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cansha

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So you're saying that the real estate is artificially kept at a higher value by not releasing land for construction, is that it?
If so, what is the construction work that is being done all the time?
regd. #5, i seem to remember reading a post from you about broken healthcare system in Vancouver, so you're saying that is not the case? Apologies if i'm confusing this with someone else's post.
On a lighter note, that 450sqft apartment must be just doors banging against either a wall or another door ;)
Healthcare infra is indeed broken and wait times stories are real. However, this is not unique to Canada as I have heard similar stories from my friends and family who live in country with similar public healthcare model (e.g. UK, Germany, Australia). If you search you will see various articles from past many years about how UK healthcare was almost bankrupt etc.
But at the same time Canada has a better chance to fix their healthcare system compared to say UK or Germany simply because they have a better immigration system (on paper at least). But, the people higher up are insecure and these things are tightly controlled and someone who did medical degree in another country would have to jump through hoops and spend a lot of money to get recertified in Canada to practice as Doctor.
On one hand you can see logic behind it, we do not want doctors who used money to get admissions to sub standard institutes and almost bought their degrees to practice. But on the other hand we are wasting far too many medical professionals and making them work as Uber drivers (no offence meant, it is an honest work).
There has to be a middle path and a solution. Canada government can't expect someone to uproot their life and spend 18-24 months to get recertified after spending thousands of dollars and not making any money. One solution I can think is that they could have some sort of contractual agreements with doctors where their recertification exam fee is subsidized and they are paid some stipend while they do it and in return they need to work in an under served area for X amount of years. Number of years could vary based on subsidy provided. At least we can take care of lack of general physicians this way. Lack of specialist is a whole other issue.
 
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That car thing is by design in SG. They have no space for parking as space is at premium price. To counter that they do have very good public transport infra so most do not need a car (second hand info from friends).

But, I never wanted to move to SG as one of my friends had told me that in certain areas they would not rent apartments to certain nationalities. I do not want to live in that kind of country.
Yes, the car thing didn't bother me that much; taxis and buses were pretty good. The racism was the biggest issue for me.
 

AlmostThere2

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Apr 22, 2022
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Yes, the car thing didn't bother me that much; taxis and buses were pretty good. The racism was the biggest issue for me.
I didn't think that Asians would be so racist towards divisions of Caucasians, "you are not presentable" just cause you're not Scandinavian is not a good look for anyone....
 
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I didn't think that Asians would be so racist towards divisions of Caucasians, "you are not presentable" just cause you're not Scandinavian is not a good look for anyone....
Oh, you don't even know the full story. So, basically I went to SG to specifically handle that part of the project. The next step would be handled in Moscow and I and one more guy would actually complete it in Russia and deliver it on the market; first national one and then international. It was in a contract that I will be handling a project from the start to finish. In response to that, we allowed SG to send their engineers to handle a certain part of another project. When I got to SG, I wasn't given a project lead role but instead, it was given to a SG guy. I informed the company and they got in contact with SG and they were told that it's something to do with SG laws (BS) and I will technically be the lead, just another guy would do business presentations for stakeholders. You know, PPT with bunch of graphs, etc. In 3 weeks, problems started. The SG guy would not allow me to do my work, telling everyone to run decisions by him and not me. On top of that, when I visited that guys presentation (I wasn't invited, just came randomly), I realized that he takes credit for all my work. Before escalating it further (I was super pissed at that point), I called a meeting with SG guys, presented the facts and told them to make me a chapter lead without any buts/ifs/maybes; if they can't, I want to know the exact law, so I can hire a lawyer from SG and see what can be done. At that point, I was told that I cannot be a chapter lead because "I am not presentable enough for stakeholders and it's important for PR to have *SG guy* to do presentation".

I escalated the whole situation to my managers in Russia, whose response was super fast. They removed all the access from SG guys in Russia, they were not allowed to any premises. I was told to leave SG and come back to Russia.
 

AlmostThere2

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Oh, you don't even know the full story. So, basically I went to SG to specifically handle that part of the project. The next step would be handled in Moscow and I and one more guy would actually complete it in Russia and deliver it on the market; first national one and then international. It was in a contract that I will be handling a project from the start to finish. In response to that, we allowed SG to send their engineers to handle a certain part of another project. When I got to SG, I wasn't given a project lead role but instead, it was given to a SG guy. I informed the company and they got in contact with SG and they were told that it's something to do with SG laws (BS) and I will technically be the lead, just another guy would do business presentations for stakeholders. You know, PPT with bunch of graphs, etc. In 3 weeks, problems started. The SG guy would not allow me to do my work, telling everyone to run decisions by him and not me. On top of that, when I visited that guys presentation (I wasn't invited, just came randomly), I realized that he takes credit for all my work. Before escalating it further (I was super pissed at that point), I called a meeting with SG guys, presented the facts and told them to make me a chapter lead without any buts/ifs/maybes; if they can't, I want to know the exact law, so I can hire a lawyer from SG and see what can be done. At that point, I was told that I cannot be a chapter lead because "I am not presentable enough for stakeholders and it's important for PR to have *SG guy* to do presentation".

I escalated the whole situation to my managers in Russia, whose response was super fast. They removed all the access from SG guys in Russia, they were not allowed to any premises. I was told to leave SG and come back to Russia.
Was there nepotism involved? I mean if you called their BS on the first go, why would they double down? Maybe I'm missing some cultural context...
 

stream

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Sep 28, 2022
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Oh, you don't even know the full story. So, basically I went to SG to specifically handle that part of the project. The next step would be handled in Moscow and I and one more guy would actually complete it in Russia and deliver it on the market; first national one and then international. It was in a contract that I will be handling a project from the start to finish. In response to that, we allowed SG to send their engineers to handle a certain part of another project. When I got to SG, I wasn't given a project lead role but instead, it was given to a SG guy. I informed the company and they got in contact with SG and they were told that it's something to do with SG laws (BS) and I will technically be the lead, just another guy would do business presentations for stakeholders. You know, PPT with bunch of graphs, etc. In 3 weeks, problems started. The SG guy would not allow me to do my work, telling everyone to run decisions by him and not me. On top of that, when I visited that guys presentation (I wasn't invited, just came randomly), I realized that he takes credit for all my work. Before escalating it further (I was super pissed at that point), I called a meeting with SG guys, presented the facts and told them to make me a chapter lead without any buts/ifs/maybes; if they can't, I want to know the exact law, so I can hire a lawyer from SG and see what can be done. At that point, I was told that I cannot be a chapter lead because "I am not presentable enough for stakeholders and it's important for PR to have *SG guy* to do presentation".

I escalated the whole situation to my managers in Russia, whose response was super fast. They removed all the access from SG guys in Russia, they were not allowed to any premises. I was told to leave SG and come back to Russia.
Wow! Hats off to you and your managers! It's funny that most of the time the people who complain about racism are the ones who abide by it. Even if they had to be face of the project, taking credit for someone else's work is not acceptable.
 

Rohit Chhabra

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Jul 20, 2018
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Healthcare infra is indeed broken and wait times stories are real. However, this is not unique to Canada as I have heard similar stories from my friends and family who live in country with similar public healthcare model (e.g. UK, Germany, Australia). If you search you will see various articles from past many years about how UK healthcare was almost bankrupt etc.
But at the same time Canada has a better chance to fix their healthcare system compared to say UK or Germany simply because they have a better immigration system (on paper at least). But, the people higher up are insecure and these things are tightly controlled and someone who did medical degree in another country would have to jump through hoops and spend a lot of money to get recertified in Canada to practice as Doctor.
On one hand you can see logic behind it, we do not want doctors who used money to get admissions to sub standard institutes and almost bought their degrees to practice. But on the other hand we are wasting far too many medical professionals and making them work as Uber drivers (no offence meant, it is an honest work).
There has to be a middle path and a solution. Canada government can't expect someone to uproot their life and spend 18-24 months to get recertified after spending thousands of dollars and not making any money. One solution I can think is that they could have some sort of contractual agreements with doctors where their recertification exam fee is subsidized and they are paid some stipend while they do it and in return they need to work in an under served area for X amount of years. Number of years could vary based on subsidy provided. At least we can take care of lack of general physicians this way. Lack of specialist is a whole other issue.
Agree with the solution that you're suggesting. I think it exists in some form in India as well, so it is doable. I just read another article which talks about changes that will make the immigration process easier for physicians. So, I'm sure that it is fixable. The question is how long would it take.
Here's the link to the article..
https://www.cicnews.com/2022/10/canada-removing-barriers-to-permanent-residence-for-physicians-1031184.html#gs.dzytbb
 

cansha

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Agree with the solution that you're suggesting. I think it exists in some form in India as well, so it is doable. I just read another article which talks about changes that will make the immigration process easier for physicians. So, I'm sure that it is fixable. The question is how long would it take.
Here's the link to the article..
https://www.cicnews.com/2022/10/canada-removing-barriers-to-permanent-residence-for-physicians-1031184.html#gs.dzytbb
Issue is not immigration or getting physicians to Canada. There are already a lot who have come and struggled as getting a license to practice is difficult to get. Anyhow, let's hope things move in the right direction because if they don't when we are at an age where we will need the medical help the most the medical infrastructure may be dead already.
 
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Impatient Dankaroo

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Issue is not immigration or getting physicians to Canada. There are already a lot who have come and struggled as getting a license to practice is difficult to get. Anyhow, let's hope things move in the right direction because if they don't when we are at an age where we will need the medical help the most the medical infrastructure may be dead already.
Easier access to medical license equals lower salaries. Then the best doctors will move to usa (alot already do) as top canadian uni graduates are allowed to practice in US. So their strategy is talent retention
 

RSub

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Aug 23, 2021
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That car thing is by design in SG. They have no space for parking as space is at premium price. To counter that they do have very good public transport infra so most do not need a car (second hand info from friends).

But, I never wanted to move to SG as one of my friends had told me that in certain areas they would not rent apartments to certain nationalities. I do not want to live in that kind of country.
Singapore has everything except space. It is amazing how a small country has so much. I initially wanna move to Singapore if I was kicked outta US. The reason was so dumb. Its closer to my home and I could visit my family every week if needed and still enjoy the lifestyle of a developed nation.
 

Cybrboyin

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Yes exactly. Did you get the entire results as well? I don't know if I should upload the entire report. I was thinking I should contact the health center to just provide me with the one page e- medical sheet
I am in the same situation. I also have the full report and the info sheet? Did you upload only the e-medical info sheet or the full report?
 

catalin1122

Star Member
Aug 22, 2021
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The trend continues!

PPR in 98 days.

https://myimmitracker.com/en/ca/trackers/consolidated-e-apr-tracker-express-entry-permanent-residency-application/cases/case-106852

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AOR: 27 June 2022
Medicals Passed: 20 September 2022
PPR: 03 October 2022
Yup, that's me. I was surprised to receive the PPR email given that I had to do a sputum test and a second x-ray. Seems that they continued to processes the app while waiting for the results. Although it wasn't the easiest case, it was pretty straight forward so maybe that had something to do with the fast processing time.
 

ElvisRamaj

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Apr 26, 2021
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Yup, that's me. I was surprised to receive the PPR email given that I had to do a sputum test and a second x-ray. Seems that they continued to processes the app while waiting for the results. Although it wasn't the easiest case, it was pretty straight forward so maybe that had something to do with the fast processing time.
Really ?

Congratulations my friend. Very happy for you.

I asked on myimmitracker and I will ask here aswell, what visa office handled your application ?
 
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