Emigrate to Canada - Why Fret About Fish and Chips When You Can Have Lobster

Emigrating to Canada and the reasons why peoplethe work force spectrum want out. Truck drivers to
want to go there and get out of Britain are quitebrain surgeons, chamber maids to policemen are set
varied but add up to a hefty load on balance. Myto emigrate to Canada in bigger and bigger numbers.
better half and me used to think that any one inWhy are people leaving Britain and immigrating to
Britain who had the sense and the money to be ableCanada and what do people missing when they get
to get their kids into a private school would be foolishthere?
not to do so. And more and more do, though youSome people want to get away from griping
should not have to of course. We now think thatrelatives or the London congestion charging but most
anyone with the skills, the gumption, ambition and topeople hold deeply concerning reasons as to why
a certain extent the money to get themselves into athey want out. Public safety and Law and Order,
better country would be foolish not to and more and'Chav' tolerance, bad language, yob culture, poor
more are.discipline in schools, poor education standards, rainy
I can just about remember people moving out ofsummers and grey winters, over crowding,
Britain en-masse in the 1970's, the brain drain of thatovercrowded roads, inadequate public transport, too
time. For the uninitiated this was the time whenmany Asylum seekers, 'Rip-off Britain' high income
people in other European countries referred to thetax, ever rising Council tax, unfair inheritance tax, long
UK as 'the sick man of Europe'. There were constantworking days, low paid jobs, fear of MRSA in
strikes, power cuts, fuel shortages, rail strikes, airlinehospitals, political correctness, state intrusion into the
pilot walkouts, working to rule, the closed shop,life of the individual, corrupt politicians. One of the
secondary picketing, you couldn't bury your dead atmain concerns of many people is the outlook for
one point etc. okay higher earners were hammeredtheir kids, their future well being and safety, and their
on tax re: Chancellor Dennis Healy "we will tax theprospects in a country which is viewed by many as
rich till the pips squeak" and so on but the rest of lifedangerous, expensive and unstable. These comments
was generally orderly and people law abiding. Thereare not to be taken as anything party political as all
was discipline in schools and education was set at athe main camps have gone along with or allowed
high standard and examinations were challenging. Getsociety to change in such a way that many people
hold of a GCE 'O' level 1970's maths or Englishdon't feel they belong in their country of birth any
geography/history/physics paper and see if you canmore although Canada has problems and crime just
answer a question! Lots of top scientists and otherlike anywhere else on the planet, but on balance
highly skilled workers left Britain for good at this time.people who have left Britain and emigrated to
I remember a metallurgist that lived near us and whoCanada feel that qualities of life are higher in Canada
moved to California in the USA. People got outfor themselves and their off-spring.
because of industrial unrest or taxation and itWhat do people say they miss about Britain once
appeared that the émigrés werethey have immigrated to Canada. Coronation Street,
from the higher levels of society so to speak. Notfootball, real ale, proper bacon, fish and chips?
only is there a rush to emigrate to Canada and OzWhere we live we can eat lobster on the cheap so
NZ nowadays, but people from all levels and sides ofwe don't worry too much about the fish and chips!