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It is one thing to have nothing and be willing to relocate to a better life. It is entirely different when you have a whole social and family network. Everyone needs a job, but the job shouldn't be more important than everything else. And I am someone who moved from eastern Canada.
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I also relocated to Alberta from Eastern Canada, but I did so as a 22-year old university graduate who wasn't tied down with any roots. It's very easy for someone in that position to move across the country in search of work. It's not so simple for people in their 50s. When I moved to Calgary, my mother was working full time while also taking care of her elderly parents. There's no way she could have relocated then no matter how desparately she needed a job.