Derek 2.0

A rate of growth for what income brackets? For some reason, the wealthy Chinese buying up Vancouver Real Estate haven't translated into a lower cost of living for middle class Canadians, that can't afford a two million dollar condo in Coal Harbor or ten million dollar house in the British Properties......contrasted with real estate prices in metro Seattle.....

So you're suggesting paying a higher cost of living, and more taxes is a selling point...............let me guess, you don't pay much taxes either?

See Alberta's O&G sector........

Moving or buying? Tell me how middle income earners are benefiting from Metro Vancouver's Real Estate and cost of living........We just sold a 5 bedroom home in Coquitlam for $1.3 million...

Who's talking about moving to Mexico? Translation, in Canada, we get to pay more taxes and a greater cost of living, for the benefit of helping out those that pay little to no tax......interesting selling point.

One doesn't need to, I own property outside of Seattle and live on Vancouver Island........there is a stark difference between the two.

Or stewing beef.......$12 per kg (2.2 lbs) CDN........there is no argument between cost of living here versus the United States.

I doubt it........a fresh, non-farmed salmon at Costco (here) the other day cost $60 CDN, or about $40 USD......that is insane.

The cost of living versus taxes is only balanced if you don't pay taxes in Canada, and even then, how many of Canada's poor can afford fresh produce?

I know, in Seattle, about ~$2.25 lbs, or about a 60% less.

I'm sure there is a give and take, Canada's "better social programs" would be offset by a lower cost of living........do you pay $8 for a cauliflower?

"Wealth" can buy better education, better healthcare and a better quality of life.............Have you been to a grocery store lately?

I don't deny that low skilled workers get more "free stuff" in Canada compared to the United States.......my point, those that pay for the "free stuff" in Canada, are better off in the United States........this was true in the 70s, 90s and today.

Without a doubt........I wouldn't suggest a Walmart worker in Canada, moving to the United States to work at Walmart........clearly there is more "free stuff" in Canada....but if said Canadian worker is putting themselves through a nursing degree for example, you bet. Economies are cyclical, and like the 1990s, Canada's is going into the crapper again. Any young professionals in Canada would be crazy to stay if they have the same or better earning potential in the United States.

Exactly........and these reasons share the same motivations as the Post-War exodus to Canada in the 40s and 50s......opportunity.

Exactly, though Americans might pay more for a catastrophic health event, the day-to-day costs of living in most States is far cheaper then in Canada.

Healthcare costs offset by both lower taxes and lower cost of living........even Walmart or Starbucks employees get copay insurance.

Sure, and so to would a whole host of other variables..........somehow, the vast majority of Americans have health insurance and aren't dying in the streets from common colds.

How do you know it to be fictitious?

Change Wyoming for Washington State if you like the Pacific Northwest......no State taxes there either and a far lower cost of living and cheaper real estate. Fair enough, but neither of us could confirm or deny that........inversely though, partisan politics that result in further tax increases could very much so lead to a choice to move elsewhere...........even a middle income family, transplanted from Vancouver's lower mainland to greater Seattle would find a reduced cost of living. Again, on paper 4% on a 200k income doesn't seem like that much in the big scheme of things ($8000 a year), again discounting the actual full savings which are far greater, but for a person in say their mid 30s, 8k over the next two decades until retirement is a hefty sum......

Again, assuming hitops was married and lived in British Columbia (earning over 200K) he would be paying nearly 3k a year for MSP and private insurance for extended medical/dental.......if he was making the same, and living in Wyoming, his private insurance (assuming he doesn't have a copay through his employer) with full coverage would cost him 8-9k annually......more than offset by just the 4% increase in Federal tax rates.....

Give it a rest........if hitops is earning 200k a year, he wouldn't be moving to Detroit to work in a Walmart

Treatment centers for what? Employment or your own health needs? If the later, serious conditions could preclude you from obtaining a visa.

Why do you keep repeating the 4% increase..........You've mentioned you're an accountant, if Hitops lived here in BC and earned 200k, his combined Federal and Provincial income tax rate would be what? ~45%? Versus, if he earned the same income and lived in Wyoming, without a State tax, thus falling into the IRS's federal 33% bracket........~12% of 200k is a fair bit of money......so much so, within a decade of living in Wyoming, with the tax savings alone, he could purchase an average home in the State capital of Casper........ The motivation of tax savings shouldn't be in question, more so the prospects of obtaining both a visa and employment.

And the purpose of the Adaptation? Why would a First Nations person be concerned with a rejection from the CFO? And why are community elders given further weight in the process?