Dear disgruntled Republicans threatening to move to Canada in protest of Obama's win

karatam:

Here are some things you should know about Canada:

• We have same-sex marriage. It was legalized nation-wide in 2005, after 8/10 provinces and 1/3 territories (comprising 90% of the population) had legalized it starting in 2003. And before that, almost all marriage rights were already in effect for any co-habitating couple (this is due to the high number of common-law marriages, especially in Quebec).
• We have publicly funded healthcare system. The costs are paid through income tax and then governed by the provinces according to standards set by the federal government. A health card is issued by the Provincial Ministry of Health to each individual who enrolls for the program and everyone receives the same level of care.
• One third of our government is made up of a party whose official ideology is democratic socialism.
• Church and State are so separate that I cannot for the life of me tell you anything about the religious leanings of any of our political leaders. (I’m sure some people can, but religion is rarely, if ever, discussed during elections here.)
• We spend very little (in comparison) on national defense. Last year, Canada spent 1.5% of its GDP (or $25 billion) on defense, which is 1.4% of what the US spent in the same time frame.
• We have a higher percentage of immigrants in our population, as Canada is one of the easiest countries to emigrate to. And in general, people are super okay with this.
• We spend twice the amount of our GDP on unemployment benefits.
• Also, we’re a constitutional monarchy (the Queen of England is our Head of State), which might rankle some of you.

So, in fact, I think Canada is possibly one of the worst places for you to move to.

And we don’t really want you here anyways.