Oh Canada
The health care and attitude towards same sex marriages (I'm not gay but I believe that everyone deserves equal rights) in Canada are what basically keeps me from moving from just outside of Toronto to Portland, OR. (Those and the lack of George Bush)
As far as utilities, avoid Rogers if you can
I don't know how different the cell phone situation is but I do know that Rogers is the only carrier that supports GSM phones, them and Fido I believe. So there isn't much competition, so Rogers over charges for their services and lack of customer service. But from what I've heard Bell isn't much better.
It does get cold in the Winter, although Winter isn't what it used to be here in southern Ontario. (Our first winter storm of the season is supposed to arrive tomorrow and people are freaking out about 1-5cm
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Get used to paying taxes for everything... I don't know if its better in Alberta or not, but taxes in Ontario are ridiculous... you can pretty much count on 1/3 of your salary going to taxes. Just today on the news they were trying to pass a bill to tax bottled water.
The RCMP might be something for your partner to look into. I know I saw on the news a while ago they were looking for new recruits because they are finding they aren't getting as many people signing up. My cousin is a mountie, and it appears he gets pretty good benefits.
Hmm... what else? There are a lot of Tim Hortons (I can't stand their coffee, gimme Starbucks or Second Cup any day). I've never had Canadian Bacon, I do enjoy our Canadian Beer, and I absolutely hate hockey. But hey, our dollar is strong right now which is a bonus, and our economy seems to be doing well.
I think you'll enjoy it.
The health care and attitude towards same sex marriages (I'm not gay but I believe that everyone deserves equal rights) in Canada are what basically keeps me from moving from just outside of Toronto to Portland, OR. (Those and the lack of George Bush)
As far as utilities, avoid Rogers if you can
It does get cold in the Winter, although Winter isn't what it used to be here in southern Ontario. (Our first winter storm of the season is supposed to arrive tomorrow and people are freaking out about 1-5cm
Get used to paying taxes for everything... I don't know if its better in Alberta or not, but taxes in Ontario are ridiculous... you can pretty much count on 1/3 of your salary going to taxes. Just today on the news they were trying to pass a bill to tax bottled water.
The RCMP might be something for your partner to look into. I know I saw on the news a while ago they were looking for new recruits because they are finding they aren't getting as many people signing up. My cousin is a mountie, and it appears he gets pretty good benefits.
Hmm... what else? There are a lot of Tim Hortons (I can't stand their coffee, gimme Starbucks or Second Cup any day). I've never had Canadian Bacon, I do enjoy our Canadian Beer, and I absolutely hate hockey. But hey, our dollar is strong right now which is a bonus, and our economy seems to be doing well.
I think you'll enjoy it.