Canada lifts visa requirements for...

[Flame Of Liberty]

...people from Poland, Slovakia, Lithuania and Hungary.

The Honourable Diane Finley, Minister of Citizenship and Immigration, announced today that citizens of Poland, Slovakia, Lithuania and Hungary no longer require a temporary resident visa to visit Canada.

“Canada enjoys strong ties with these countries,” said Minister Finley. “Lifting the visa requirement will help build those relationships to the benefit of Canadians and the citizens of Poland, Slovakia, Lithuania, and Hungary.”

Visa-free status for the four countries is effective immediately.

Link:

CIC website

Now watch how the millions of Easter European immigrants will start flooding Canada

Seriously though, I like it and it means maybe I will drop by someday

[SarichFan]

All of those countries have nice looking womens so the more the merrier!

[Drunk Skunk]

Originally Posted by Flame Of Liberty

...people from Poland, Slovakia, Lithuania and Hungary.

The Honourable Diane Finley, Minister of Citizenship and Immigration, announced today that citizens of Poland, Slovakia, Lithuania and Hungary no longer require a temporary resident visa to visit Canada.

“Canada enjoys strong ties with these countries,” said Minister Finley. “Lifting the visa requirement will help build those relationships to the benefit of Canadians and the citizens of Poland, Slovakia, Lithuania, and Hungary.”

Visa-free status for the four countries is effective immediately.

Link:

CIC website

Now watch how the millions of Easter European immigrants will start flooding Canada

Seriously though, I like it and it means maybe I will drop by someday

How about a third generation Lugan living in the US? Would that count?

[Reaper]

Awesome, I expect a massive influx of Eastern European strippers will be arriving shortly.

[FlamesAddiction]

Hopefully we can steal some of their doctors.

[CrusaderPi]

Originally Posted by fotze

Hopefully it can boost the sagging perogy industry.

Sure, fix the perogy industry. Just another thing for eastern Canada to steal from us westerners.

[icarus]

Originally Posted by Flame Of Liberty

Now watch how the millions of Easter European immigrants will start flooding Canada

I don't know about the rest of Eastern Europe, but there has been a massive wave of Russian immigration to Calgary over the past few years. Everytime I go back to Calgary now I hear people speaking Russian in shops, on buses, on the street. I really think it has happened in the past four or five years because when I used to live in Calgary it was extremely rare to hear Russian being spoken (unless it was old ladies speaking Ukrainian which is nothing new in Alberta).

[Resolute 14]

Originally Posted by fotze

Hopefully it can boost the sagging perogy industry.

Oh, you laugh, but the only restaraunt in Glendon that sold perogies closed down some time ago. This really is a problem.

[FlamesAddiction]

Originally Posted by icarus

I don't know about the rest of Eastern Europe, but there has been a massive wave of Russian immigration to Calgary over the past few years. Everytime I go back to Calgary now I hear people speaking Russian in shops, on buses, on the street. I really think it has happened in the past four or five years because when I used to live in Calgary it was extremely rare to hear Russian being spoken (unless it was old ladies speaking Ukrainian which is nothing new in Alberta).

Seems like quite a few in Vancouver the past few years too.

[Hemi-Cuda]

Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction

Seems like quite a few in Vancouver the past few years too.

well with Putin trying his best to go back to an iron curtain Russia, it's not surprising. everything i've read about their recent election is a joke, there are freer democracies in the middle east

[RougeUnderoos]

This thread has a good joke or two, but seriously, the Canadian military really needs skilled technicians. For some reason the Poles are the only people who can properly install a screen door on a submarine.

[Winsor_Pilates]

Eastern Euro girls are great. This is reason to celebrate!

[Flame Of Liberty]

Originally Posted by icarus

I don't know about the rest of Eastern Europe, but there has been a massive wave of Russian immigration to Calgary over the past few years. Everytime I go back to Calgary now I hear people speaking Russian in shops, on buses, on the street. I really think it has happened in the past four or five years because when I used to live in Calgary it was extremely rare to hear Russian being spoken (unless it was old ladies speaking Ukrainian which is nothing new in Alberta).

If I was a Russian, I would run, swim or fly out of there ASAP. Not only they "elected" (using that term very loosely here) their new tsar Putin II., but the runner ups were old-school stalinist Zyuganov and a certified nut job Zhirinovski (sp). That country has no hope in a foreseeable future.

[icarus]

I have a few Russian friends here, young people, who fully back Medvedev. When I ask why they can't really say other than that at least you know what you are going to get in a Russia under Putin and that there was no other options.

Why does no one in Russia like Kasparov?

[Gozer]

Originally Posted by icarus

Why does no one in Russia like Kasparov?

He's so friendly!

[Aeneas]

Originally Posted by icarus

I have a few Russian friends here, young people, who fully back Medvedev. When I ask why they can't really say other than that at least you know what you are going to get in a Russia under Putin and that there was no other options.

Why does no one in Russia like Kasparov?

Many influential people like him, they just keep getting shot.

[Flames09]

Originally Posted by icarus

I don't know about the rest of Eastern Europe, but there has been a massive wave of Russian immigration to Calgary over the past few years. Everytime I go back to Calgary now I hear people speaking Russian in shops, on buses, on the street. I really think it has happened in the past four or five years because when I used to live in Calgary it was extremely rare to hear Russian being spoken (unless it was old ladies speaking Ukrainian which is nothing new in Alberta).

I was just discussing this with someone the other day, there is way more Russians in Calgary now then there were 5 years ago, majority of my russian friends moved here 4-6 years ago..