people sometimes aren't smart enough to realize it - think pop-tart actresses.

[Defarge]

Good Democrats would stay in the US to affect change from within!

Or would be too lazy to actually move.

[John Dibble]

The great majority of Americans could not afford to change countries.  Such moves are the preserve of the well-heeled, for the most part.

Well... a lot of rich folks didn't leave, either.

Life for the rich is a paradise in any country.

Oh, then please move to Canada.

NO
NO
No.

We don't want him.

Please keep him.

We don't want him either, and he has a distinct problem with our country - then again that completely contradicts his statement. He is part of a rich family, and therefore this country should be paradise for him because life for the rich is paradise in any country, yet he regularly states what a hellhole this place is for him and how much he hates it here. So, therefore either he's lying about hating it here or the lives of the rich are not paradise everywhere.

Something tells me you won't have to worry though - seems to me Canada only wants people who are willing to work to immigrate, and he definitely doesn't qualify(hell, does he even have any marketable skills?). Really, that's probably the reason he can't immigrate into any other country - he's entirely worthless.

[Richard]

Send him to the UK.

[John Dibble]

Send him to the UK.

I'd rather he go to France - he'd be with his own kind. You know, snooty jerks who think they are better than everyone else.

[ilikeverin]

I would move to Victoria, but that's just so I could live amongst the sea otters

[WMS]

Send him to the UK.

Hey now, there are people I like in the UK. Don't be mean to them.

France should work nicely.

[ATFFL]

The great majority of Americans could not afford to change countries.  Such moves are the preserve of the well-heeled, for the most part.

Well... a lot of rich folks didn't leave, either.

Life for the rich is a paradise in any country.

Oh, then please move to Canada.

NO
NO
No.

We don't want him.

Please keep him.

Above all, don't move to Victoria. We alerady have myself and Gabu here.

Clearly they have suffered enough.