at this point, I’d do unpaid labor for Canadian citizenship and my life would still probably improve drastically.
Can you make one exception.... maybe like five, or a few hundred. I have a list.
Unless you’re indigenous. Then you’ll get thrown into a mass grave, and the authorities won’t do a thing about it when you’re discovered.
...Which is no longer happening
Bullshit. Plenty of studies and news stories covering the continued violence against Canadian indigenous, and the refusal of the government to properly address or investigate the problem.
Proof? You're making the claims the burden of evidence is on you.
As far as I know the two women killed in Manitoba were the result of a serial killer and Wab did the right thing.
We definitely treat our indigenous poorly but as far as I know we are no longer throwing them in mass graves.
https://www.hrw.org/world-report/2023/country-chapters/canada
Which mass graves have you known about as they were being filled, rather than when they were discovered after the fact? How can you possibly confidently proclaim it’s not happening anymore, as indigenous peoples (especially women and children) continue to go missing in high numbers?
Are they actively murdering and burying indigenous people in mass graves? This report is on the historical failings of the government as it pertains to 2022.
To be clear as of that report the government was not acknowledging their failures to account for and prevent these atrocities not that they were actively committing them.
Indigenous women are still kidnapped and forcefully sterilized
But we will sterilize you without your permission if you are a native!
Will you do that for non natives too? Asking for me
You guys taking electricians? I'm pretty sure I can chug syrup, and I can start using "eh" more, eh?
Most trades are provincial jurisdiction (including electricians), so pick a province and look at their requirements for foreign trained electricians.
For example, to get your ticket in Ontario you'll need to look into the trade 309A (Construction and Maintenance Electrician) or 442A (Industrial Electrician), verify your work experience, and take an equivalency exam to test your knowledge. I'd recommend reading up on CEC requirements (very similar to NEC but there are differences).
https://www.skilledtradesontario.ca/experienced-workers/trade-equivalency-assessment/
Excellent. This is exactly the kind of advice I've been looking for. Thank you!
No problem!
I should also mention that electricians are part of the federal Red Seal program, so once you're licensed you can pretty easily move provinces without needing to recertify (though you still have to register with that province's trades regulator and follow their regulations instead).
You joke, but that shit is infectious.
Don't know about electricians specifically but AFAIK we have a general shortage of skilled trades related to construction so I wouldn't be surprised if we are short on electricians too. You'd probably have to do some recertification.
Yes.
Sorry to be a pedant, but it's Salvadoran, not "El Salvadorian".
Does this imply there is a Canadian process to throw people into an El Salvadorian Gulag?
They’re called “residential schools” in Canada.
The last residential school closed in 1997 and the government has since profusely apologized for their part in this disgusting history. Where is evidence this is still carrying on in the 21st century?
Only during war time when they get feeling like Geneva checklist.
I'm like 3 steps away from applying for Permanent Residence. The best year of my life was when I worked in Toronto, and that was before the orange turd came back in and expedited my desire to be literally anywhere but here.
Is this AI
Yep
This is surprising good. Seems it can do cartoon hands better than real hands. What clued you off to it being AI?
Some recent AI model does this style of drawing for comics. https://lemmy.world/post/27797997
That's kind of an interesting concept, being able to detect AI art by the model's "style"
The yellow tour bus was the biggest clue to me, after that I started noticing other things. In Canada yellow buses are for school, tour buses are usually red and white.
I would, the problem is getting back into the US.
Screw going back. If I had an easy way to leave the country and renounce my US citizenship to become the citizen of a different nation, I would. Not sure if I'd necessarily want to do so in Canada, seeing as its southern border is touching this rotten hell-on-earth icon of hubris, but it would still be a welcome start.
I have a job and family here, and this is where my wife’s support system is. Uprooting her and taking her away from the kids and the rest of the family would be a huge decision to make.
We’ve legitimately discussed it, but in the short term we decided me leaving the country, even for work, just can’t happen. If they are revoking green cards on a whim… I just can’t chance it.
Native Americans in Canada have entered the chat. 😒
I'm American, I can't afford too
Take off ya hoser!
