# I fucking love Canadians!!! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 4, 2004, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-fucking-love-canadians/272965 "2004-11-04T13:48:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2004, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-fucking-love-canadians/272965/21 "2004-11-04T18:09:20Z")
It’s satire. But yes, a legal same-sex marriage or civil union is grounds for family-class immigration, and you can get married in Canada without residing here. However, please note that family-class immigration is not automatic; there are a number of requirements, which you can read about here: [http://www.cic.gc.ca/](http://www.cic.gc.ca/) = Citizenship and Immigration Canada [http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/sponsor/index.html](http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/sponsor/index.html) = Family-class immigration Here’s what they say about same-sex partners: > [@Citizenship and Immigration Canada](#): > > For immigration purposes only, Citizenship and Immigration Canada has adopted an interim policy to recognize the validity of civil marriages that took place in either Ontario, British Columbia, Quebec, Yukon, Manitoba or Nova Scotia between a foreign national and his/her Canadian citizen or permanent resident same-sex partner. Therefore, marriage certificates issued by provincial and territorial authorities in Ontario (since 10 June 2003), British Columbia (since 8 July 2003), Quebec (since 19 March 2004), Yukon (since 14 July 2004), Manitoba (since 16 September 2004) or Nova Scotia (since 24 September 2004) are considered legally valid documents in support of an immigration application. … > > Meanwhile, in accordance with existing policies and programs, same-sex partners who marry in foreign jurisdictions, or two foreign nationals who marry in Canada, may qualify as common-law or conjugal partners, as applicable. ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2004, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-fucking-love-canadians/272965/22 "2004-11-04T18:28:21Z")
I’ve already done my bit. I’m a Canadian citizen married to a leftist American, from the Bay Area, no less. And believe me, these last couple of days have left me seriously thinking about a northward exodus. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2004, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-fucking-love-canadians/272965/23 "2004-11-04T18:39:07Z")
> [@Eats\_Crayons](#): > > I know a few if you need me to hook you up. They’ve already downloaded some of the requisite paperwork to apply for citizenship in EU countries. I’m sure they’d be happier staying on this continent though. Well, there _is_ a DopeFest in Toronto on the 11th of December. Come on up and give us, er, I mean, _this place_ a test drive! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![blowero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/41988e/32.png) [@blowero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blowero)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2004, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-fucking-love-canadians/272965/24 "2004-11-04T18:42:23Z")
Oh, that’s it - Canada is _so_ on the Axis-of-EvilTM now. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Honey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honey/32/5074_2.png) [@Honey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Honey)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2004, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-fucking-love-canadians/272965/25 "2004-11-04T19:18:59Z")
> [@honeydewgrrl](#): > > I’m sure I do. I’ll get back to you once I have at least a sample size of 1. 😃 Psst…Take the sample size 9. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2004, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-fucking-love-canadians/272965/26 "2004-11-04T19:38:51Z")
While I agree that this is heart-warming, I fear what a mass emigration of liberal Americans to Canada might bring – it’d be only a matter of time before the remaining conservatives took it into their heads to “spread freedom” up here, on account of our socialist policies and tolerance and enthusiasm for Cuban tobacco and holidays. Oh, and our oil reserves. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2004, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-fucking-love-canadians/272965/27 "2004-11-04T19:44:34Z")
Pchhhh! Larry! Ne mentionne pas les réserves de pétrole devant les Américains ! Ne les mentionne pas ! Tu veux nous faire tuer ou quoi ? ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2004, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-fucking-love-canadians/272965/28 "2004-11-04T19:59:05Z")
> [@mhendo](#): > > And believe me, these last couple of days have left me seriously thinking about a northward exodus. I’m kinda hoping I can convince my American of the same thing. I mentioned to Dave last night that all of the gay Americans should move north, because Canada needs more people. He remarked that it would be a one-generation population boom. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![GillianBoardman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bc79bd/32.png) [@GillianBoardman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GillianBoardman)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2004, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-fucking-love-canadians/272965/29 "2004-11-04T20:22:48Z")
I fucking love one Canadian, and I suppose I could get to really really like lots more. My husband (the Canadian) and I had decided before the election that I should join him in Vancouver, because he’s on 4 different meds, and we can’t count on health insurance down here, but since the election I’m even more eager to go. I’m thinking I’ll be there by spring, or if not, I’ll be in Seattle by then, which is at least much closer than where I am now. We just have to figure out if I have to save enough money to live on for 6 months, or if I can get in with a work permit. Any helpful suggestions would be appreciated, but not in this thread. ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2004, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-fucking-love-canadians/272965/30 "2004-11-04T20:47:11Z")
Well, here is a story of one Canadian who couldn’t get out of the USA fast enough after the election… [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6407177/](http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6407177/) ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2004, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-fucking-love-canadians/272965/31 "2004-11-04T20:51:33Z")
Yike! I think it’s the ‘naked’ part that gets to me. Have there ever been any cases where a plane comes in to land, they put down the wheels, and someone falls out? ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2004, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-fucking-love-canadians/272965/32 "2004-11-04T21:39:55Z")
> [@GillianBoardman](#): > > I fucking love one Canadian, and I suppose I could get to really really like lots more. My husband (the Canadian) and I had decided before the election that I should join him in Vancouver, because he’s on 4 different meds, and we can’t count on health insurance down here, but since the election I’m even more eager to go. I’m thinking I’ll be there by spring, or if not, I’ll be in Seattle by then, which is at least much closer than where I am now. We just have to figure out if I have to save enough money to live on for 6 months, or if I can get in with a work permit. Any helpful suggestions would be appreciated, but not in this thread. From matt\_mcl’s post above: [Family sponsored immigration stuff](http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/sponsor/index.html) Is there any reason you wouldn’t qualify? ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2004, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-fucking-love-canadians/272965/33 "2004-11-04T22:05:16Z")
> [@Sunspace](#): > > Yike! > > I think it’s the ‘naked’ part that gets to me. > > Have there ever been any cases where a plane comes in to land, they put down the wheels, and someone falls out? Sometimes, but usually they [freeze in place](http://www.asma.org/Publication/abstract/v67n8/67-784.htm) ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2004, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-fucking-love-canadians/272965/34 "2004-11-04T22:07:46Z")
> [@Rick](#): > > Sometimes, but usually they [freeze in place](http://www.asma.org/Publication/abstract/v67n8/67-784.htm) Yeah, but if they survive they’ll be perfectly prepared for the Canadian winter. ---
**Author:** ![GillianBoardman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bc79bd/32.png) [@GillianBoardman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GillianBoardman)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2004, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-fucking-love-canadians/272965/35 "2004-11-04T22:52:58Z")
> [@GingerOfTheNorth](#): > > From matt\_mcl’s post above: [Family sponsored immigration stuff](http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/sponsor/index.html) > > Is there any reason you wouldn’t qualify? The income requirement. My husband is currently living on assistance. He was about to go into a training program, but had an extremely bad reaction to lithium. Basically, it made him delusional and paranoid, (isn’t that what it’s supposed to cure?), and so he didn’t get recommended for the program. He’s off the lithium, and fine now, but he’ll have to convince the bureaucracy of that. I am able bodied, and have office skills, but so do a lot of Canadians, so I can’t guarentee I’ll find work, now can I? ---
**Author:** ![Ghanima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Ghanima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ghanima)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2004, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-fucking-love-canadians/272965/36 "2004-11-04T23:11:52Z")
> [@](#): > > “No good American will be left behind” That should be “No good behind will be left American.” 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![kung\_fu\_lola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f4b2a3/32.png) [@kung\_fu\_lola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kung_fu_lola)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2004, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-fucking-love-canadians/272965/37 "2004-11-04T23:41:43Z")
> [@GingerOfTheNorth](#): > > He remarked that it would be a one-generation population boom. :smack: Not necessarily. You hets aren’t the only ones with biological clocks, you know! ~kfl, who has a date with a turkey baster in 2-3 years ---
**Author:** ![Gorsnak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gorsnak/32/7587_2.png) [@Gorsnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorsnak)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2004, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-fucking-love-canadians/272965/38 "2004-11-04T23:54:00Z")
Sure, all these lefty Americans _say_ they’re serious about wanting to come up here, but they take one look at the climatological data for Saskatoon and I never hear from them again. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2004, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-fucking-love-canadians/272965/39 "2004-11-04T23:58:44Z")
Any of you Merkins wanna come up to my place… 😉 ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2004, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-fucking-love-canadians/272965/40 "2004-11-05T00:06:50Z")
> [@kung fu lola](#): > > Not necessarily. You hets aren’t the only ones with biological clocks, you know! > > ~kfl, who has a date with a turkey baster in 2-3 years You can’t reason with a man making a joke (which that was). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-fucking-love-canadians/272965.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-fucking-love-canadians/272965.md?page=3)