Why move to Canada?

According to a recent New York Times article, here’s what expat Canadians living in the U.S. miss the most about their north-of-the-border life:

There is no contest about what I miss most about Canada. It is universal medical coverage. Just thinking about it, and its absence here, can send me into complete despair. — Author David Rakoff

What I miss most about Canada is getting the truth about the United States. — Author Malcolm Gladwell

Living just south of the border, in Upstate New York, I have easy, regular access to the non-pasteurized cheese, veggie pâté and late nights of my hometown, Montreal. But it’s the Canadian mosaic, which is fundamentally different from the American melting pot, that I treasure most. — Musician Melissa Auf der Maur

Read more in “Our True North” from the New York Times.

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