Can you believe this?

[Topaz]

I'm not sure where this goes but since its about Mexico, I decided here. I'm sitting here on my computer and the phone rings and some guy with an accent starts talking , using my spouse's first name, when I say pardon me, he says sorry, How would you like a free trip to Mexico!! I say, can't go, all our jobs went to Mexico, don't have any money and no jobs! and I hang up. What are they doing now trying lure Canadian down there to kill more of us??

[Guest Manny]

Probably not legit at all, a phone scam.

[Signals.Cpl]

can't go, all our jobs went to Mexico, don't have any money and no jobs! and I hang up.

Best reply EVER

[Guest American Woman]

I'm not sure where this goes but since its about Mexico, I decided here. I'm sitting here on my computer and the phone rings and some guy with an accent starts talking , using my spouse's first name, when I say pardon me, he says sorry, How would you like a free trip to Mexico!! I say, can't go, all our jobs went to Mexico, don't have any money and no jobs! and I hang up. What are they doing now trying lure Canadian down there to kill more of us??

Are you serious? If you are really concerned about Canadians' safety in Mexico, I suggest you never go to Jamaica. Want to go to the safest country for Canadians? USA! - or the UK.

[Wild Bill]

I'm not sure where this goes but since its about Mexico, I decided here. I'm sitting here on my computer and the phone rings and some guy with an accent starts talking , using my spouse's first name, when I say pardon me, he says sorry, How would you like a free trip to Mexico!! I say, can't go, all our jobs went to Mexico, don't have any money and no jobs! and I hang up. What are they doing now trying lure Canadian down there to kill more of us??

Topaz, I don't usually support your positions but on this one, I doff my hat to you! Your response was priceless!

If I get such a phone call myself I will steal your answer!

Thank you!

[Signals.Cpl]

Are you serious? If you are really concerned about Canadians' safety in Mexico, I suggest you never go to Jamaica. Want to go to the safest country for Canadians? USA! - or the UK.

Cuba is pretty safe for Canadians more so then the US.

[Machjo]

I'm not sure where this goes but since its about Mexico, I decided here. I'm sitting here on my computer and the phone rings and some guy with an accent starts talking , using my spouse's first name, when I say pardon me, he says sorry, How would you like a free trip to Mexico!! I say, can't go, all our jobs went to Mexico, don't have any money and no jobs! and I hang up. What are they doing now trying lure Canadian down there to kill more of us??

Sorry to hear your job went to Mexico. Mine is still here. But of course I'd be willing to pay taxes to provide some job training for you so as to help get back to work and pay your taxes.

The jobs are there; you just need the right qualifications... and, oh yes, be more reasonable in your salary demands. Entitlements, entitlements, eh? Why should your job stay in Canada if Mexicans ca do the job more efficiently?

[Guest American Woman]

Cuba is pretty safe for Canadians more so then the US.

Mexico is safe for Canadians, too. What I was saying was meant to be tongue in cheek in response to the ludicrous idea of trying to lure Canadians down to Mexico to kill more of you. But Cuba is not more safe for Canadians than the US; as I said, the US is the safest, along with the UK. The five-year average of the number of Canadians assaulted or killed while visiting Cuba is 1.5 per 100,000; the five-year average of the number of Canadians assaulted or killed while visiting the United States is .03.

How safe are Canadians abroad?

[Signals.Cpl]

Mexico is safe for Canadians, too. What I was saying was meant to be tongue in cheek in response to the ludicrous idea of trying to lure Canadians down to Mexico to kill more of you. But Cuba is not more safe for Canadians than the US; as I said, the US is the safest, along with the UK. The five-year average of the number of Canadians assaulted or killed while visiting Cuba is 1.5 per 100,000; the five-year average of the number of Canadians assaulted or killed while visiting the United States is .03.

How safe are Canadians abroad?

No Canadian Deaths in Cuba, while a number of Canadian deaths in the US less then 10 but it still makes it more likely to die in the US then Cuba if you are Canadian.

[Guest American Woman]

No Canadian Deaths in Cuba, while a number of Canadian deaths in the US less then 10 but it still makes it more likely to die in the US then Cuba if you are Canadian.

"Safety" involves more than deaths, it also involves assaults; in fact, it was a violent assault on a Canadian tourist who was beaten within an inch of her life that most recently made headlines regarding the safety of Canadian tourists in Mexico.

Looking at statistics for both regarding Canadian tourism in Cuba and the U.S., the U.S. is the safer destination of the two. The incidence of deaths from 2000 to 2010 was almost identical (0.048 per 100,000 in the United States in 2010 vs. 0.044 per 100,000 in Cuba) while the assault rate was higher in Cuba (1.547 per 100,00 in Cuba vs. 0.040 per 100,000 in the United States). The overall violence rate of Cuba is 1.591 per 100,000 while the overall violence rate for the U.S. is .088 per 100,000. As I said, the U.S. is a safer destination for Canadian tourists than Cuba.

Country	  Violence rate*	Assault rate	Murder rate
Australia	2.475	         2.207	        0.269
Austria	        0.137	         0.137	        0
Belgium	        0.752	         0.752	        0
Hong Kong	0.437	         0.437	        0
Mainland China	7.759	         7.38	        0.379
Cuba	        1.591	         1.547	        0.044
Dominican 
Republic	1.679	         1.339	        0.340
France	        0.847	         0.847	        0
Germany	        0.378	         0.351	        0.027
Greece	        2.076	         2.076	        0
Ireland	        0.171	         0.171	        0
Italy	        0.816	         0.791	        0.026
Jamaica	        5.34	         3.609	        1.731
Japan	        2.648	         2.5	        0.149
Mexico	        3.077	         2.809	        0.268
Netherlands	0.416	         0.312	        0.105
Spain	        0.631	         0.631	        0
Switzerland	0.053	         0.053	        0
United Kingdom	0.338	         0.283	        0.055
United States	0.088	         0.040	        0.048

Source: Department of Foreign Affairs, Statistics Canada. Rate is an average over 11 years. *Combined rate of assaults and murders.

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[Shady]

No Canadian Deaths in Cuba

That's because Canadian's don't usually go out of their resort while in Cuba. In fact, you're not suppose to.

[Topaz]

Topaz, I don't usually support your positions but on this one, I doff my hat to you! Your response was priceless!

If I get such a phone call myself I will steal your answer!

Thank you!

Your very much welcome.

[Topaz]

Sorry to hear your job went to Mexico. Mine is still here. But of course I'd be willing to pay taxes to provide some job training for you so as to help get back to work and pay your taxes.

The jobs are there; you just need the right qualifications... and, oh yes, be more reasonable in your salary demands. Entitlements, entitlements, eh? Why should your job stay in Canada if Mexicans ca do the job more efficiently?

Ok,that's just it, the mexicans aren't going it more EFFICIENTLY. The product is brought back to the US, Texas, the product is gone over to make sure nothing is wrong within the product. The work done cheaper, but quality isn't there. BTW, no matter how much job training one gets if you are OVER a certain age, no one will hire you. Being reasonable with salary demands, how much is that to you? $5.00, $10.00 $15.00 hrly ? What benefits? What are you getting?

[Guest American Woman]

That's because Canadian's don't usually go out of their resort while in Cuba. In fact, you're not suppose to.

Even if that's true, there were deaths of Canadian tourists in Cuba, almost to the same tune as in the U.S. - while the assault rate in Cuba is most definitely higher. The U.S. is a safer tourist destination than Cuba. That's a fact.

[Signals.Cpl]

That's because Canadian's don't usually go out of their resort while in Cuba. In fact, you're not suppose to.

I have been to Cuba a number of times and every time I have gone to the nearby town/city and so far I have not seen anything that would suggest it is dangerous.When I go to Cuba they have encouraged us to go and visit the towns and cities and I have never seen any acts of aggression by Cubans. The only violence against Canadians in Cuba that I have witnessed was by fellow Canadians and the Cubans took care of those troublemakers.

[Guest American Woman]

I have been to Cuba a number of times and every time I have gone to the nearby town/city and so far I have not seen anything that would suggest it is dangerous.When I go to Cuba they have encouraged us to go and visit the towns and cities and I have never seen any acts of aggression by Cubans. The only violence against Canadians in Cuba that I have witnessed was by fellow Canadians and the Cubans took care of those troublemakers.

Regardless of what you personally have witnessed, the stats speak for themselves - and the U.S. is a safer tourist destination for Canadians than Cuba is, in spite of your reluctance to accept it.

[Machjo]

Ok,that's just it, the mexicans aren't going it more EFFICIENTLY. The product is brought back to the US, Texas, the product is gone over to make sure nothing is wrong within the product. The work done cheaper, but quality isn't there. BTW, no matter how much job training one gets if you are OVER a certain age, no one will hire you. Being reasonable with salary demands, how much is that to you? $5.00, $10.00 $15.00 hrly ? What benefits? What are you getting?

After Nafta, many companies moved to Mexico. The ones requiring more skilled-labour however moved back. So no, not all jobs went to Mexico and some even came back. Now it's just a matter of getting the necessary qualifications. Let the Mexicans compete price-wise and let us compete education-wise. The jobs are there. Just get off your butt, get the education you need and start working. Again, if the issue is lack of money for your education, I'm all for paying taxes to help provide you with the training you need, since I'd rather pay a little more for you now and get you back into the workforce filing in those positions in industries currently experiencing labour shortages! to start paying your taxes rather than pay less but for many years supporting you on social assistance.

The jobs are there and in fact some industries are experiencing shortages! What do you mean the jobs aren't there. We may have lost many of the unskilled jobs, but the skilled jobs are there aplenty. It's just a matter of the government giving them the training they need.