1. cost of living 2. high taxes for subpar social services 3. limited and lacking public transit 4. long distances to get anywhere 5. problematic healthcare 6. poor quality produce 7. weather 8. drug use normalization 9. frivolous attitude towards debt 10. ideological polarization
You haven't seen half of it. Here in Brazil, what had been going good for 6 years after 14 of economical massacre by Workers Party (extreme left) has been destroyed in 2 years after Lula got back. We're going full Argentina here while Argentina is getting out of their mess after ditching the left there. I could bet their money that now is worth like less than 1 cent of our money here, will be worth 0,10 cents in no time and if things continue as they are for 10 years, soon their money will worth more than ours here. Left parties are a cancer.
I have lived in Toronto for most of my life and always thought it was one of the best cities in the world. I devoted myself to providing women’s health care to Canadians and have paid many millions of dollars in various taxes. But over the past five years I cannot recognize my city or country anymore. Rampant, uncontrolled immigration has ruined the country for Canadians who have contributed to this society for decades. I can’t wait to leave for all the same reasons you described so well. I lived in Europe when I was younger and I am planning to retire there. Most Canadians who say things like “don’t let the door hit your backside on the way out” simply haven’t lived elsewhere and don’t realize how badly Canadians are treated by our own government. It makes me very sad to see how much Canada has changed. I love this country but I simply can’t afford to live here anymore.
You must be new. Take Canadian history seriously. From Pierre Elliot Trudeau through Mulroney, Liberals, Reform Party Conservatives and the real estate crisis and then the pandemic. Our dollar used to be on par with USA. Alina is too young to recall the first ever food bank in Canada in 1983 Edmonton. The Manufacturing tax became the GST. We had HST and then NAFTA sold us out to the USA. Read NAFTA and the new trade agreement. Quebec is a have not province yet they sit on $40B of natural gas. Ontario, BC and Alberta subsidize everywhere else. Canada has alot of rural. There’s no Greyhound buses. Comparing BC at 650000 sq miles to a 50000 sq mile state in USA who is also has no infrastructure. I think Alina can compare Russia and their trains or China. In Europe you can be in four countries in a day. It all balances out. What worked for one doesn’t work in Asia or UK. Bulgaria has people who never leave the farm. They live in their farm and visit the village once in a while. Everything is family oriented. Some people go to France/Italy/Sweden and one person loves it and the next person doesn’t. Vancouver had 700 people pass away from heat in 2021. Lytton and other towns burned down. Don’t worry drug use will be coming to other cities. Rose-colored glasses. The drug war has been happening for decades. Alina you’re loving Trump-style politics right about now. People drink. People live for now. You could get hit by a bus tomorrow. Too many what if’s and you’re young. No kids, husband and you’re a traveller influencer. You can’t even have a dog or cat. It’s interesting how you flip from anti to pro. Good luck with Bulgaria. I know a family who have embraced rural life. Wouldn’t fit your lifestyle. 25 years of Canada is 21st century metrics. 🤷🏻
@@nafeeahnaf6296 These are not heady concepts it opinions based on whatever you imagine. Young oilers fan, you wouldn’t understand. a) Because you’re in Alberta b) You don’t know much about history and haven’t travelled much c) Context is key. d) You’re hypocritical if you don’t include the op’s rant and their criteria/context. Travel, read/write more, and touch grass. Maybe pick a topic and focus. 🧘♀️ 🤦🏻♀️
Too many people were let in. Trudeau killed the golden Canadian goose. Worse yet, lot of the people complaining about these issues voted for it. Consequences.
They did t really vote for it. He got fewer votes than the CPC in each of the last two elections, and last time won with only 1/3rd of the votes. The system let’s him stay in power despite not really having a true mandate.
Did anyone actually vote for Trudeau that second time? The first election, sure, he got the "green" vote. But the second and very random pandemic election? I can't think of a single person I have spoken who claims to have voted for him or of ever even seeing any pro-Trudeau paraphernalia on peoples lawns or vehicles. Lots of "F*ck Trudeau" stuff, though. Elections can be rigged and there was never an easier time to do so than Covid. They just weren't going to be super obvious about it. But where have the Castro Jr supporters actually been since 2020? Dudes in the wrong career, anyways. It's pretty obvious he's a cosplayer at heart. It may not always be tasteful, but he still goes for it and that's....something. It is definitely something 😅
It's not due to too many people let in, this is conservative propaganda. It is due to the lack of investment and social infrastructure. Remember our population is still puny conpared to many countries. It is purely a mismanagement of the economy, social infrastructure and crony capitalism.
Nice talking points When you have a coast to coast housing crisis and record immigration, phone schools for people from India Obviously it’s immigration, fake Asylum seekers, and bogus schools
Making drugs illegal has been the cause of death of the overwhelming majority of drug addicts. I'm a recovering addict with nearly 18 years sobriety. I now work as an Addictions Counsellor at a treatment centre. When you understand the drug problem, then you see the problems with drug prohibition.
@@bench3885 At our treatment centre we see approx. 60% of our clients remain sober for at least 2 years. We do surveys 6 months, 1 year, and 2 years after grad. The money wasted on drug prohibition is at least 100 times more than what we'd spend if drugs were supplied to addicts at no charge to them, provide them in clinics set up for the purpose, only allow the drugs to be consumed at the clinic and can never leave the facility, and they are given options for entering detox and treatment within 2 hours of asking for it. That would also save the vast majority of the lives that are lost due to drug prohibition, and the supply being managed by criminal gangs.
@@robrobert9541 The way the govt is handling this is criminal. It is ruining parts of cities, they are unsanitary, dangerous. Human feces on public sidewalks, used drug needles in parks and on public sidewalks. Businesses have to shutdown. And we pay for this with taxes. Enough!
I've been living in Toronto for 30 years, I love this city and I'm not planning on moving anywhere. That being said I do agree with all your points. 😅 I would even add these: 11. The immigration issues: Insane spike in the levels of immigration/asylum seekers/refugees and also international students in the last few years... the issues it creates. 12. The absurdity of finding a job (the whole system/process is dumb) from gohst job posting, no salary info on posting, so many temporary jobs, the shitty benefits offered, the rounds of interviews, the ghosting... all of it is so toxic, dumb, inefficient. 13. The problems of the ever eroding "free speech" how we can't even share a news article link on facebook anymore..
@@AlinaMcleod Don't be afraid to speak about the unchecked immigration and the policies that encourage exploitation of our support infrastructure and the welfare system and the reason we're experiencing the lack of housing and jobs...ie: Tim Horton hiring and exploiting this demographic...
@@ShockwavesdogNero I have to imagine it's still a radioactive subject where if you don't say the party line of "diversity is our strength' you'll get tanked in the algorithm.
@@AlinaMcleod… doesn’t help that the Canadian recruitment industry has sold its soul, now just a automated check that you’ve used the right words in your application My (aussie) daughter would roll her eyes at it: - what the hell is a Customer Experience Associate? ( Canadians may know that means Restaurant manager, but the Aussies don’t 😀) The worst she saw was Merchandise Fulfilment Associate…. the job ad was just impenetrable “customer facing” corporate speak, it was only right at the end she saw “hours 10pm to 5am” that it clicked - the job was for what Aussies would call, and advertise as, “shelf stacker”! - a Canadian preference that you don’t list on your resume the actual tasks you did in previous jobs, only list some success story that you may have have some (even minor) involvement in. Aussie employers would toss such resumes in the bin…that you “worked in a team which increased customer engagement by 5%” means nothing to an Aussie! In her two years there (2 winter jobs, 2 summer jobs) she had some very good employers but also some bad ones. - How hard is it to pay people on time? Why don’t the provincial government police it….so employers take notice? Aussie employers typically pay within a few business days of the end of each pay cycle / fortnight …Alberta law allows up to 16 days, and employers seem to take even longer without much fear of consequences. Waiting 3 weeks to be paid… ! - the Canadian politeness results in circular vague conversations with employers, hard to get things fixed. my daughter was told by Canadian workmates to wind back her planned pointed argument with the bosses over still being paid late again. She learned the Canadian way is to express mild disappointment and point to upcoming grocery and rent expenses…to tone down the Aussie directness which would open an equivalent conversation with “what sort of s###show is this, where’s my money…”😀
Hi Alina, Your choice of a new country is high on my list. I was born in Toronto, 77 years ago. I am truly shocked at the poor quality of life now, here in Ontario. What do your mum and dad feel about conditions here. We have huge natural resources, an unbelievable amount of land , abundant fresh water and unbelievable homelessness. Something is very wrong . I may see you in Bulgaria some day. 😮 Wish you the life that you dream of. Thanks for following your dreams.
Because of Trudeau and endless immigration of unskilled labors from mainly India along with bringing in refugees without giving a damn about how are they gonna survive here
@@ronnie-d6u WRONG lol. Look at all those who VOTED for him either once or twice and you will get your answer! I was living and working abroad in SE Asia at the time in 2016 and I think I got a better perspective. It was clear that Canada was headed off a cliff anyway, and nobody was going to help, especially definitely not THAT guy. Sure he's probably one of the worst candidates you can imagine and I could see it RIGHT away in 2016 - how did the Millions and MAJORITY of Canadians completely failed to see any red flags when they were really bright and obvious? - you can blame that guy all you want but you are completely FAILING to address the root cause yet again... I think I'm clearly implying what the real root cause of many issues in Canada is, but it's one of those things that can be really hard to fix
@@ronnie-d6uyeah! The Ukraine war had caused fuel prices to skyrocket resulting in very high inflation, and then Trudeau came and increased the carbon tax (a few times??) making things worse. He is a foolish PM.
1. Depressing weather 2. Monopolization or lack of competition in most industries 3. Obsession with political correctness and virtue signaling 4. Over regulation in business and industry sectors 5. Lack of business investment into increasing productivity 6. Societal complacency and lack of ambition 7. Lack of infrastructure 8. Housing commodification 9. High taxes, poor social services 10. Wasted potential
Dead is an understatement! Everything in Canada, epecially in major cities like Toronto is way over-priced for the quality and services offered. It's like a mediocre 3-star hotel charging it's guests 5-star rate. It's not livable even if you are earning $60K annually. Also, people aren't as nice as it used to be.
The problem with Canada, apart from electing Trudeau an unbelievable two times, is that you didn't go through the financial crisis of 2007. The debt bubble didnt burst and was allowed to inflate to an unbelievable level.
I left Canada when I was 18 and come to visit sometimes. Currently living in Argentina and have lived over 15 years in Asia myself. I look forward to randomly running into you in some random European Café and enjoying a tea together. All the best in your journey. 🙏🏼✨
@@Ladym98go look at the peoi from Argentina and South ami, Mexico, Iran, Iraq, China, parts of euo, and most of the middle East on the American Mexican border trying to enter the Us illegally.
Born and raised in Canada. In Toronto 35 years. All countries encounter major turning points in their histories. I think Canada is at one now. We will either change course to more prosperity, more sanity, and more freedom, or sink into a increasingly restrictive and impoverished socialist quagmire. The per capita GDP of Ontario is lower than every US state except Arkansas, Mississippi, and West Virginia! Among the poorest in the US. And none of them even have a Bay Street to boost their numbers. All the comparable states around us on the Great Lakes like Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin...all more productive. We should be way richer than we are. But we are so slow to change and so hamstrung by big government, special interests and regionalism. But our biggest issue is in our own heads - our reflexive anti-Americanism. All any politician needs to do to kill an idea they don't like is brand it 'US-style' and all the CBC addicts will have their lawn signs out opposing it the next morning. We need to clear our heads. We need to look at our big neighbour to the south and see what they do right, what they do wrong, and stop with the bias that blinds us. Take the good, make it our own, and leave the bad! Americans get 30 year government backed home mortgages and they can write off the interest on their taxes. Is that so horrible? Adjusted for our incredible 40% currency exchange (another thing that keeps Canadians trapped in low productivity), Americans still pay 35% less for gasoline than us. Is that so horrible? We need to steal good ideas from America and everywhere else we can to turn this place around big time in the next decade or the country we love is going to have lower living standards and major brain drain that will be irreversible. No young person with any prospects is going to stay here if we don't do something. I hope we can get over ourselves and get to dry land because we're drowning.
USA should give visas to skilled Canadians. Fill the jobs we need with the best. Let them open bank accounts, buy property, get a side gig. I know it’s complicated but Canadian people are great addition to any functioning society
I am an American who wants to move to Canada. I agree that Canada should take the best policies and ideas from America and implement them while leaving the bad ones. Canada has enough resources to be the richest country in the world on a per capita basis. Canada needs to unleash its full economic potential.
Alina agree with you 100%. I'm in that 60k bracket you mentioned can't make ends meet, grocery/rent prices constantly going up, salary stagnate. Can't find a doctor for the last 3 years for my son and I, since he dropped us for moving too far away from him. Have been paying into this government system since I was 17 and its only getting worse. You have to make like 150k/year to be able to get a mortgage for a crappy house. No future here for the common woman/man, the land of the rich you can have it back!. Best wishes for your European dream!.
Living in Canada has been eye-opening, but not in the way I expected. Despite my hopes for a better quality of life, every dollar spent here feels like it slips through my fingers without real value. I used to live in the UK and the Middle East, where the cost of living felt far more reasonable, and I never imagined I'd feel so disillusioned. Since 2021, I've been trying to buy a new car, yet dealerships keep saying there's a shortage due to production issues-an excuse that’s worn thin. Ontario, in particular, has hit me with its high prices, far removed from my experiences in Saskatchewan, where life felt far more manageable. Here, it’s a different story: expenses pile up, but the benefits don’t match. Even mobile plans feel outdated; Canada limits data while India offers unlimited options. I’m beginning to wonder if it’s time to look elsewhere, a place where I’m not working just to cover endless bills but where the cost of living feels like it gives something back.
@@TruthSayer-g2m Sometimes it's sad to be proven right. I recall back in the 90s, telling people they were work slaves, and it was only going to get worse. Lots of mocking followed, people saying that's crazy, etc. And here we are.
The Canadian dream is completely dead. The only way you can get ahead going forward is by inheritance. I was saving up for a place in Canada, but then realized I could retire with that amount overseas. So I left Canada and now live a relatively stress-free life somewhere much sunnier and warmer!
My 22 year old daughter has been ill for just over 3 years. It took 2 years of appts, specialists, ER visits, scans, scopes, wrongly ordered and read tests, doctors who were rude, gaslit my daughter, treated her like she was an addict as she had a prescription for pain meds, to find out she had a vascular syndrome called Nutcracker (a compressed left renal vein). We are now awaiting a new vascular surgeon consult that will be 7 months away and almost 5 hours away, as we only have a couple handfuls of doctors across Canada, who have experience diagnosing vascular compressions and doing surgery for them. Her pain management appt in Toronto took a 20 month wait to get in. Its absolutely crazy to see people who have serious issues having to end up going out of country to resolve their issues, as they cannot get help or timely help for their illness here and paying 10s of thousands of dollars for care elsewhere. We thought at one point, we were going to have to go to the US for additional testing, and surgery, aß we were literally getting nowhere here.
@@GDC-zw4og Haven't heard of any people resolving their vascular compressions there. We have a doctor list for those looking outside the US or Canada, and nothing there.
Yes..I’d go to US or Asia where healthcare is cheaper, still high quality and accessible. Any Asian countries a specialist is 1-3 days appointment away and on time in case of emergency. I’d go to India, China, Thailand, or S Korea where healthcare is incredible. For a flight ticket of 2000-2500$ cad.
As an American with no criminal record, Canadian immigration treats me horribly every time I go to Canada.. the last time I put I wanted to stay for 60 days and they sent me through multiple-agents, searched all my stuff, I eventually just bought a flight out in 10 days and showed them that and then they left me go.. Its ridiculous..Very low-quality employees work for Canadian immigration and so unprofessional too! Some were thuggish/ghetto types!
If you were a Sikh Indian from Punjabi state you probably would have been welcomed into the country , given a work visa just in case you decide to work for Amazon or Uber Eats , and complimentary healthcare too
10000% agree. when I fly come to Toronto Airports, it's all Indian emplyees, playing on their cell phones. I have a person that can't speak English as my Canadian immigration officer..lol😅😅
@@jakearsenta2144 yes USA with its murderers and school shootings you dipshit. Never met I've met American I liked. Arrogance and ignorance the top American traits fuxk usa
As a former addict and homeless person, born and raised in Vancouver, I agree with what you said about Vancouver and the provincial and federal drug policies. Clean and sober for 14 and a half years {since 2010} I had to not only leave BC to find help and a treatment bed but I had to leave Canada. I got back to BC in November 2011 and BC has, since those times, 15-20 years ago, gotten 15-20 times worse in every way, particularly in the last decade or so. I am moving to Australia soon, and I know it has similar issues with housing, cost of living, addiction, and homelessness, everywhere does to some extent, but at least the climate is much better, and the government is far stricter on not putting up with nonsense and my money will go a lot further. If any of the "experts" on addiction here in Canada or anybody else is giving you a hard time for leaving Canada, they don't know what they are talking about. I like your videos, especially the ones with your Dad in Saskatchewan. To each his/her own...good luck in your new home country. Sounds amazing 👍 🙏
Canada is a rip off. taxes are so huge. I can't comprehend the situation that you can actually become homeless if you can't pay property tax. The tax property in Romania Bolgaria is really small.
In Yugoslavia there was no property tax,what is yours is yours ,crazy that in communist country they respected more private property then in capitalist courtly .After Yugoslavia Croatia did not change it so there is still no property tax ,govermant would like to tax it but know that people would be angry
The only place Canada is not a rip-off is in Ukraine, where 500,000 men are being slaughtered @ the obscene rate of $1,000,000 per dead guy - Canada is very generous towards that crime.
@dzonikg Many post sovet republics haven't imposed a property tax similar to one in Canada or US ((about 1% of municipal assessment). One can say that a property tax is negligible across Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus .
I lived twice in Canada as a foreign diplomat (Toronto and Ottawa) and I absolutely loved everything except the weather of course, and something that you did not mentioned: the fact that wines are only sold in the stores of the liquor control boards, are extremely expensive compared to the US, and the selection quite limited. Get the government off my wines! 😂 I now live in California, where you can buy wines everywhere, even in supermarkets and pharmacies. A paradise for wine lovers.
@@AlinaMcleod The gas station, convenience stores and supermarket I visit, only sell Canadian wines. Except for the ice wines, Ontario wines taste disgusting.
@@AlinaMcleodwe’ll be patient.. things change.. you’re not going to find paradise anywhere.. as for drug use.. just wait till you get to other countries.. they are no better!
Canada is worth fighting for, but unfortunately no one is ready to take on that change required…make Canada more self sufficient. Canada will have a rough time in next 3 years, or all of Canada can get moving to rebuild the country.
Law abiding businesses can’t compete with Hindu Varna Caste Slave Labour. It’s hopeless. Indians “sponsor” family members and make them work off the money for years for free. They don’t pay into the system but use government services and food banks.
I wish you the best in Bulgaria! I left Canada 26 years ago. I love your story about your father and the strawberry. It made me laugh because when I travelled back to Canada with my partner he couldn't believe how tasteless the fruit was in Calgary. And that was in May!
Thank you! Yeah it's really sad about some of the produce. It's unfortunately not just the growing season but certainly whatever chemicals they're spraying with.
Thanks Alina! I couldn't agree more. I immigrated in 2020 to be with my Canadian wife but i am deeply disappointed. I have been trying to pin down exact reasons in my head and your video helps. I would only add driving standards. They are terrible. There are some folks driving around who know what they are doing but every time i drive, i see atrocious standards. People get into their own little bubble and forget about others. The worst of Canadian society I feel. People need to take responsibility and slow down. In life too in general. Any country with the social problems you rightly list cannot ever ever be considered developed. I look forward to seeing your journey to Bulgaria!
@@AlinaMcleodyeah fair point... I am half Greek so i know where you're coming from haha! I did feel vindicated recently when i saw CBC special reports on corruption in truck driver training in Ontario. As you say so many of these problems exist in so many other places...I just wish i had known the Canada of your childhood! You're not the only one I've heard this from :)
@@AnetaMihaylova-d6freasons? Bulgaria is getting better each year whilst the west is getting worse. If the year was 2010 I would've agreed with you though.
I live in Canada for 66 years, wouldn't live anywhere else. For all those unhappy, chronic hateful complainers, please get out , fo t let the door hit you, and never ever come back. Promise??
Your exactly right all you get maybe is a grunt ,my daughter lives in Nashville if you go for a walk it takes forever because folks are very friendly and want to talk !
Bulgaria is a preferred destination for people from all over the world. For living and why not for vacation, summer and winter, we have mountains, we have the sea and resorts... Tourists say that they are satisfied with our sea, the service is at a level and the prices are the lowest in Europe. For example, I know more and more English people who prefer small villages, in nature, where they have freedom. Properties are much cheaper here than in Western Europe. Obtaining Bulgarian citizenship is a difficult and lengthy process, but I hope the Bulgarian government will think seriously about this issue.
Welcome to Bulgaria, Alina! Ultimately, quite probably, you will come to the situation when in Bulgaria you will miss what was better organized and functioning in Canada, and in Canada you would be missing things to which you would get used and appreciate in Bulgaria! In any case, enjoy the best you can find in each of the countries and finally one feels best where he/she is mostly loved an welcome!
wow. that was so accurate. I can relate on any of this point but especially about "strawberry" :) as an immigrant myself, i was so shocked how tasteless the food in Canada is, especially fruits and vegetables
I live in Vancouver with my wife. You need 1.5 or two of those average incomes for a couple, but it's a pretty damn nice place to live. We're not going anywhere. I can't slag on the healthcare system even though it can be a little frustrating sometimes for routine issues. But they cured my wife's Stage IV ovarian cancer and got me a kidney and a transplant in a reasonable period of time, so we are grateful. We were both treated like gold and not a penny out of pocket. Pretty sure we'd be bankrupted in the US, even with insurance.
l love your comment..people need to move elsewhere and see what other people live in..Canada is one of the best countries in the world,,l also would never leave ..
The Canada I grew up in is goner, most of it attacked and destroyed over the last nine years, what happened in that nine years that have possible could have destroyed it, one word TRUDEAU.
There are 3 levels of government: federal, provincial and municipal. The feds are why we have lots of immigration but healthcare and housing are provincial and municipal responsibilities. Ontario is taking money meant for public nurses/doctors and sending it to private clinics and sending you a $200 cheque, while Toronto is purposefully not allowing any affordable housing to get built.
This place has a huge weather problem, some of the worst in the world for living and there's nothing that can be done about it except leave, we should have never come here to settle in the first place.
@@Caareenkm6726 you must be thinking I'm an indian immigrant who came here in the last century to be saying that. I'm talking europeans as a whole should have never come to settle here when they could have gone elsewhere where it was better.
@@ekesandras1481 actually, western europe has a specific climate due to the tilt of the earth and the atlantic current bringing milder winters to the region. cananda above ~50 degrees north is not habital due to climate and the type of land available.
But in Europe we care about roads, like removing the snow from them just right after it starts snowing or with public transportation, so you can easily commute from one place to another. We have grocery stores closer to us and they are smaller and more affordable, packages aren’t so big so even if you are old or alone, you can easily go shopping without a car even. When in Canada, especially in Calgary it is extremely opposite. I’m also planning to move out from Calgary, Canada because this place is unlivable, and it is even not because of weather but because how people deal with it here. They just making their lives harder without any reasonable reason 😅
Hi Alina, as a Bulgarian living in Toronto, I agree with you 100%. I come in Canada in 2000 and saw with my own eyes the decline of this great city. I congratulate you on your choice to relocate to Bulgaria. For sure, Bulgaria is not an Eartly Paradise, but thankfully the number of social parasites is nothing compared to Canada. I hope you'll succeed and find many new friends.
I lived in TO and Hamilton area now, all my life. Average income is not 60k. it's actually $48,000 less taxes for single person, thats 39,00K, take home, sad.. Maybe University degree person average is 60K , which would be approx. 80k before tax.
Bulgaria is located at the same latitude as Toronto. Northern Bulgaria is at 43-44 parallel, Sofia is at 42 parallel. The last 5-6 winters in Bulgaria have been quite mild with less snow. But the normal winters, which here in Bulgaria we remember from the past, had periods with snow storms, -15 degrees and accumulation of thick snow cover. 50 days with snow cover every winter and a height of about 30 cm was normal for the Bulgarian winter of the past. But in recent years, the climate in Europe has warmed. In November 2023, we had 25 cm of snow in Bulgaria, also in Sofia, but it melted quickly in 3-4 days. After that there was almost no snow, in January 2024 there was a cold period with a new snow cover of 10-15 cm, but nothing serious. The last cold winter in Bulgaria was in 2016/17, when throughout January all days were covered with snow, and daytime temperatures on 5 days were lower than minus 10 degrees. But this wasn't a normal winter either, it was colder than normal.
Due to the peculiarity of the planet, North America is colder than Europe. You can't talk about parallels so simply on the map without looking at the map of average temperatures. Even European Russia is much warmer than Canada. In addition, the planet is getting warmer, the climate in all countries is getting milder. Except Canada, it seems 🤣🤣
@@Serg-qr5my I'm talking about a comparison between southern Toronto and Sofia. Not about all of Canada. Sofia is more than 2,000 km away from the warm Atlantic Ocean and is protected from it by many mountain ranges. The average winter temperature in Toronto is -2 degrees, and in Sofia -0.2 degrees. It's not that big of a difference.
You hit it on the nail. I have lived in 4 provinces landing in BC. Everyone thinks winter is better here, but I hate the long grey rainy days - I prefer snow. I am only here because of a grandson.
The Canadian dream is long gone. As someone who is born here, the cost of living is unaffordable. Struggling to find a steady job and feel socially isolated. The political discourse is getting more divided like the United States. Europe looks far more appealing nowadays.
True, but the Canadian lifestyle suits me well Its unfortunate its getting expensive to live or you have to live a place with poor services just to barely survive.
I appreciate the comments but in the end I absolutely love living on the East Coast and specifically Nova Scotia. Tons of hiking, cycling, and one of my passions, ready access to Off Road riding. Love it, combine all of this with small towns and cities, great people all over the province…it’s just a really nice place to live. A lot of the comments reflect pretty much any of the larger cities in North America, does it need to change, sure. Our kids have had a really tough time trying to get a reasonable rent and or buying a house. Post COVID, prices have gone through the roof.
I'm in my fifties, and i'm thinking along the same lines of exiting Canada. This is a cost of living crisis we're in and a lot of people don't realize it. I work overtime and make just above the average but this isn't sustainable. I realized for myself, I got to figure out setting up a youtube channel and selling digital products and services on the side to evenually allow me to work from home and anywhere. There are several beautiful and inexpensive countries in which to live where the currency exchange is favorable.
Point number #2 is spot on. In Europe we have taxes included in our food. We don't see any extra sales tax added onto sticker price. But we do get our health benefits deducted from payslip. One thing you will learn is that income to rent ratio is around 30-40% across Europe whereas in Toronto and van it's over 90% of income but avg across Canada is still 60%
Hi. I live near Chilliwack which is 1 hr, E of Vancouver. I generally agree with your views on our (beautiful) country. I just wanted to emphasize for your readers that your desription of the drug situation is not exaggerated but is actually significantly worse than that. it is heartbreaking!
Hi Alina. As usual very informative and to the point videos. I'm also from Ukraine and emigrated recently. A long time ago I thought Canada was some kind of dream land for immigrants, but after researching this topic over past years I've come to the same conclusions as you. All points you raise, both pros and cons, are confirmed by other Canadians. Thanks for your efforts and good luck at the new place ;)
Hey Alina, I think you are a very pretty woman and polite and well-mannered as well and I wish you well for your upcoming journey and chapter in life! I understand that Canada might have deteriorated in recent years but I still think it is one of the greatest nations to exist and a very good place to live! I think that both legal and illegal immigration to Canada must be cut drastically like 90% and preserve the existing Canadian people of today and encourage their fertility and growth and finances of raising their kids! Only allow small number of people to Canada each year who are capable of paying their own way and more importantly who genuinely likes or loves Canada and will respect Canadian laws! Demonizing your opposition is not nice but I suppose that is part of human nature and not something that is at all specific to Canada! I personally like cars and I think riding in them is comfortable and nice! Anyway, I wish you well for your journey and I also wish the best for Canada! Cheers!
And better creatures of all sorts. Who would care much for grizzly s or moose when you have Inland taipan or salt crocs. And black bears? Meh, Sydney funnel spiders are far cooler. And there is plenty more of cool creatures, like mm death Adler?
In Bulgaria, there is a direct night train from Sofia to Istanbul. It is possible to get by train from Bulgaria to Budapest, via Bucharest or Craiova Romania. Serbia is currently building a high-speed line, and when it is ready, perhaps there will be a faster and more convenient connection from Sofia to central Europe. There is also a ship once a week from Burgas to Batumi Georgia. It costs 100 euros but it travels very long 2 days and 2 nights. So when you live in Bulgaria, you can travel to other countries even without using a plane, if you have enough free time.
It would be interesting for me to hear about your experience in my home country Bulgaria especially because I've lived in North America for many years of which 5 years in Toronto.Canada was my dream country ,I definitely felt happy there for some time,but reality hit once the pandemic started. Due to how things were handled back then I decided to relocate back to Europe. I miss Canada in some ways,but it has changed a lot since 2020 and the costs of living no longer make sense. Good luck with the move,Alina, I hope Bulgaria doesn't disappoint !
I'm borned here and i'm leaving! This is just ridiculous how this is expensive just because all foreign can buy any houses here, made all that inflation on housing. I am 47 year old and no way i will take my retirement in such expensive place where i can have more in planning my last years in more affordable country.
Hi, Alina! Great video! Great points. I'm a bulgarian guy, who used to live in Canada (Toronto and Winnipeg) and other countries as well. I can totally understand what you mean. The cost of living in Canada is super high. I remember paying a lot of money for a 1bed apartment in a not very nice area of Toronto (Eglinton &Jane). Taxes, cost of fuel, food and everything was through the roof. The thing that I miss about the country might be a shocker for you, and that's the cold winter. Now I live in London, UK and we barely see snow! It's so frustrating to not have a proper winter and white Christmas. In regards to Bulgaria I don't know what to say. I have left the country when I came out of highschool, so I am completely disconnected from it. I do hope you like it and have a great time there. All the best.
I'm one of the senior citizen here in Calgary Alberta and my deteriorating health required me to make use of our Canadian Emergency system every once in a while. Every time I go to the Emergency, I have to wait an average of eight hours before a doctor can see me. Sometimes, depending on the tests the doctor required, it could take up to 12 hours of waiting. It seems like there's only one or two doctors assigned to attend to all the patient who need immediate care. Good luck if you need an immediate surgery or something. I heard some people dying before receiving treatment. What is the purpose of free health care system if you will die before receiving treatment?
Totally agree, especially on the taxes front. It is quite bad in Québec with the 15% sales tax, provincial tax declaration above the federal one, the health system is falling apart with doctors leaving for private practice, nurses high burn-out rate, the education system is in ruins (both from a personnel perspective and the actual buildings)... There are so many regulations for to start a business (again, a dual system provincial/federal) and we could go on and on and on. Looking forward to change my fortune elsewhere, but it will be done in a careful and proper manner, just like you did.
Moved to Canada 12 years ago. Left Canada 4 years ago, but coming and going because of my children. The last 3 years has been brutal and changed the country for worse. All points you said are valid based my own experience.
May I add one? People in Canada are becoming ruder and ruder. This can be experienced by the drivers on the roads, shoppers in the malls, and even pedestrians along the sidewalks. Canadians are known to be peaceful and nice, but now it is not the case any more. Sad.
Its all by design king turdo during covid remember he got on tv and slowly dramaqueen style told said" every single white oldstock canadian is ahh rascist and even the ones that dont know it are un consiously and systematically rascist and e everyone of us shoukd be ashamed of ourselves" this was while he was wef planned amping up all the diffefent systems to bring in illegals. These people are told by turdo right fom start those lies over and over on msm they have been programmed to believe that and its so obvious to see and very sad that are country will never be the same again.u cant fix this and it was all done by design😢
You've hit the nail on the head in describing the massive decline in living standards for the average citizen. The fact alone that somebody who makes an average salary in our country can't even afford a modest one bedroom apartment is staggering. The only area I have to disagree is when people say that our taxes are excessively high. Our taxes are actually slightly lower compared to other developed countries however I agree with the sentiment that we don't see an appropriate return of services in exchange for them. I wish you a bright future and a better one for us who've decided for various reasons to stay :)
Bulgarian here, people like you are most welcome in our country! :) On a more serious note, some of the things you mention are to also be expected in BG. Most notably the last point about the 'great divide'. Bulgaria is incredibly polarised at the moment, which is evident from the political deadlock that the country is facing at the moment. That being said, you, as a 'foreigner', will probably not feel it on a day-to-day basis. Public transit in the cities can be great indeed, Sofia has made huge progress in that regard over the last decades. But don't expect bullet trains for intercity travel. You'll mostly have to rely on busses or slow(-ish) trains (current max speed is ~150 km/h and in very small parts of the system). Healthcare can also be a bit of a hit-and-miss situation. Sometimes you get excellent treatment for free, other times you need to pay extra and are faced with decrepid buildings and poor service. Also... winters get cold! But not always and definitely not for long periods of time. The rest of your problems with Canada are definitely not issues in Bulgaria (yet). I hope it helps and I hope you have a great time here. :)
Wef and the stakeholders have spent decades thru global young leader and shaper programs .they are so infiltrated into judicial political healthcare regulatory systems and with the wef planned mass immivration whole west is treasoned😢hopefully bulgaria didnt saturate their country with illegals and doesnt get to this point cause canada will never ever be the same and turdo and his ndp bf arent done yet😢
Omg I agree with all the points so much! I came to Canada (Winnipeg) from northern Europe (so weather didn’t really scare me) in January this year. The cultural shock was intense. Still, I consider myself extremely lucky cause I managed to get a good apartment, a job, friends. And even with all of that, I decided to move back to EU. Lifestyle, environment, infrastructure, crime - all of it here really isn’t what I expected. And it just feels that it’s not worth it. I have dreamed about living in Canada for 10 years. The level of disappointment that I got when I came is heartbreaking🫠 How come is it one of the safest, most economically sound and most developed countries in the world? Where is it? Here are some many issues that have been fixed a long time ago in other parts of the world, it makes me deeply sad
So which crime related country are you in now? How’s the illegals and the high rate to the economy? Guarantee when running from one place in hopes of greener pastures it’s not always green! 😂
Canada is ruined because the Trudeau government invited one million immigrants per year that have no respect or care for Canada. Just take and no respect. I am born in Canada and will move to central EU very soon and will never be back in Canada.
I agree on everything, I am sorry to see people leave and especially you Alina. I ve been watching your videos for a long while, and it's heart breaking to see you live. All I can say is that you did the right move. They messed it up so bad here, it's gonna take years to get close to what is called a recovery.
So excited your move is to Bulgaria! I am American, but appreciate much about the country and their culture as my grandfather was from there. I was there last year with my family for 2 months, mainly in Burgas and we didn't have a car most of the time. It was nice renting one you go across the country and make some interesting stops. Definitely try the thermal pool right outside of Sofia. (Swimming Pool Korali Pancharevo). The water was very warm and soothing.
yes guys thanks for raising our rents and properties there too so we cant afford to live instead of fixing your own countries. had to say it and not sorry.
I left Canada 30+ years ago, and 'ain't going back', Florida has been awesome, but recently considering W.NC. That said, back then local strawberries were amazing in S.ONT.
I'm an American. I lived in Montreal from 1993 to 2000. I thought the quality of the healthcare there was terrible in comparison to the US; however it was free and it's extremely expensive in the US.
Hi Alina I also grew up in Saskatchewan. One benefit of being Canadian is the freedom of movement. If you don't like the city, province. or country, you have the right to leave at any time. Bon Voyage.
16:09 Frivolity with debt is not only a Canadian problem. It's a North American problem and probably a Western problem. The whole financial system is built on debt. It's ingrained in our minds since youth to always want more possessions, even if we can't afford them. Thoreau said: A man is rich in proportion to the number of things he can afford to let alone. Now most people live by the opposite principle: we think we're rich in proportion to the number of things we own.
Thank you for this. Some of us actually grew up here and want to stay but are even considering leaving. I'm getting tired of hearing immigrants talk about how hard it is here - try actually growing up here, having REAL connections to the country, and still seeing that it's better not to live here. We don't need more of these people coming here to lower our standard of living. Instead, the system needs to change.
You are dead on with the topics you have mentioned in this video. I lived in Vancouver my whole life I am now 55 and I moved to Thailand one year ago so that I could retire early and have a better quality of live. I find it criminal that the Canadian government can take so much of people hard earned money every year in the form of taxes and leave them with not enough money to live a healthy life. I will never be able to move back to Canada due to sticker shock on the cost of living, climate and the fact Canadians in my opinion are not free. Heavy debt, lack of access to medical procedures without extremely long wait times and the government making rules that don't help , but hurt the public. Thank you for talking about these topics I know a lot of Canadians feel the same way. I was able to get out and live a better life, where so many will be stuck barely making ends meet in system that is set up to make them fail from the start. Best of luck in Bulgaria and I have enjoyed many of your videos in the past. Chris Dayton.
I am an immigrant, moved to Canada in 80s. It started in the late 80s when house prices continued to climb and municipalities got so greedy and done absolutely nothing to provide affordable housing. We need to provide immediate affordable homes to our people. If working family have a job in the city, look at their family income, provide them a simple home for living but not for investing, for life, can be transferred to next generations. 20 percent of household income should cover the mortgage, at 1 or 2 percent. One affordable home for every family. The other option to buy the house already exists, where market decides the price. Anybody owning more than one home should pay much higher taxes. Housing has become a stack market in Canada, it should be for living. The other is opioids, addicted should not get welfare instead get complete mental health care till they are fit to make healthy choices. All drugs should be legal and should be prescribed by health professionals and completely monitored. Take away drug market from criminals, drugs dealers and gangsters. One addicted at a time, health professionals decide if one needs mental health care or not. Now addicted are making decisions, they are not mentally healthy to make the right decision. First house people immediately, it is a national emergency.
Agreed! The Canada I grew up in is now transforming into Canuckistan live. Luckily, I bought a home a while ago & just sold it to plan for early retirement. For the cost of rent, I can live comfortably in a number of places abroad. Infact, I'm looking to see how to land in Yunnan China as I like the weather, the scenery, the food & being of Chinese ancestry, its easier to pick up the local language ie.mandarin or putong hua. And being still a teeny bopper at heart, lots of cheap(er) electronics & personal electric vehicles. If you dont mind, do a series on Bulgaria ie.cost of living, standards of living & visa requirements. Regardless, goodluck in Bulgaria
Alina, i have lived in three continent with three passport, i concluded that THERE IS DREAM (whether canadian dream, EU dream or southeast asia dream), but any dream always comes with Pro and Cons because our earth is round. This is life.
Of course there's pros and cons to all places. I mentioned before it's guaranteed there's things about Bulgaria I won't like. But I figure it's a great opportunity I have right now with my work set up that why not try it?
@AlinaMcleod agreed and encouraged. always set up your dream and pursue it, i pursue it to three continent and found my dream down under, still not perfect, but it's near perfect.
interesting subject. But the earth being round is not a problem. The issue is morality. It has gone down the drain, worldwide, especially in so called advanced countries. People moving around, bringing their way of life and thinking, from gangs to driving habits, THAT is a big problem which does put the populations at odd with mass immigration, or rather invasion. Let alone bringing half a million each year in a place where the people cannot afford any place to live in, nor the seniors, and others, find a doctor anymore! BRAIN FOG??
300 000 a years are coming to Canada, experiencing the Canadian dream. It is beautiful dream, but only when you sleep. With the qualities that you show, you will have very vibrant , happy and long life in Bulgaria. You are 100% right . As a short
Who is embezzling your taxes? How can you pay so much taxes and have terribad social services? Does Canada have a doctor/medical professional shortage? Why is that? Is the education too expensive? Well, the high taxes should help pay for that.
I moved from Bulgaria to Canada 25 years ago. I tend to spend some time in Bulgaria every year as well, so I see how things have evolved in both places over this quite long period. I think you are spot on all reasons why you won't miss Canada. Currently, things in Bulgaria are better on all 10 counts. It was completely different 25 years ago. I see my home country (Bulgaria) as my next permanent residence as well.
Alina, I think you handled yourself well with this. As a canadian, it is sad to see how much has changed in Toronto and the rest of Canada. I wish I could say it is an isolated thing, but it is across the country. So, I fully support your choice to move. The food comment you mentioned kind of reconfirmed what I learned. Recently, I went away on vacation to my parents home country in South America. I was there for 2 weeks, and in that time, I enjoyed the food and lost some weight. It made me think that the food in Canada is being tampered with. There are too many preservatives added, and might be bad in the long run. You pointed out the same many things I don't like about Canada, so I won't repeat them here. We all have to make the best of a situation until we are able to leave it. Alina, keep that optimism, and pursue your dreams. Victor
Thank you very much, Victor and glad I'm not alone in my thoughts. I love this country too and who knows might come back someday, but I figure it's a good opportunity while I have it to go and see what life is like in other places!
Canadian processed foods are very high in sugar and salt. Been hearing this a lot from Europeans and Australians. I've reduced my sugar and salt intake - I can barely eat anything like Bushes Baked Beans - salt content is crazy.
Well reasoned and thought out. I was born and raised in Canada, now 71 years old. Seen lots of changes and also fortunate to have a sense of connection to the previous two generations. It is not the country it once was but I do belief it can come back, not to what it once was, but to something that has the same merit and integrity.
All of this sounds like First World problems to me. I give you two years tops in Bulgaria and you’ll be brought back to reality. Canada is still the best country in the world. I’m saying this as an American who wants to move to the Great White North.
In the end I choose Canada, as I like its vast open spaces and its approach to governance. Especially governance that is to a great extent based on the suppression of far right politics, which has wide public and political support even among conservatives plus they don't fall for the the ongoing capitalism versus socialism false dichotomy like we see in the US. I always found it attractive that equality and inclusiveness are the forefront of political and legal importance for most Canadians. Also that politics is much quieter than that of the US, has more advanced civil liberties, and a place where Christianity is less polarized and more nuanced not to mention more irreligious than that of the US, which I find very appealing especially as I get older.
Love the point you make about public transit. I grew up in Ottawa and I go back to visit family and the public transit there is horrible. They got a new light rail system the breaks down every week. Currently I live in Yellowknife in the Northwest territories. There is public transit system here, but it runs up to 6 o’clock, and it does not run on Sundays and holidays. I remember when I used to work in Saskatchewan, I would travel to different cities and take the greyhound bus. But since the Greyhound has been discontinued, it’s impossible to get from Saskatoon to Meadow Lake or even to Prince Albert If you don’t drive . There are still private shuttles that go from Regina to Yorkton or Weyburn but otherwise you have to have a car or you are out of luck. I wish I had the courage to leave. I will follow your adventures in the hopes of getting some inspiration.😊
It's long dead. It was in 2006 when I moved to Clownada and very fast I understood that this herd can be devoured by one wolf. This wolf came in 2016 and the name of the wolf was Trudolf. The country is gone. Forget about this country, it's an empty shell
@dobrenkijbog5156 stop be a troll any informed idiot can look and see the on time demand global supply chain has been broken from covid after decades of decline and mismanagement. Trying to be witty when you're just pedantic is desperate and screams zero hobbies and unemployment.
The low quality of Canadian healthcare just isn't about waiting either. It's also a lack of competency. I've been misdiagnosed for the most BASIC things. It's insane.
Really like the way you think and articulate yourself, and many of the ideas you express are very similar my own. As a Torontonian that is roughly the same age, in a similar situation in terms of finances and career, and who is also in the process of leaving in pursuit of a better quality of life abroad, I do feel some degree of guilt since Canada needs young, educated, hard-working, and rational people to contribute to society and push the country in a more positive direction, but of course you only live once and for me the temptation of leaving some of these problems behind is too much to pass up on. Even though it is unfortunate for Canada that you and people like you are leaving, at least you've made a platform to share your thoughts, and that is a valuable contribution in and of itself. Best of luck with your new life abroad and looking forward to future videos.
immigration i think is a issue too , not against it but too many people to fast fighting for the same housing and services is partly why things cost so much and healthcare has gotten bad ...this also forces lower skill people to the streets and then to drugs as a escape....
Hi Alina, hope you find better life here in Bulgaria!We have lots of problems, but definitely different ones from Canada.Am sure you will manage to integrate easily, and just enjoy living in a small but beautiful country!All the best!
Good move. I got out in 2022 and I'm encouraging others to do the same. I can't see it getting much better any time soon. Most Canadians don't know but the Canadian government owns zero, ZERO gold. That's insane. Your money is backed by nothing and they are bankrupting the country. I miss many things about Canada like my family and walking in the walks and the Great Lakes, but I couldn't afford to move back if I wanted to. Life in Mexico is soooo much better.
Great video and very true. You are correct that we have to rely on our cars. Do you remember saskatchewan had its own bus service and we used to have Greyhound. Unfortunately those services are gone. There was a time when you could jump on a bus and go anywhere in the country. Sad we don’t have those services anymore.
Hello Alina, Your points are well taken. The US has the same problems. In our opinion, Our politicians in both countries need to get real and address those problems. We deserve better. We love our countries respectfully. We can do better. Alina, we wish you all the best in Sofia, Bulgaria🙏🙏 Sending you much love ❤ from Harriet, Jim and Yuki (currently in Orlando, Florida
All of the reasons that you've listed are so valid. These situations are not only relevent for the current times, but also have long-standing ramifications into the future. The by-products of high costs of living include homelessness, the accumulation of debt, the loss of business, the inability ot have a family. All of those issues are real and serious. I've seen them in my family and all around me, and this is why my family is considering moving to Europe. You can only sit in a bad situation for so long until you have to start thinking seriously about how much longer you can deal with it, and how it's going to affect your long term future.
@@jelenajm1160 I recently learned that birth rate on Canada dropped below that on Bulgaria. It becomes costlier to raise kids. Young couples prefer pets. A road to nowhere.
1. cost of living
2. high taxes for subpar social services
3. limited and lacking public transit
4. long distances to get anywhere
5. problematic healthcare
6. poor quality produce
7. weather
8. drug use normalization
9. frivolous attitude towards debt
10. ideological polarization
Migration
The biggest problem is that there are too many Indians.
I hope our leader must realized this huge list 🙏🏻😇
@@meowththatsright7881 Brain drain . . . Capital flight . . .
Gangs, criminal stalking.
It's crazy how much damage can be done to a country in a mere nine years.
It takes skill and planning
You haven't seen half of it. Here in Brazil, what had been going good for 6 years after 14 of economical massacre by Workers Party (extreme left) has been destroyed in 2 years after Lula got back. We're going full Argentina here while Argentina is getting out of their mess after ditching the left there. I could bet their money that now is worth like less than 1 cent of our money here, will be worth 0,10 cents in no time and if things continue as they are for 10 years, soon their money will worth more than ours here.
Left parties are a cancer.
trudaue the guy is garbage big time
Execs at big companies hiring Indians not Canadian residents. Canadians are destroying Canadians.
@@clayirwinmusic1962if you think he magicked all this stuff into existence you are seriously deluded
I have lived in Toronto for most of my life and always thought it was one of the best cities in the world. I devoted myself to providing women’s health care to Canadians and have paid many millions of dollars in various taxes. But over the past five years I cannot recognize my city or country anymore. Rampant, uncontrolled immigration has ruined the country for Canadians who have contributed to this society for decades. I can’t wait to leave for all the same reasons you described so well. I lived in Europe when I was younger and I am planning to retire there. Most Canadians who say things like “don’t let the door hit your backside on the way out” simply haven’t lived elsewhere and don’t realize how badly Canadians are treated by our own government. It makes me very sad to see how much Canada has changed. I love this country but I simply can’t afford to live here anymore.
You must be new. Take Canadian history seriously. From Pierre Elliot Trudeau through Mulroney, Liberals, Reform Party Conservatives and the real estate crisis and then the pandemic.
Our dollar used to be on par with USA. Alina is too young to recall the first ever food bank in Canada in 1983 Edmonton. The Manufacturing tax became the GST. We had HST and then NAFTA sold us out to the USA. Read NAFTA and the new trade agreement. Quebec is a have not province yet they sit on $40B of natural gas. Ontario, BC and Alberta subsidize everywhere else. Canada has alot of rural. There’s no Greyhound buses. Comparing BC at 650000 sq miles to a 50000 sq mile state in USA who is also has no infrastructure. I think Alina can compare Russia and their trains or China. In Europe you can be in four countries in a day. It all balances out. What worked for one doesn’t work in Asia or UK. Bulgaria has people who never leave the farm. They live in their farm and visit the village once in a while. Everything is family oriented. Some people go to France/Italy/Sweden and one person loves it and the next person doesn’t. Vancouver had 700 people pass away from heat in 2021. Lytton and other towns burned down. Don’t worry drug use will be coming to other cities. Rose-colored glasses. The drug war has been happening for decades. Alina you’re loving Trump-style politics right about now. People drink. People live for now. You could get hit by a bus tomorrow. Too many what if’s and you’re young. No kids, husband and you’re a traveller influencer. You can’t even have a dog or cat. It’s interesting how you flip from anti to pro. Good luck with Bulgaria. I know a family who have embraced rural life. Wouldn’t fit your lifestyle. 25 years of Canada is 21st century metrics. 🤷🏻
@@Varonno You just spouted a whole bunch of nothing lmao
@@nafeeahnaf6296 These are not heady concepts it opinions based on whatever you imagine. Young oilers fan, you wouldn’t understand. a) Because you’re in Alberta b) You don’t know much about history and haven’t travelled much c) Context is key. d) You’re hypocritical if you don’t include the op’s rant and their criteria/context.
Travel, read/write more, and touch grass. Maybe pick a topic and focus. 🧘♀️ 🤦🏻♀️
You are a freeloader who got the job because of your race to begin with......spare us the rant about paying taxes...lol
cya!!! theres the door!!!
Too many people were let in. Trudeau killed the golden Canadian goose. Worse yet, lot of the people complaining about these issues voted for it. Consequences.
They did t really vote for it. He got fewer votes than the CPC in each of the last two elections, and last time won with only 1/3rd of the votes. The system let’s him stay in power despite not really having a true mandate.
Did anyone actually vote for Trudeau that second time? The first election, sure, he got the "green" vote. But the second and very random pandemic election? I can't think of a single person I have spoken who claims to have voted for him or of ever even seeing any pro-Trudeau paraphernalia on peoples lawns or vehicles. Lots of "F*ck Trudeau" stuff, though. Elections can be rigged and there was never an easier time to do so than Covid. They just weren't going to be super obvious about it. But where have the Castro Jr supporters actually been since 2020?
Dudes in the wrong career, anyways. It's pretty obvious he's a cosplayer at heart. It may not always be tasteful, but he still goes for it and that's....something. It is definitely something 😅
It's not due to too many people let in, this is conservative propaganda. It is due to the lack of investment and social infrastructure. Remember our population is still puny conpared to many countries. It is purely a mismanagement of the economy, social infrastructure and crony capitalism.
@@AntiwarObserver No, they are correct. Too many people were let in in a very short time.
Nice talking points
When you have a coast to coast housing crisis and record immigration, phone schools for people from India
Obviously it’s immigration, fake Asylum seekers, and bogus schools
People addicted to drugs are like empty shells, their spirit is gone. It is so tragic and so sad. Feeding their addiction is murder.
Making drugs illegal has been the cause of death of the overwhelming majority of drug addicts.
I'm a recovering addict with nearly 18 years sobriety.
I now work as an Addictions Counsellor at a treatment centre.
When you understand the drug problem, then you see the problems with drug prohibition.
@@robrobert9541 You don't have a substance abuse problem, you treat them substances better than most
@@robrobert9541 so how many do you think will have an outcome like you? .. be honest.. the money wasted can save lots .. but wasted on few
@@bench3885 At our treatment centre we see approx. 60% of our clients remain sober for at least 2 years. We do surveys 6 months, 1 year, and 2 years after grad.
The money wasted on drug prohibition is at least 100 times more than what we'd spend if drugs were supplied to addicts at no charge to them, provide them in clinics set up for the purpose, only allow the drugs to be consumed at the clinic and can never leave the facility, and they are given options for entering detox and treatment within 2 hours of asking for it.
That would also save the vast majority of the lives that are lost due to drug prohibition, and the supply being managed by criminal gangs.
@@robrobert9541 The way the govt is handling this is criminal. It is ruining parts of cities, they are unsanitary, dangerous. Human feces on public sidewalks, used drug needles in parks and on public sidewalks. Businesses have to shutdown. And we pay for this with taxes. Enough!
I've been living in Toronto for 30 years, I love this city and I'm not planning on moving anywhere. That being said I do agree with all your points. 😅
I would even add these:
11. The immigration issues: Insane spike in the levels of immigration/asylum seekers/refugees and also international students in the last few years... the issues it creates.
12. The absurdity of finding a job (the whole system/process is dumb) from gohst job posting, no salary info on posting, so many temporary jobs, the shitty benefits offered, the rounds of interviews, the ghosting... all of it is so toxic, dumb, inefficient.
13. The problems of the ever eroding "free speech" how we can't even share a news article link on facebook anymore..
Fair points made and yes, especially the finding a job aspect I've heard is absolutely insane nowadays!
@@AlinaMcleod Don't be afraid to speak about the unchecked immigration and the policies that encourage exploitation of our support infrastructure and the welfare system and the reason we're experiencing the lack of housing and jobs...ie: Tim Horton hiring and exploiting this demographic...
@@ShockwavesdogNero I have to imagine it's still a radioactive subject where if you don't say the party line of "diversity is our strength' you'll get tanked in the algorithm.
Don't forget 95 percent of Canadians are out of shape and don't even exercise.
@@AlinaMcleod… doesn’t help that the Canadian recruitment industry has sold its soul, now just a automated check that you’ve used the right words in your application
My (aussie) daughter would roll her eyes at it:
- what the hell is a Customer Experience Associate? ( Canadians may know that means Restaurant manager, but the Aussies don’t 😀) The worst she saw was Merchandise Fulfilment Associate…. the job ad was just impenetrable “customer facing” corporate speak, it was only right at the end she saw “hours 10pm to 5am” that it clicked - the job was for what Aussies would call, and advertise as, “shelf stacker”!
- a Canadian preference that you don’t list on your resume the actual tasks you did in previous jobs, only list some success story that you may have have some (even minor) involvement in. Aussie employers would toss such resumes in the bin…that you “worked in a team which increased customer engagement by 5%” means nothing to an Aussie!
In her two years there (2 winter jobs, 2 summer jobs) she had some very good employers but also some bad ones.
- How hard is it to pay people on time? Why don’t the provincial government police it….so employers take notice? Aussie employers typically pay within a few business days of the end of each pay cycle / fortnight …Alberta law allows up to 16 days, and employers seem to take even longer without much fear of consequences. Waiting 3 weeks to be paid… !
- the Canadian politeness results in circular vague conversations with employers, hard to get things fixed. my daughter was told by Canadian workmates to wind back her planned pointed argument with the bosses over still being paid late again. She learned the Canadian way is to express mild disappointment and point to upcoming grocery and rent expenses…to tone down the Aussie directness which would open an equivalent conversation with “what sort of s###show is this, where’s my money…”😀
You good people of Canada have to thank Justin Trudeau for turning Canada into an unaffordable dump.
I hate Trudeau but it started happening before him
He will be gone next year. So we will see if anything changes for the better
You're downright! Shame on you, Tredeau!
It started long before Emperor Justin was even born.
His father made the deepest wounds to Canada - we've just been bleeding out ever since then.
Indians love Justin, they happily live in Canada.
Sold my Alberta businesses and now live in Mexico and Texas. Best decision ever. Much better quality of life.
i can't live in Mexique
@ why not? Pretty hot in the summer.
@@georgesmiley1474 no security there sorry
@ yes and no, some areas are bad, other areas like Merida are much safer than Toronto or Vancouver with virtually no crime, It varies a lot.
Hi Alina, Your choice of a new country is high on my list. I was born in Toronto, 77 years ago.
I am truly shocked at the poor quality of life now, here in Ontario.
What do your mum and dad feel about conditions here.
We have huge natural resources, an unbelievable amount of land , abundant fresh water and unbelievable homelessness.
Something is very wrong .
I may see you in Bulgaria some day. 😮
Wish you the life that you dream of.
Thanks for following your dreams.
look at your Prime Minster and his policies and you will get your answer.
Because of Trudeau and endless immigration of unskilled labors from mainly India along with bringing in refugees without giving a damn about how are they gonna survive here
@@ronnie-d6u WRONG lol. Look at all those who VOTED for him either once or twice and you will get your answer! I was living and working abroad in SE Asia at the time in 2016 and I think I got a better perspective. It was clear that Canada was headed off a cliff anyway, and nobody was going to help, especially definitely not THAT guy. Sure he's probably one of the worst candidates you can imagine and I could see it RIGHT away in 2016 - how did the Millions and MAJORITY of Canadians completely failed to see any red flags when they were really bright and obvious? - you can blame that guy all you want but you are completely FAILING to address the root cause yet again... I think I'm clearly implying what the real root cause of many issues in Canada is, but it's one of those things that can be really hard to fix
@@ronnie-d6uyeah! The Ukraine war had caused fuel prices to skyrocket resulting in very high inflation, and then Trudeau came and increased the carbon tax (a few times??) making things worse. He is a foolish PM.
Change the PM. He's the root of the problem.
1. Depressing weather
2. Monopolization or lack of competition in most industries
3. Obsession with political correctness and virtue signaling
4. Over regulation in business and industry sectors
5. Lack of business investment into increasing productivity
6. Societal complacency and lack of ambition
7. Lack of infrastructure
8. Housing commodification
9. High taxes, poor social services
10. Wasted potential
Dead is an understatement! Everything in Canada, epecially in major cities like Toronto is way over-priced for the quality and services offered. It's like a mediocre 3-star hotel charging it's guests 5-star rate. It's not livable even if you are earning $60K annually. Also, people aren't as nice as it used to be.
The problem with Canada, apart from electing Trudeau an unbelievable two times, is that you didn't go through the financial crisis of 2007. The debt bubble didnt burst and was allowed to inflate to an unbelievable level.
I left Canada when I was 18 and come to visit sometimes.
Currently living in Argentina and have lived over 15 years in Asia myself. I look forward to randomly running into you in some random European Café and enjoying a tea together.
All the best in your journey.
🙏🏼✨
Oh wow! Argentine girl here. How do u like my country? I’m planning to leave Canada for Argentina…🤣
@@Ladym98good go why advertise?
@@Ladym98go look at the peoi from Argentina and South ami, Mexico, Iran, Iraq, China, parts of euo, and most of the middle East on the American Mexican border trying to enter the Us illegally.
Born and raised in Canada. In Toronto 35 years. All countries encounter major turning points in their histories. I think Canada is at one now. We will either change course to more prosperity, more sanity, and more freedom, or sink into a increasingly restrictive and impoverished socialist quagmire. The per capita GDP of Ontario is lower than every US state except Arkansas, Mississippi, and West Virginia! Among the poorest in the US. And none of them even have a Bay Street to boost their numbers. All the comparable states around us on the Great Lakes like Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin...all more productive. We should be way richer than we are. But we are so slow to change and so hamstrung by big government, special interests and regionalism. But our biggest issue is in our own heads - our reflexive anti-Americanism. All any politician needs to do to kill an idea they don't like is brand it 'US-style' and all the CBC addicts will have their lawn signs out opposing it the next morning. We need to clear our heads. We need to look at our big neighbour to the south and see what they do right, what they do wrong, and stop with the bias that blinds us. Take the good, make it our own, and leave the bad! Americans get 30 year government backed home mortgages and they can write off the interest on their taxes. Is that so horrible? Adjusted for our incredible 40% currency exchange (another thing that keeps Canadians trapped in low productivity), Americans still pay 35% less for gasoline than us. Is that so horrible? We need to steal good ideas from America and everywhere else we can to turn this place around big time in the next decade or the country we love is going to have lower living standards and major brain drain that will be irreversible. No young person with any prospects is going to stay here if we don't do something. I hope we can get over ourselves and get to dry land because we're drowning.
Socialist quagmire, blah, blah. Get a grip, Sappy.
USA should give visas to skilled Canadians. Fill the jobs we need with the best. Let them open bank accounts, buy property, get a side gig. I know it’s complicated but Canadian people are great addition to any functioning society
I am an American who wants to move to Canada. I agree that Canada should take the best policies and ideas from America and implement them while leaving the bad ones. Canada has enough resources to be the richest country in the world on a per capita basis. Canada needs to unleash its full economic potential.
Alina agree with you 100%. I'm in that 60k bracket you mentioned can't make ends meet, grocery/rent prices constantly going up, salary stagnate. Can't find a doctor for the last 3 years for my son and I, since he dropped us for moving too far away from him. Have been paying into this government system since I was 17 and its only getting worse. You have to make like 150k/year to be able to get a mortgage for a crappy house. No future here for the common woman/man, the land of the rich you can have it back!. Best wishes for your European dream!.
Thank you and sorry to hear it has been so challenging for you. It shouldn't be that way with a good job making an average wage.
Living in Canada has been eye-opening, but not in the way I expected. Despite my hopes for a better quality of life, every dollar spent here feels like it slips through my fingers without real value. I used to live in the UK and the Middle East, where the cost of living felt far more reasonable, and I never imagined I'd feel so disillusioned. Since 2021, I've been trying to buy a new car, yet dealerships keep saying there's a shortage due to production issues-an excuse that’s worn thin.
Ontario, in particular, has hit me with its high prices, far removed from my experiences in Saskatchewan, where life felt far more manageable. Here, it’s a different story: expenses pile up, but the benefits don’t match. Even mobile plans feel outdated; Canada limits data while India offers unlimited options. I’m beginning to wonder if it’s time to look elsewhere, a place where I’m not working just to cover endless bills but where the cost of living feels like it gives something back.
Welcome to the slave system
@@TruthSayer-g2m Sometimes it's sad to be proven right. I recall back in the 90s, telling people they were work slaves, and it was only going to get worse. Lots of mocking followed, people saying that's crazy, etc. And here we are.
Please return to India. You are the problem. We never asked you to come here. A traitor government did.
The Canadian dream is completely dead. The only way you can get ahead going forward is by inheritance. I was saving up for a place in Canada, but then realized I could retire with that amount overseas. So I left Canada and now live a relatively stress-free life somewhere much sunnier and warmer!
nope
Canada still has no gift tax so you can gift all your money to your heirs before you die.
My 22 year old daughter has been ill for just over 3 years. It took 2 years of appts, specialists, ER visits, scans, scopes, wrongly ordered and read tests, doctors who were rude, gaslit my daughter, treated her like she was an addict as she had a prescription for pain meds, to find out she had a vascular syndrome called Nutcracker (a compressed left renal vein). We are now awaiting a new vascular surgeon consult that will be 7 months away and almost 5 hours away, as we only have a couple handfuls of doctors across Canada, who have experience diagnosing vascular compressions and doing surgery for them. Her pain management appt in Toronto took a 20 month wait to get in. Its absolutely crazy to see people who have serious issues having to end up going out of country to resolve their issues, as they cannot get help or timely help for their illness here and paying 10s of thousands of dollars for care elsewhere. We thought at one point, we were going to have to go to the US for additional testing, and surgery, aß we were literally getting nowhere here.
I wish you and your Family all the best. As a parent and grandparent, it is very stressful when your child is sick.
far from Indian doctors
@@GDC-zw4og Haven't heard of any people resolving their vascular compressions there. We have a doctor list for those looking outside the US or Canada, and nothing there.
That's terrible. I'm so sorry to hear that and hope she is able to find adequate help.
Yes..I’d go to US or Asia where healthcare is cheaper, still high quality and accessible. Any Asian countries a specialist is 1-3 days appointment away and on time in case of emergency. I’d go to India, China, Thailand, or S Korea where healthcare is incredible. For a flight ticket of 2000-2500$ cad.
As an American with no criminal record, Canadian immigration treats me horribly every time I go to Canada.. the last time I put I wanted to stay for 60 days and they sent me through multiple-agents, searched all my stuff, I eventually just bought a flight out in 10 days and showed them that and then they left me go.. Its ridiculous..Very low-quality employees work for Canadian immigration and so unprofessional too! Some were thuggish/ghetto types!
If you were a Sikh Indian from Punjabi state you probably would have been welcomed into the country , given a work visa just in case you decide to work for Amazon or Uber Eats , and complimentary healthcare too
America is the best country in the world! Why you would want to visit Canada is beyond me. It’s no different from America
10000% agree. when I fly come to Toronto Airports, it's all Indian emplyees, playing on their cell phones. I have a person that can't speak English as my Canadian immigration officer..lol😅😅
@@jakearsenta2144 yes USA with its murderers and school shootings you dipshit. Never met I've met American I liked. Arrogance and ignorance the top American traits fuxk usa
Many officials at the Canadian Immigration Service are of Indian descent
As a former addict and homeless person, born and raised in Vancouver, I agree with what you said about Vancouver and the provincial and federal drug policies. Clean and sober for 14 and a half years {since 2010} I had to not only leave BC to find help and a treatment bed but I had to leave Canada. I got back to BC in November 2011 and BC has, since those times, 15-20 years ago, gotten 15-20 times worse in every way, particularly in the last decade or so. I am moving to Australia soon, and I know it has similar issues with housing, cost of living, addiction, and homelessness, everywhere does to some extent, but at least the climate is much better, and the government is far stricter on not putting up with nonsense and my money will go a lot further. If any of the "experts" on addiction here in Canada or anybody else is giving you a hard time for leaving Canada, they don't know what they are talking about. I like your videos, especially the ones with your Dad in Saskatchewan. To each his/her own...good luck in your new home country. Sounds amazing 👍 🙏
Thank you for sharing your insight and hope you have a great move to Australia!
@@AlinaMcleod I will, thank you!!
Canada is a rip off. taxes are so huge. I can't comprehend the situation that you can actually become homeless if you can't pay property tax. The tax property in Romania Bolgaria is really small.
In Yugoslavia there was no property tax,what is yours is yours ,crazy that in communist country they respected more private property then in capitalist courtly .After Yugoslavia Croatia did not change it so there is still no property tax ,govermant would like to tax it but know that people would be angry
The only place Canada is not a rip-off is in Ukraine, where 500,000 men are being slaughtered @ the obscene rate of $1,000,000 per dead guy - Canada is very generous towards that crime.
@dzonikg Many post sovet republics haven't imposed a property tax similar to one in Canada or US ((about 1% of municipal assessment). One can say that a property tax is negligible across Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus .
Go to Nordic countries and you will see what high taxes are about.
also in China, no property tax.
I lived twice in Canada as a foreign diplomat (Toronto and Ottawa) and I absolutely loved everything except the weather of course, and something that you did not mentioned: the fact that wines are only sold in the stores of the liquor control boards, are extremely expensive compared to the US, and the selection quite limited. Get the government off my wines! 😂 I now live in California, where you can buy wines everywhere, even in supermarkets and pharmacies. A paradise for wine lovers.
lol absolutely agree. Thankfully they just overturned things here in Ontario and now it can be sold in grocery stores and convenience stores!
@@AlinaMcleod The gas station, convenience stores and supermarket I visit, only sell Canadian wines. Except for the ice wines, Ontario wines taste disgusting.
alcoholic?
See your vlog in bulgaria adios bravo
@@AlinaMcleodwe’ll be patient.. things change.. you’re not going to find paradise anywhere.. as for drug use.. just wait till you get to other countries.. they are no better!
Canada is worth fighting for, but unfortunately no one is ready to take on that change required…make Canada more self sufficient. Canada will have a rough time in next 3 years, or all of Canada can get moving to rebuild the country.
there are many canadians fighting in their own ways bless them.
Law abiding businesses can’t compete with Hindu Varna Caste Slave Labour. It’s hopeless. Indians “sponsor” family members and make them work off the money for years for free. They don’t pay into the system but use government services and food banks.
Its next 4 decades as per OECD report of stagnant wages
Three years ha ha ha ha. Try at least 20 years
I wish you the best in Bulgaria! I left Canada 26 years ago. I love your story about your father and the strawberry. It made me laugh because when I travelled back to Canada with my partner he couldn't believe how tasteless the fruit was in Calgary. And that was in May!
Thank you! Yeah it's really sad about some of the produce. It's unfortunately not just the growing season but certainly whatever chemicals they're spraying with.
Thanks Alina! I couldn't agree more. I immigrated in 2020 to be with my Canadian wife but i am deeply disappointed. I have been trying to pin down exact reasons in my head and your video helps. I would only add driving standards. They are terrible. There are some folks driving around who know what they are doing but every time i drive, i see atrocious standards. People get into their own little bubble and forget about others. The worst of Canadian society I feel. People need to take responsibility and slow down. In life too in general. Any country with the social problems you rightly list cannot ever ever be considered developed. I look forward to seeing your journey to Bulgaria!
haha I agree the driving could be A LOT better, but to be honest it is way crazier in most other countries I've visited, including Bulgaria!
@@AlinaMcleodyeah fair point... I am half Greek so i know where you're coming from haha! I did feel vindicated recently when i saw CBC special reports on corruption in truck driver training in Ontario. As you say so many of these problems exist in so many other places...I just wish i had known the Canada of your childhood! You're not the only one I've heard this from :)
Moving to Bulgaria is big mistake you are making @AlinaMcleod
@@AnetaMihaylova-d6freasons? Bulgaria is getting better each year whilst the west is getting worse. If the year was 2010 I would've agreed with you though.
I lived in Canada for 5 years. It's a beautifully country but you would get depressed, no one is willing to speak in public 😅
I live in Canada for 66 years, wouldn't live anywhere else. For all those unhappy, chronic hateful complainers, please get out , fo t let the door hit you, and never ever come back. Promise??
Your exactly right all you get maybe is a grunt ,my daughter lives in Nashville if you go for a walk it takes forever because folks are very friendly and want to talk !
Bulgaria is a preferred destination for people from all over the world. For living and why not for vacation, summer and winter, we have mountains, we have the sea and resorts... Tourists say that they are satisfied with our sea, the service is at a level and the prices are the lowest in Europe. For example, I know more and more English people who prefer small villages, in nature, where they have freedom. Properties are much cheaper here than in Western Europe. Obtaining Bulgarian citizenship is a difficult and lengthy process, but I hope the Bulgarian government will think seriously about this issue.
Permanent Residency would be good enough for me!
Welcome to Bulgaria, Alina!
Ultimately, quite probably, you will come to the situation when in Bulgaria you will miss what was better organized and functioning in Canada, and in Canada you would be missing things to which you would get used and appreciate in Bulgaria!
In any case, enjoy the best you can find in each of the countries and finally one feels best where he/she is mostly loved an welcome!
Yup you're absolutely right :)
wow. that was so accurate. I can relate on any of this point but especially about "strawberry" :) as an immigrant myself, i was so shocked how tasteless the food in Canada is, especially fruits and vegetables
I live in Vancouver with my wife. You need 1.5 or two of those average incomes for a couple, but it's a pretty damn nice place to live. We're not going anywhere. I can't slag on the healthcare system even though it can be a little frustrating sometimes for routine issues. But they cured my wife's Stage IV ovarian cancer and got me a kidney and a transplant in a reasonable period of time, so we are grateful. We were both treated like gold and not a penny out of pocket. Pretty sure we'd be bankrupted in the US, even with insurance.
Yes many people don’t realize how lucky we are with the healthcare system that we have, it’s definitely worth fighting for and working to improve
You got cruption in the government.You got a snake running the country
l love your comment..people need to move elsewhere and see what other people live in..Canada is one of the best countries in the world,,l also would never leave ..
This a very rare scenario. Please don't glorify this people are dying left and right here in emergency waiting rooms
The Canada I grew up in is goner, most of it attacked and destroyed over the last nine years, what happened in that nine years that have possible could have destroyed it, one word TRUDEAU.
Why you elect him?
The Canada I grew up has changed. Some things are worse, homelessness for example, some things are better, government support programs to name one.
@@MbisonBalrog That's the fundamental problem with democracy. When you have an uninformed electorate, it can make bad choices (such as Trudeau).
@ lol this whole vid is about high govt services are terrible
There are 3 levels of government: federal, provincial and municipal. The feds are why we have lots of immigration but healthcare and housing are provincial and municipal responsibilities. Ontario is taking money meant for public nurses/doctors and sending it to private clinics and sending you a $200 cheque, while Toronto is purposefully not allowing any affordable housing to get built.
This place has a huge weather problem, some of the worst in the world for living and there's nothing that can be done about it except leave, we should have never come here to settle in the first place.
Then go to India! You won’t be missed! 😂
@@Caareenkm6726 you must be thinking I'm an indian immigrant who came here in the last century to be saying that. I'm talking europeans as a whole should have never come to settle here when they could have gone elsewhere where it was better.
Northern Europe has about the same weather and people are not complaining.
@@ekesandras1481 actually, western europe has a specific climate due to the tilt of the earth and the atlantic current bringing milder winters to the region. cananda above ~50 degrees north is not habital due to climate and the type of land available.
But in Europe we care about roads, like removing the snow from them just right after it starts snowing or with public transportation, so you can easily commute from one place to another. We have grocery stores closer to us and they are smaller and more affordable, packages aren’t so big so even if you are old or alone, you can easily go shopping without a car even. When in Canada, especially in Calgary it is extremely opposite.
I’m also planning to move out from Calgary, Canada because this place is unlivable, and it is even not because of weather but because how people deal with it here. They just making their lives harder without any reasonable reason 😅
Hi Alina, as a Bulgarian living in Toronto, I agree with you 100%. I come in Canada in 2000 and saw with my own eyes the decline of this great city. I congratulate you on your choice to relocate to Bulgaria. For sure, Bulgaria is not an Eartly Paradise, but thankfully the number of social parasites is nothing compared to Canada. I hope you'll succeed and find many new friends.
Thank you very much!
I lived in TO and Hamilton area now, all my life. Average income is not 60k. it's actually $48,000 less taxes for single person, thats
39,00K, take home, sad..
Maybe University degree person average is 60K , which would be approx. 80k before tax.
Bulgaria is located at the same latitude as Toronto. Northern Bulgaria is at 43-44 parallel, Sofia is at 42 parallel. The last 5-6 winters in Bulgaria have been quite mild with less snow. But the normal winters, which here in Bulgaria we remember from the past, had periods with snow storms, -15 degrees and accumulation of thick snow cover. 50 days with snow cover every winter and a height of about 30 cm was normal for the Bulgarian winter of the past. But in recent years, the climate in Europe has warmed. In November 2023, we had 25 cm of snow in Bulgaria, also in Sofia, but it melted quickly in 3-4 days. After that there was almost no snow, in January 2024 there was a cold period with a new snow cover of 10-15 cm, but nothing serious. The last cold winter in Bulgaria was in 2016/17, when throughout January all days were covered with snow, and daytime temperatures on 5 days were lower than minus 10 degrees. But this wasn't a normal winter either, it was colder than normal.
Due to the peculiarity of the planet, North America is colder than Europe. You can't talk about parallels so simply on the map without looking at the map of average temperatures. Even European Russia is much warmer than Canada. In addition, the planet is getting warmer, the climate in all countries is getting milder. Except Canada, it seems 🤣🤣
@@Serg-qr5my I'm talking about a comparison between southern Toronto and Sofia. Not about all of Canada. Sofia is more than 2,000 km away from the warm Atlantic Ocean and is protected from it by many mountain ranges. The average winter temperature in Toronto is -2 degrees, and in Sofia -0.2 degrees. It's not that big of a difference.
You hit it on the nail. I have lived in 4 provinces landing in BC. Everyone thinks winter is better here, but I hate the long grey rainy days - I prefer snow. I am only here because of a grandson.
The Canadian dream is long gone. As someone who is born here, the cost of living is unaffordable. Struggling to find a steady job and feel socially isolated. The political discourse is getting more divided like the United States. Europe looks far more appealing nowadays.
True, but the Canadian lifestyle suits me well Its unfortunate its getting expensive to live or you have to live a place with poor services just to barely survive.
Love my Canada .
I appreciate the comments but in the end I absolutely love living on the East Coast and specifically Nova Scotia. Tons of hiking, cycling, and one of my passions, ready access to Off Road riding. Love it, combine all of this with small towns and cities, great people all over the province…it’s just a really nice place to live. A lot of the comments reflect pretty much any of the larger cities in North America, does it need to change, sure. Our kids have had a really tough time trying to get a reasonable rent and or buying a house. Post COVID, prices have gone through the roof.
I'm in my fifties, and i'm thinking along the same lines of exiting Canada. This is a cost of living crisis we're in and a lot of people don't realize it. I work overtime and make just above the average but this isn't sustainable. I realized for myself, I got to figure out setting up a youtube channel and selling digital products and services on the side to evenually allow me to work from home and anywhere. There are several beautiful and inexpensive countries in which to live where the currency exchange is favorable.
Point number #2 is spot on. In Europe we have taxes included in our food. We don't see any extra sales tax added onto sticker price. But we do get our health benefits deducted from payslip. One thing you will learn is that income to rent ratio is around 30-40% across Europe whereas in Toronto and van it's over 90% of income but avg across Canada is still 60%
Hi. I live near Chilliwack which is 1 hr, E of Vancouver. I generally agree with your views on our (beautiful) country. I just wanted to emphasize for your readers that your desription of the drug situation is not exaggerated but is actually significantly worse than that. it is heartbreaking!
Hi Alina. As usual very informative and to the point videos. I'm also from Ukraine and emigrated recently. A long time ago I thought Canada was some kind of dream land for immigrants, but after researching this topic over past years I've come to the same conclusions as you. All points you raise, both pros and cons, are confirmed by other Canadians.
Thanks for your efforts and good luck at the new place ;)
Hey Alina, I think you are a very pretty woman and polite and well-mannered as well and I wish you well for your upcoming journey and chapter in life! I understand that Canada might have deteriorated in recent years but I still think it is one of the greatest nations to exist and a very good place to live! I think that both legal and illegal immigration to Canada must be cut drastically like 90% and preserve the existing Canadian people of today and encourage their fertility and growth and finances of raising their kids! Only allow small number of people to Canada each year who are capable of paying their own way and more importantly who genuinely likes or loves Canada and will respect Canadian laws! Demonizing your opposition is not nice but I suppose that is part of human nature and not something that is at all specific to Canada!
I personally like cars and I think riding in them is comfortable and nice!
Anyway, I wish you well for your journey and I also wish the best for Canada! Cheers!
Exactly the same issues in Australia. Australia only gets you better weather not a better economy but the sunshine and beaches are free.
Also better healthcare generally. Especially if you can afford private. It’s nice to have a choice to do stuff quicker
i feel better weather does help physical and mental health , because it makes it easier to exercise, spend time outside, get sunshine!
And better creatures of all sorts. Who would care much for grizzly s or moose when you have Inland taipan or salt crocs. And black bears? Meh, Sydney funnel spiders are far cooler. And there is plenty more of cool creatures, like mm death Adler?
The people are nicer there too.
*climate
You did not mention the amount of immigration we have... it's a lot.
Canada is FINISHED and is never coming back for that reason alone. We used to get immigration only from Europe till 1970.
In Bulgaria, there is a direct night train from Sofia to Istanbul. It is possible to get by train from Bulgaria to Budapest, via Bucharest or Craiova Romania. Serbia is currently building a high-speed line, and when it is ready, perhaps there will be a faster and more convenient connection from Sofia to central Europe. There is also a ship once a week from Burgas to Batumi Georgia. It costs 100 euros but it travels very long 2 days and 2 nights. So when you live in Bulgaria, you can travel to other countries even without using a plane, if you have enough free time.
She's got plenty of times and that ship trip from Bulgaria to Georgia could be very interesting...
You are so on point!!! It has taken me 5 years to get a family doctor. It's insane!!
That's very sad to hear.
As canadian, I moved 2016 in Spain 🇪🇸 .
It would be interesting for me to hear about your experience in my home country Bulgaria especially because I've lived in North America for many years of which 5 years in Toronto.Canada was my dream country ,I definitely felt happy there for some time,but reality hit once the pandemic started.
Due to how things were handled back then I decided to relocate back to Europe.
I miss Canada in some ways,but it has changed a lot since 2020 and the costs of living no longer make sense.
Good luck with the move,Alina, I hope Bulgaria doesn't disappoint !
Nothing negative, everything you said is accurate. Canada is no longer what it used to be. Such a tragedy what happened to our country
Hopefully things improve!
I'm borned here and i'm leaving! This is just ridiculous how this is expensive just because all foreign can buy any houses here, made all that inflation on housing. I am 47 year old and no way i will take my retirement in such expensive place where i can have more in planning my last years in more affordable country.
10 logical reasons Alina! You have a really good grounded outlook on life etc which makes your videos so great to watch. Thanks!
Thank you so much!
I personally feeling that Canadian dream is almost over. You have taken the best decision of your life about relocating to Bulgaria.
Hi, Alina! Great video! Great points. I'm a bulgarian guy, who used to live in Canada (Toronto and Winnipeg) and other countries as well. I can totally understand what you mean. The cost of living in Canada is super high. I remember paying a lot of money for a 1bed apartment in a not very nice area of Toronto (Eglinton &Jane). Taxes, cost of fuel, food and everything was through the roof. The thing that I miss about the country might be a shocker for you, and that's the cold winter. Now I live in London, UK and we barely see snow! It's so frustrating to not have a proper winter and white Christmas. In regards to Bulgaria I don't know what to say. I have left the country when I came out of highschool, so I am completely disconnected from it. I do hope you like it and have a great time there. All the best.
I'm one of the senior citizen here in Calgary Alberta and my deteriorating health required me to make use of our Canadian Emergency system every once in a while. Every time I go to the Emergency, I have to wait an average of eight hours before a doctor can see me. Sometimes, depending on the tests the doctor required, it could take up to 12 hours of waiting. It seems like there's only one or two doctors assigned to attend to all the patient who need immediate care. Good luck if you need an immediate surgery or something. I heard some people dying before receiving treatment. What is the purpose of free health care system if you will die before receiving treatment?
Totally agree, especially on the taxes front. It is quite bad in Québec with the 15% sales tax, provincial tax declaration above the federal one, the health system is falling apart with doctors leaving for private practice, nurses high burn-out rate, the education system is in ruins (both from a personnel perspective and the actual buildings)... There are so many regulations for to start a business (again, a dual system provincial/federal) and we could go on and on and on. Looking forward to change my fortune elsewhere, but it will be done in a careful and proper manner, just like you did.
Hope you find the right fit!
Moved to Canada 12 years ago. Left Canada 4 years ago, but coming and going because of my children. The last 3 years has been brutal and changed the country for worse. All points you said are valid based my own experience.
May I add one? People in Canada are becoming ruder and ruder. This can be experienced by the drivers on the roads, shoppers in the malls, and even pedestrians along the sidewalks. Canadians are known to be peaceful and nice, but now it is not the case any more. Sad.
Yeah I sadly noticed that too.
Those are new comers.and.NOT canadians
I think Canadians are fed up. Weve been tolerant and welcoming for too long and look where thats got us.
Its all by design king turdo during covid remember he got on tv and slowly dramaqueen style told said" every single white oldstock canadian is ahh rascist and even the ones that dont know it are un consiously and systematically rascist and e everyone of us shoukd be ashamed of ourselves" this was while he was wef planned amping up all the diffefent systems to bring in illegals. These people are told by turdo right fom start those lies over and over on msm they have been programmed to believe that and its so obvious to see and very sad that are country will never be the same again.u cant fix this and it was all done by design😢
Thanks!
Thank you so much for the support, Nathan!
You've hit the nail on the head in describing the massive decline in living standards for the average citizen. The fact alone that somebody who makes an average salary in our country can't even afford a modest one bedroom apartment is staggering. The only area I have to disagree is when people say that our taxes are excessively high. Our taxes are actually slightly lower compared to other developed countries however I agree with the sentiment that we don't see an appropriate return of services in exchange for them. I wish you a bright future and a better one for us who've decided for various reasons to stay :)
@@Sabine-a- 25 years ago it was no problem finding a family doctor.
These days are gone. Yet taxes are the same, spent on gender propaganda.
Bulgarian here, people like you are most welcome in our country! :)
On a more serious note, some of the things you mention are to also be expected in BG. Most notably the last point about the 'great divide'. Bulgaria is incredibly polarised at the moment, which is evident from the political deadlock that the country is facing at the moment. That being said, you, as a 'foreigner', will probably not feel it on a day-to-day basis. Public transit in the cities can be great indeed, Sofia has made huge progress in that regard over the last decades. But don't expect bullet trains for intercity travel. You'll mostly have to rely on busses or slow(-ish) trains (current max speed is ~150 km/h and in very small parts of the system). Healthcare can also be a bit of a hit-and-miss situation. Sometimes you get excellent treatment for free, other times you need to pay extra and are faced with decrepid buildings and poor service. Also... winters get cold! But not always and definitely not for long periods of time. The rest of your problems with Canada are definitely not issues in Bulgaria (yet).
I hope it helps and I hope you have a great time here. :)
Thank you for sharing your insight!
How is the vegetable selection? She mentioned the bad veggies in Canada.
@@bvanderford Bulgaria's vegetables dried up together with the Soviet Union🤣
Wef and the stakeholders have spent decades thru global young leader and shaper programs .they are so infiltrated into judicial political healthcare regulatory systems and with the wef planned mass immivration whole west is treasoned😢hopefully bulgaria didnt saturate their country with illegals and doesnt get to this point cause canada will never ever be the same and turdo and his ndp bf arent done yet😢
Of course it is. Nonsense and politics at an all time high. Cost of living is ridiculous. Way to ruin a country Castro.
Long live castro
Canada Dead? It is dead all right. One must be asleep to believe the dream still exists. Canada is nothing but a memory.
I suggest you pack, go to the nearest airport and get the hell out of my country Canada.
Omg I agree with all the points so much! I came to Canada (Winnipeg) from northern Europe (so weather didn’t really scare me) in January this year. The cultural shock was intense. Still, I consider myself extremely lucky cause I managed to get a good apartment, a job, friends. And even with all of that, I decided to move back to EU. Lifestyle, environment, infrastructure, crime - all of it here really isn’t what I expected. And it just feels that it’s not worth it. I have dreamed about living in Canada for 10 years. The level of disappointment that I got when I came is heartbreaking🫠
How come is it one of the safest, most economically sound and most developed countries in the world? Where is it? Here are some many issues that have been fixed a long time ago in other parts of the world, it makes me deeply sad
So which crime related country are you in now? How’s the illegals and the high rate to the economy? Guarantee when running from one place in hopes of greener pastures it’s not always green! 😂
Canada is ruined because the Trudeau government invited one million immigrants per year that have no respect or care for Canada. Just take and no respect. I am born in Canada and will move to central EU very soon and will never be back in Canada.
The reality is not the same as in the advertising booklets and international ratings.
I agree on everything, I am sorry to see people leave and especially you Alina. I ve been watching your videos for a long while, and it's heart breaking to see you live. All I can say is that you did the right move. They messed it up so bad here, it's gonna take years to get close to what is called a recovery.
So excited your move is to Bulgaria! I am American, but appreciate much about the country and their culture as my grandfather was from there. I was there last year with my family for 2 months, mainly in Burgas and we didn't have a car most of the time. It was nice renting one you go across the country and make some interesting stops. Definitely try the thermal pool right outside of Sofia. (Swimming Pool Korali Pancharevo). The water was very warm and soothing.
yes guys thanks for raising our rents and properties there too so we cant afford to live instead of fixing your own countries. had to say it and not sorry.
Great to hear!
I left Canada 30+ years ago, and 'ain't going back', Florida has been awesome, but recently considering W.NC. That said, back then local strawberries were amazing in S.ONT.
I'm an American. I lived in Montreal from 1993 to 2000. I thought the quality of the healthcare there was terrible in comparison to the US; however it was free and it's extremely expensive in the US.
I pay only $174 USD a month and can go to any doctor or hospital - and that is all I pay
Healthcare is not free. It is free at the point of entry, that is all. You pay for healthcare with taxes. Very high taxes for terrible service.
Well said, Alina. No one has ever opened up like you just did as a long enough Canadian citizen. Thank you for your true and unfortunate insights.
Hi Alina I also grew up in Saskatchewan. One benefit of being Canadian is the freedom of movement. If you don't like the city, province. or country, you have the right to leave at any time. Bon Voyage.
But the country side will change soon, look at the USA the country side is changing.
How do you get these visas to just leave Canada and settle anywhere?
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Frivolity with debt is not only a Canadian problem. It's a North American problem and probably a Western problem. The whole financial system is built on debt. It's ingrained in our minds since youth to always want more possessions, even if we can't afford them. Thoreau said: A man is rich in proportion to the number of things he can afford to let alone. Now most people live by the opposite principle: we think we're rich in proportion to the number of things we own.
Thank you for this. Some of us actually grew up here and want to stay but are even considering leaving. I'm getting tired of hearing immigrants talk about how hard it is here - try actually growing up here, having REAL connections to the country, and still seeing that it's better not to live here. We don't need more of these people coming here to lower our standard of living. Instead, the system needs to change.
I love Alina's videos because of her honesty. She always says it as it is. AS a fellow Canadian, I concur with all she said here. So true.
You are dead on with the topics you have mentioned in this video. I lived in Vancouver my whole life I am now 55 and I moved to Thailand one year ago so that I could retire early and have a better quality of live. I find it criminal that the Canadian government can take so much of people hard earned money every year in the form of taxes and leave them with not enough money to live a healthy life. I will never be able to move back to Canada due to sticker shock on the cost of living, climate and the fact Canadians in my opinion are not free. Heavy debt, lack of access to medical procedures without extremely long wait times and the government making rules that don't help , but hurt the public. Thank you for talking about these topics I know a lot of Canadians feel the same way. I was able to get out and live a better life, where so many will be stuck barely making ends meet in system that is set up to make them fail from the start. Best of luck in Bulgaria and I have enjoyed many of your videos in the past. Chris Dayton.
I am an immigrant, moved to Canada in 80s. It started in the late 80s when house prices continued to climb and municipalities got so greedy and done absolutely nothing to provide affordable housing. We need to provide immediate affordable homes to our people. If working family have a job in the city, look at their family income, provide them a simple home for living but not for investing, for life, can be transferred to next generations. 20 percent of household income should cover the mortgage, at 1 or 2 percent. One affordable home for every family. The other option to buy the house already exists, where market decides the price. Anybody owning more than one home should pay much higher taxes. Housing has become a stack market in Canada, it should be for living. The other is opioids, addicted should not get welfare instead get complete mental health care till they are fit to make healthy choices. All drugs should be legal and should be prescribed by health professionals and completely monitored. Take away drug market from criminals, drugs dealers and gangsters. One addicted at a time, health professionals decide if one needs mental health care or not. Now addicted are making decisions, they are not mentally healthy to make the right decision. First house people immediately, it is a national emergency.
Canada is like a nightmare you just cannot wake up from.
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Agreed! The Canada I grew up in is now transforming into Canuckistan live. Luckily, I bought a home a while ago & just sold it to plan for early retirement. For the cost of rent, I can live comfortably in a number of places abroad. Infact, I'm looking to see how to land in Yunnan China as I like the weather, the scenery, the food & being of Chinese ancestry, its easier to pick up the local language ie.mandarin or putong hua. And being still a teeny bopper at heart, lots of cheap(er) electronics & personal electric vehicles. If you dont mind, do a series on Bulgaria ie.cost of living, standards of living & visa requirements. Regardless, goodluck in Bulgaria
Alina, i have lived in three continent with three passport, i concluded that THERE IS DREAM (whether canadian dream, EU dream or southeast asia dream), but any dream always comes with Pro and Cons because our earth is round. This is life.
Of course there's pros and cons to all places. I mentioned before it's guaranteed there's things about Bulgaria I won't like. But I figure it's a great opportunity I have right now with my work set up that why not try it?
@AlinaMcleod agreed and encouraged. always set up your dream and pursue it, i pursue it to three continent and found my dream down under, still not perfect, but it's near perfect.
what country did you come from and what country did you go to @@lmvcnn
interesting subject. But the earth being round is not a problem. The issue is morality. It has gone down the drain, worldwide, especially in so called advanced countries. People moving around, bringing their way of life and thinking, from gangs to driving habits, THAT is a big problem which does put the populations at odd with mass immigration, or rather invasion. Let alone bringing half a million each year in a place where the people cannot afford any place to live in, nor the seniors, and others, find a doctor anymore! BRAIN FOG??
300 000 a years are coming to Canada, experiencing the Canadian dream. It is beautiful dream, but only when you sleep.
With the qualities that you show, you will have very vibrant , happy and long life in Bulgaria. You are 100% right .
As a short
The flight ✈️ is waiting for you. Goodbye.
Who is embezzling your taxes? How can you pay so much taxes and have terribad social services? Does Canada have a doctor/medical professional shortage? Why is that? Is the education too expensive? Well, the high taxes should help pay for that.
Our taxes are money laundered to the corrupt politicians on the left!
I moved from Bulgaria to Canada 25 years ago. I tend to spend some time in Bulgaria every year as well, so I see how things have evolved in both places over this quite long period. I think you are spot on all reasons why you won't miss Canada. Currently, things in Bulgaria are better on all 10 counts. It was completely different 25 years ago. I see my home country (Bulgaria) as my next permanent residence as well.
Alina, I think you handled yourself well with this. As a canadian, it is sad to see how much has changed in Toronto and the rest of Canada. I wish I could say it is an isolated thing, but it is across the country. So, I fully support your choice to move. The food comment you mentioned kind of reconfirmed what I learned. Recently, I went away on vacation to my parents home country in South America. I was there for 2 weeks, and in that time, I enjoyed the food and lost some weight. It made me think that the food in Canada is being tampered with. There are too many preservatives added, and might be bad in the long run. You pointed out the same many things I don't like about Canada, so I won't repeat them here. We all have to make the best of a situation until we are able to leave it. Alina, keep that optimism, and pursue your dreams. Victor
Thank you very much, Victor and glad I'm not alone in my thoughts. I love this country too and who knows might come back someday, but I figure it's a good opportunity while I have it to go and see what life is like in other places!
Canadian processed foods are very high in sugar and salt. Been hearing this a lot from Europeans and Australians. I've reduced my sugar and salt intake - I can barely eat anything like Bushes Baked Beans - salt content is crazy.
Well reasoned and thought out. I was born and raised in Canada, now 71 years old. Seen lots of changes and also fortunate to have a sense of connection to the previous two generations. It is not the country it once was but I do belief it can come back, not to what it once was, but to something that has the same merit and integrity.
September 2023 was when we left Canada for a better life in Portugal. No regrets at all!
I work with some guys from Canada and they told me alot of the same isuues!! I subscribed and luv your flicks!!
All of this sounds like First World problems to me. I give you two years tops in Bulgaria and you’ll be brought back to reality. Canada is still the best country in the world. I’m saying this as an American who wants to move to the Great White North.
In the end I choose Canada, as I like its vast open spaces and its approach to governance. Especially governance that is to a great extent based on the suppression of far right politics, which has wide public and political support even among conservatives plus they don't fall for the the ongoing capitalism versus socialism false dichotomy like we see in the US. I always found it attractive that equality and inclusiveness are the forefront of political and legal importance for most Canadians. Also that politics is much quieter than that of the US, has more advanced civil liberties, and a place where Christianity is less polarized and more nuanced not to mention more irreligious than that of the US, which I find very appealing especially as I get older.
Love the point you make about public transit. I grew up in Ottawa and I go back to visit family and the public transit there is horrible. They got a new light rail system the breaks down every week. Currently I live in Yellowknife in the Northwest territories. There is public transit system here, but it runs up to 6 o’clock, and it does not run on Sundays and holidays. I remember when I used to work in Saskatchewan, I would travel to different cities and take the greyhound bus. But since the Greyhound has been discontinued, it’s impossible to get from Saskatoon to Meadow Lake or even to Prince Albert If you don’t drive . There are still private shuttles that go from Regina to Yorkton or Weyburn but otherwise you have to have a car or you are out of luck. I wish I had the courage to leave. I will follow your adventures in the hopes of getting some inspiration.😊
It's long dead. It was in 2006 when I moved to Clownada and very fast I understood that this herd can be devoured by one wolf. This wolf came in 2016 and the name of the wolf was Trudolf. The country is gone. Forget about this country, it's an empty shell
As all countries are and becoming! 😂
@Caareenkm6726 I am sure you lived in all countries
@@dobrenkijbog5156 he's right. If you don't see this pattern happening across the world you're just blind
@alexinfinite7142 have you lived in all countries to state who's right who's wrong? I would understand statement "Maye he's right..."
@dobrenkijbog5156 stop be a troll any informed idiot can look and see the on time demand global supply chain has been broken from covid after decades of decline and mismanagement. Trying to be witty when you're just pedantic is desperate and screams zero hobbies and unemployment.
The low quality of Canadian healthcare just isn't about waiting either. It's also a lack of competency. I've been misdiagnosed for the most BASIC things. It's insane.
Yup, you nailed it! I love your content and look forward to seeing the next chapter in Bulgaria.
Really like the way you think and articulate yourself, and many of the ideas you express are very similar my own. As a Torontonian that is roughly the same age, in a similar situation in terms of finances and career, and who is also in the process of leaving in pursuit of a better quality of life abroad, I do feel some degree of guilt since Canada needs young, educated, hard-working, and rational people to contribute to society and push the country in a more positive direction, but of course you only live once and for me the temptation of leaving some of these problems behind is too much to pass up on. Even though it is unfortunate for Canada that you and people like you are leaving, at least you've made a platform to share your thoughts, and that is a valuable contribution in and of itself. Best of luck with your new life abroad and looking forward to future videos.
immigration i think is a issue too , not against it but too many people to fast fighting for the same housing and services is partly why things cost so much and healthcare has gotten bad ...this also forces lower skill people to the streets and then to drugs as a escape....
Hi Alina, hope you find better life here in Bulgaria!We have lots of problems, but definitely different ones from Canada.Am sure you will manage to integrate easily, and just enjoy living in a small but beautiful country!All the best!
the best description of Canada. It is shame that you understand problems in this country better then anyone in Canadian government.
You will like Bulgaria, it's a nice country. I left Canada 12 years ago and have settled in Romania. Good luck!
Good move. I got out in 2022 and I'm encouraging others to do the same. I can't see it getting much better any time soon. Most Canadians don't know but the Canadian government owns zero, ZERO gold. That's insane. Your money is backed by nothing and they are bankrupting the country. I miss many things about Canada like my family and walking in the walks and the Great Lakes, but I couldn't afford to move back if I wanted to. Life in Mexico is soooo much better.
Great video and very true. You are correct that we have to rely on our cars. Do you remember saskatchewan had its own bus service and we used to have Greyhound. Unfortunately those services are gone. There was a time when you could jump on a bus and go anywhere in the country. Sad we don’t have those services anymore.
A very good video, Alina!❤❤
Hello Alina, Your points are well taken. The US has the same problems. In our opinion, Our politicians in both countries need to get real and address those problems. We deserve better.
We love our countries respectfully. We can do better. Alina, we wish you all the best in Sofia, Bulgaria🙏🙏 Sending you much love ❤ from Harriet, Jim and Yuki (currently in Orlando, Florida
Yes, citizens from both countries certainly deserve better! Hope you guys are doing well!
All of the reasons that you've listed are so valid. These situations are not only relevent for the current times, but also have long-standing ramifications into the future. The by-products of high costs of living include homelessness, the accumulation of debt, the loss of business, the inability ot have a family. All of those issues are real and serious. I've seen them in my family and all around me, and this is why my family is considering moving to Europe. You can only sit in a bad situation for so long until you have to start thinking seriously about how much longer you can deal with it, and how it's going to affect your long term future.
@@jelenajm1160 I recently learned that birth rate on Canada dropped below that on Bulgaria. It becomes costlier to raise kids. Young couples prefer pets.
A road to nowhere.