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Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction
Part of the trouble IMO is that Canada is in a situation that is new for many people. The globalized economy assumes that there is a mobile work force, but it ignores the human aspect of it.
Personally, I am lucky in a way that I have been transient pretty much my whole life barely stringing 5 straight years in any one place. With no ties to a community, I have always been ready to go where ever the work is, but I also understand how this is not for everyone.
It's easier in places where there are higher population densities and going to where the work is might only be a short move, but in Canada it often means not seeing people for a long time and losing touch.
I find it sad, but this is the world we are building for ourselves.
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Canadians have always been a mobile populace. Calgary in the 80s was full of people who had moved here from elsewhere, and that was back when flying was a lot more expensive and you might only go back to Ontario or Nova Scotia once every four years. People have been leaving Newfoundland in droves since it became part of Canada. In the 40s my grandpa moved from Saskatchewan to Ontario as a young man to find a better job. Only saw his family a handful of times after that. Even the initial immigrants to this country usually left family behind in Italy, the Ukraine, or China to find a better life.