Where's the best place in the country to live?

TO Alberta and Quebec......No wonder Cananda is going broke! Let the students work. I seriously believe that There should be no cushy education credit! Why should tax payers foot the bill to make life easy! News flash life should be a bit hard! They are able to get student loans let them pay the money back when they start working! Like the rest of Canada!crht

Natasha, your comments are very short-sighted. We already have a shortage of doctors in this country as one example of needed professionals. If anything, we should be offering MORE incentive for students to enrol in professions where there is a dire need. Let's not forget that the tax credit for students in Alberta is just that... a credit... to reduce taxable income. It's not like they are being PAID $654.00 per month for full time attendance. Not to mention that the rents in Alberta are extremely high. I, myself, wanted to go back to school full time to earn a degree and the amount of student loans I could get wouldn't allow me to even pay the rent, let alone food, transportation, etc. So guess what? I can't go back to school full time.

And with respect to student loans... we Albertans certainly DO have to pay them back once we start working. Your post would imply that Albertans don't have to pay back student loans, which couldn't be further from the truth.

Everyone can complain about something when it comes to taxes. My parents raised 4 children WITHOUT a Child Tax Benefit of $1,200.00 per year per child under the age of 6. And as a single perons, one could complain that married people with children get a lot of tax breaks that single people don't get.

Bottom line, is that everyone can complain that another segment of our population is treated differently when it comes to tax. And for the most part, it's true. We either have to stand up and have it changed, or shut up and deal with it. And perhaps you missed the part that says that Alberta has a HIGHER tax rate for the lowest income bracket than some other provinces.

Here's some food for thought. On a trip to Aruba a few years ago, we found out that Arubans have a flat tax system. ALL employees in Aruba pay a flat 3% - yes you saw that right, just THREE percent of their gross pay to the government and the government takes care of them. ALL medical, dental, extended health, surgeries, etc. are covered for them. How proud are we to be Canadian now? And their gas prices? They were the same as in the U.S. - which is less than what we Albertans pay for our own gas. Go figure!

Given the current situation in the rest of the world, including the G-20, except for a few, what we would refer to as socialist countries, Norway, Sweden, Denmark. I can't think of anywere I'd rather be than Canada. Having said that, I do believe there is some room for improvement.

tHE BEST PLACE TO LIVE IN CANADA WOULD HAVE TO BE IN N-B FOR THE SUMMER. WHAT A BEAUTIFUL PLACE.

Sine I am stuck in Canada and Toronto for now, I'd like to live in Victoria BC. It is perhaps the only place that comes close to Euro cities. Otherwise in Europe perhaps in Switzeralnd, Scandinavian Countries or Mediteranian countries. Canada had a big promise but ruined it by letting neo cons pressure goverments to do what they did and doing now. Even though it is still an OK country but only in comparisn to those numerous terrible places many still come from. Find me a Swiss person who emigrated here. If they did they must be crazy or have some super special reason I can't imagine.
Have you noticed how Canada is slipping in any "good" things and gettin higher in any "bad" things on US scales of "things". On the other hand countries like Sweden are always doing better. Recently even in treatment of immigrants they are ahead of us. Let alone other quality of life meassures. We continue to tell to ourselves or being told that "Canada is the best place to live". If it ever was, not anylonger.

An ex- Albertan ( sorry about that ) an a avid BC lover:
-spin the bottle, and any direction it stops provide an unimaginable plethora of natural wonder within one hour. Go East, the mountains- go North, Georgia Strait, Howe Sound, Whistler and beyond. Go West, the beautiful Pacific, Vancouver Island, the Gulf Islands and the San Juans. Go South, the farmlands, the salmon streams, the wonderful States of Washington and Oregon..OK- I'll stop.
- the magificent springtime, starting about NOW.
-in 32 years, not one day has gone by when we haven't said ( at the very least once ) OMG- look at how beautiful THAT is.......love Canada, love B.C. !

Canadians are sheep. We are blind as to what is going on and where we are heading as a country. We are over-taxed to pay for bloated Governments who care more about taking more of our money and freedom, than they will ever do protecting our money and freedom - it is a disgrace that we are being led down a path of financial ruin by the Government, the Bank of Canada and big banks. It is succeeding in spectacular fashion.

If we paid 1/2 of what we pay in taxation, cut Government by 1/2 we wouldn't need subsidies. Because we could afford the education and the house - if we had a job. Government regulations put the end to many jobs.

If we allow interest rates to rise in accordance with free markets we would have got into a disastrous housing bubble or education bubble in the first place.

If Newfoundland is considered the foreskin of Canada, where would the clitoris be??? hmmm....

The New World DisOrder has sealed truth from Canadians here, more than in the USA, by ownership of media. They control the canadian government, because they print the money. They control the medical industry because they finance the doctors, just like they control oil, since they taught the geologists to believe oil is a fossil fuel around the turn of the last century. They destroy the environment and health of everything alive between chemtrails of aluminum to destroy our vitamin D, barium to kill all feeder root systems, and now will take away our right to grow our own food while they put seeds into the DUMB's for their resupply. They built the death camps for cross contamination of diseases to kill millions. They "grow" supersoldiers in asia. Next in Canada on the list...to use the politicans to put our kids in kindergarden all day to steal their way of thinking. The state will raise our children and call it helping us. The global bankster elites will have their way....for an extremely short time, and die in their underground cities after we've all left. Fortunately nothing men can do to you is important. What al;l people need to focus on, it what will happen if they don't have a relationship with the only one that can bring them back after the evil of this world has been forgotten in outer darkness for eternity.
For survival, I suggest you study energetics and electromagnetic frequencies. Study how you will survive the radiation coming between 2013 and 2019 at the latest. How to protect yourselves with isolated small groups outside cities for protection from gangs looking for food. How to store equiptment for use after the grid is down. Lest we forget means nothing to a generation that never knew in the first place. To take over the world with a one world government, all you do is ruin a single generation...now you know why they want to keep our kids in kindergarden all day without being around mom...the holder of our civilization. You think the last depression was terrible? YOU HAVE NO IDEA...so prepare yourselves.

Interesting rankings:
Moose Jaw ahead of Belleville ON
North Battleford SK ahead of Delta BC

Remind me not to let you book any holidays for me

David - please seek medical help - While I might be a bit of a tree-hugger and left of center.... You've gone off the deep end...

When you feel the need to wear a tin-foil hat and hide in bushes you need to be medicated...

There are MANY issues in Canada and around the world that need to be addressed - but after that rant I just don't know where to begin!!! - I'll skip the essay and give a little extra to a mental health center just for you instead

We love the Okanagan Valley; like living in a beautiful park year round.

Tenacious Otter,

For an idiot like you, every subject has to be explained. For this purpose, the title of the article was: "Where is the best place to live in this country".
And here you come, like a pathetic moron and start venting about how great your country is. It is not. Or no longer. See what Novotruth has to say and he or she is right.
Start reading and travelling, educating yourself and see the difference between a cold, complacent and expensive place like Canada and a lot of European countries, all of them amazing, full of life and happy people.
Novotruth,
Victoria is far from resembling any European city. It is a North American small town, if I can call it this way, pretty filthy and pathetic. Don't waste your time. Head back to Europe like we did. Have a wonderful life, but not in Canada. You won't find it in Toronto or any other place in North America. And Quebec City would be the closest one resembling any European city.

David - Your message is so true. It's amazing how ignorant some people are. I am with you 100%. Wake up Ssampson...time to open your eyes!

Tes, please feel free to return to Europe and stay. Your disdain for this country is obvious.

I agree with you. Most can't see what is right in front of their noses. Don't stop talking.

Just for the record..... It doesn't really matter where you live in Canada or out. There is always beauty. Beauty can be found in the eyes of a beholder.....
As for Canadian government... well there's no beauty there. Only self centered greedy people who couldn't give a sh#@o??#t about Canadian citizens! It's all about other countries and what THEY need. I agree with others, time to get some house cleaning done and find people who care about CANADA, her citizens, the elderly AND GET FAMILIES BACK TOGETHER! Our current government has failed at employment AND NOW they are ripping families apart. I've said it before and I'll say it again. CANADIAN CITIZENS! ARE WE GOING TO STAND BY & LET OUR GOV'T CONTINUE TO DESTROY US!? Well STAND UP AND BE HEARD! Get your pen, pencil, laptop and or desktop started & get those letters to all of the FEDERAL AND PROVINCIAL HEADS. Let them know we are not happy with any of them anymore!!! ENOUGH WITH BROKEN PROMISES! ENOUGH WITH LIES! START MAKING THEM WORK FOR WHAT THEY SO FREELY TAKE FOR GRANTED!

I haven't been everywhere and never traveled East of Ontario but I have divided living between BC and Alberta. As far as provinces go I am an Alberta boy without a doubt. Why? The most sunshine. Most beautiful side of the Rockies. Gorgeous golden seas of grain and the biggest blue skies. The province with the most progressive and well-supported schools. Some real hope for small business owners to actually succeed and not get destroyed in taxes and regulations. Massive 'go for it' workforce attitude and consequences. Capital city of Edmonton, home of strong friendly people, advanced medicine and sciences and the festival city where more families can eat more ethnic food in more public parks in one Summer than if they traveled the world itself. People eat big in Alberta and they play big sports and have big athleticism too. Are winters cold? Yes. They are also sunny and dry and there is no greater fisherman's paradise than Northern Alberta and no greater Outdoor enthusiasts playground than Alberta's Rockies, Northern forests or the badlands and fossil beds in Southern Alberta. If it's big city bars, swank clubs or bright lights you want then you can find that in ultra-modern glossy downtown Calgary or Edmonton's hip Whyte Avenue where Stanley Cup fans roar in genuine non-rioting awesome community spirit. I'm sure there are other great provinces too but I'm already in the most progressive centre of the country and hope I never leave.

Niagara Falls is the best!

Tenacious Otter,

Not to worry. I am staying in Europe already. It is the best continent, the most beautiful and people truly live the best life here! You can't enjoy life at -40C. So, suck it up!!! And fool yourself about as much as you want about how great your are!
Duh!