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caffeine
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Message 16 of 26 (779175)
03-01-2016 3:02 PM
Reply to: Message 11 by GDR
03-01-2016 2:33 AM


Someone mentioned taxes and Canada, unlike the US, does not tax Canadians that are resident and earning in another country.
I don't think any country except the USA taxes its non-resident citizens. This is the price you pay for having the world's most powerful military to rescue you if things go sour.

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Message 17 of 26 (779265)
03-02-2016 11:11 AM
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03-01-2016 12:18 PM


Faith writes:
... Canada doesn't recognize that renunciation.
Once a Canadian, always a Canadian. There's no escape.
But for anybody considering emigrating to Canada, be warned: We got Muslims.

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Message 18 of 26 (779267)
03-02-2016 11:55 AM
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03-01-2016 3:02 PM


soured on amerikan military
caffeine writes:
This is the price you pay for having the world's most powerful military to rescue you if things go sour.
It is because of amerika's military that things go sour.
And amerika, being the largest arms seller in the world, especially illegal to human-right violating-nations, doesn't help 'de-sour' either:
quote:
Under [Hillary] Clinton's leadership, the State Department approved $165 billion worth of commercial arms sales to 20 nations whose governments have given money to the Clinton Foundation, according to an IBTimes analysis of State Department and foundation data. That figure -- derived from the three full fiscal years of Clinton's term as Secretary of State (from October 2010 to September 2012) -- represented nearly double the value of American arms sales made to the those countries and approved by the State Department during the same period of President George W. Bush's second term.
It's important now, especially as we discuss mass violence at home, to ask Clinton if she'll pursue a reduction of firearms not only domestically but internationally.
Judging by her fierce pursuit of a $29 billion arms sale to Saudi Arabia, a country which Human Rights Watch criticizes for violently oppressing women, it seems unlikely. According to the same International Business Times report, the Saudi deal's success was "personal" to Clinton.
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Message 19 of 26 (779271)
03-02-2016 12:33 PM
Reply to: Message 16 by caffeine
03-01-2016 3:02 PM


"any country except the USA"
You are basically correct. Wikipedia says that only the US and Eritrea tax overseas citizens.
Tiny country with a beach on the Red Sea.

Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is also in prison. Thoreau: Civil Disobedience (1846)
History will have to record that the greatest tragedy of this period of social transition was not the strident clamor of the bad people, but the appalling silence of the good people. Martin Luther King
If there are no stupid questions, then what kind of questions do stupid people ask? Do they get smart just in time to ask questions? Scott Adams

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Message 20 of 26 (779286)
03-02-2016 5:04 PM
Reply to: Message 12 by Percy
03-01-2016 6:44 AM


Thanks for all the answers. It's not impossible that my mother renounced her Canadian citizenship when she became an American. She no longer remembers, but she wouldn't have done it on her own, it would probably have depended on what the US rules were at time. Nonetheless, I'm contemplating applying for a citizenship certificate and paying the $75 fee. There doesn't seem to be a way to ask the question, "Am I a citizen?" without going through the application process.
When I went to Canada in the 70's I was told that if I applied for Canadian citizenship I would have to renounce my US citizenship as the US only allowed you to be of one nation at that time.
This has since changed, and our son, born in Canada of 2 US citizens is a dual, now living in Vancouver, BC.
We used to be "landed immigrants" in Canada and had SIN cards. That classification has now changed, and it appears we lost our status when we returned to the states. We are collecting CPP (Canadian social security) from working there for 18 years. And file taxes ...
Also thinking of renewing and applying ... at least in Canada you can vote for a socialist democrat and nobody goes into cardiac arrest.
Canada is more progressive than the US and has rational gun laws. With the Canadian dollar down our US retirement funds would go further -- especially if we convert them before the US$ goes south with the next bankster fiasco.
Enjoy

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Message 21 of 26 (779311)
03-03-2016 6:57 AM
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03-02-2016 5:04 PM


My wondering about whether I'm a Canadian citizen might turn more serious after November.
--Percy

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vimesey
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Message 22 of 26 (779317)
03-03-2016 9:17 AM
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03-03-2016 6:57 AM


You might not be alone...
When did most Americans search for 'move to Canada'? - BBC News

Could there be any greater conceit, than for someone to believe that the universe has to be simple enough for them to be able to understand it ?

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RAZD
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Message 23 of 26 (779630)
03-06-2016 3:30 PM
Reply to: Message 21 by Percy
03-03-2016 6:57 AM


My wondering about whether I'm a Canadian citizen might turn more serious after November.
Or sooner if it is between Cruz and Hillary.
If we go there will be a benefit in that a couple more years residing in Canada and I would qualify for Old Age Pension (Canada has two systems, one based on earnings and the other based on residency).
I would like another year to finish renovations on this house and get my grid-independence going full throttle, but it is also attractive to think about building all new integrating what I know now. We don't need a large house or much land.
Enjoy

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Message 24 of 26 (779655)
03-06-2016 8:04 PM
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ringo
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Message 25 of 26 (779713)
03-07-2016 11:05 AM


We sent you a Canadian to vote for. We're willing to take in refugees from slavery, the draft, Donald Trump, etc. The only other thing we can do for you is invade you next time it snows.

  
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Message 26 of 26 (779727)
03-07-2016 1:16 PM
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03-06-2016 3:30 PM


If we go there will be a benefit in that a couple more years residing in Canada and I would qualify for Old Age Pension (Canada has two systems, one based on earnings and the other based on residency).
Don't forget universal health care. Which is an extremely important thing to consider in old age, since that is the most likely time that one might need extended care of some sort.
I still maintain dual citizenship in both Canada and the United States. Depending on when I retire, I have actually considered relocating to Canada for a few years to be closer to family. But I admit, it isn't going to be an easy transition considering I have become pretty accustomed to Florida weather. I guess there is always the possibility of maintaining two residences, one for winter and one for summer.

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