Canada

Cold weather, I am ready for ya'

'Rx drugs from Canada.
We have some of the l0west prices for drugs in the world.'

C'mon, Anthony, even if you don't want to visit Quebec, at least do it for your wife.

i've been to toronto several times and have had a great time every tim. my demands re music are pretty high and the bars and reastaurants are great. i can't fault the place. would move there tomorrow...

There's nothing I hate more than people who move to Montreal from Toronto, start cheering for the Canadiens, and start calling their hometown Tore-on-tow as opposed to Toronno (that's the way it's supposed to be pronounced damnit!!) in an attempt to sound all cool-like.

As for anthony's irrational hatred for Toronto, I keep trying to convince him that there's a lot of good stuff here, and I'm sure he'd love a lot of it. When I still lived in Manitoba I had the fear about Toronto and thought I'd hate it, but it's actually pretty cool all around.

Lake effect, has a real name but I forget it. If your from Engerland you might find it a bit harsh but Toronto winters are nothing compared to the rest of the country aside from BC supposed winters and Windsor/Sarnia.

(the fact that this thread entitled "canada" ended up largely about toronto should be evidence of why the city is so resented in canada, it's a ballhog not a tugboat)

Someone else can do the west.

gale is stretching the truth up there - spring and fall only happen every 3rd year-or-so in QC, and last about six hours each

That 16 lane east-west highway is an apocalyptic thing; I'd love to see it at rush hour!

Well, I'm still aiming at being there the last week of November.

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A woman being hugged by two men. One raises a fishing pole in glee.

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Football fans. One is wearing a cheese hat and one is making a blowjob face. (Pass.)

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She is waiting for your call to get these booklets. If this woman isn't hitched then there is something wrong with the world. We love you, Maggie!

Honestly, the whole thing embarrasses me. There are going to be a few decent bands at the showcases though. Let me find the posters though...they're frightening...

the theme is people in suits rejoicing. Like "Yo, slap me some skin, we just ripped off another artist and blamed it on the internet!"

Tbf, I do know several (five?) people with American phone plans who predominantly reside in Canada, but they also work regularly in USA and/or are partnered with an American, and divide their time between the two countries

Quebec is the exception when it comes to grocery monopolies, but god protect you if you ever need an emergency room

yeah funnily enough we went with Videotron when we moved here because they had a now-discontinued plan where your phone worked the same in the US as it did QC (but using it in ROC meant roaming lmao)

the QC health care system is indeed a disaster

Josh, what city & province did this person live in?

Toronto, I believe.

The specifics of the paid maternity leave scheme, iirc, was something like $35k for the year, which the person we know said wouldn't cover their rent.

Yeah as a single income that would be below the poverty line in Montreal, hence unimaginable in TO

yeah in Quebec, the provincial govt gives you paid maternity leave also, which combined with the federal contribution comes to (iirc) 70% of your yearly salary or 80k, whichever is lower. Which I think is pretty good as far as North America goes.