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ok, can an American move to Canada and legally own / purchase firearms? and once said American moves to Canada, does he lose his citizenship in the US?
reason I ask, i want to move to Canada for a few or more years but not permanently and join the northern rangers. I contacted the rangers and they said I can legally join as long as I am a Canadian citizen.
Also, a few of my buddies who have friends / family say that Canada still has a workforce unlike the US. there be work up north fellers!!!
Do you think you can live up north with the walrus and polar bears long enough to become a canadian ranger? it might take a while, good luck.
to answer (some of) your questions;
certain guns can be brought over with paperwork for hunting as a tourist and you can own certain firearms when you live here as a canadian citizen.
cheers, Jim
not sure but my god I would love a shot at it!Quote:
Originally Posted by blazer91
i see, thanksQuote:
Originally Posted by blazer91
You cannot just , "move to Canada". You can visit for a period of time, assuming you are admittable. A DUI can be a game stopper. To work, you need a visa or work permit. NAFTA visa is available if you have a degree or profession on the list and a job offer. Becoming a citizen is much more complex. Google Canadian Immigration. Dual citizenship is permitted, with some caveats. I do not want to crap on your ambition, but what you are proposing is much more difficult than it might appear.
I lived in the Arctic for thirty years. Rangers tend to be recruited on the basis of expertise on the land. They assist the CF during exercises, operations. It is a very part time activity. You have to be able to make a living. Obtaining Canadian citizenship is a serious undertaking.
Hold on...the "Rangers" are not an arctic thing. I have a headquarters group here in Victoria BC. Their groups are located from here to up top and east of here through Winnipeg and so on...it's not just a snowy prospect.
Thanks guys, I figured it would be difficult and drawn out but I just wanted to know if it was at all possible.
hmmmm. dual citizenship? there is something to look into.
Just marry a Canadian and you're in like Flynn. I was going to say "a Canadian lady" but that seems to no longer be a given around here!:ugh:
Marry a native woman and you might get aboriginal status at the same time. Then you'd really be on the gravy train!:lol:
As fun as that sounds, the wife may not understand haha. I can still try it though.Quote:
Originally Posted by Surpmil
C'mon now, if she's understanding enough to move to Northern Canada so you can join the last first world military formation using Lee Enfields, she might well tolerate a little polygamy too. Seems to a work for a lot of LDS folks on both sides of the border.:DQuote:
Originally Posted by PA_RIFLEMAN303
A couple of times I've been in a situation where I was assumed to be some kind of polygamist: several women and a bunch of kids with us who could have been mine. It was mighty interesting to see the effect of this appearance on the women we encountered I can tell you! Not what you'd expect at all.:thup:
This is quite topical for me as I have been considering leaving here before it hits rock bottom.
Initially I thought Canada would be easy due to being in the commonwealth and all but it's just as hard as moving to the states. Either way I would need a job before I could move but no one will give a job to someone that's not already there. A difficult situation...
If it hits rock bottom you're already in the right hemisphere. No point coming here IMO unless you want trade places with the people who are moving to the Southern Hemisphere for exactly the same reasons.Quote:
Originally Posted by xa-coupe
HA! now that is worth an LMAOQuote:
Originally Posted by Surpmil
PA_RIFLEMAN303, do you have a trade, like welding or pipe-fitting or heavy equipment operator?
Every single business in northern Alberta has a Help Wanted sign out. If you have a trade, $120,000 a year is not hard to make. Hell, the folks at the donut shop make over $15 an hour.
well, I had a general construction company for 11 years but Bush and Obama don't like anything that generates money so I closed up but we did everything that requires tools even road work lol yeah, it got rough at the end.Quote:
Originally Posted by Stevo
Make a few phone calls, get a work visa, and come to work. Be advised, it's not cheap to live here. A "starter" home will run you $250,000 and gas is about $5 a gallon.
In northern AB, check with Clearstream or Flint.
At least you have decent toys to play with. Every week 'they' are finding new ways to screw us. Conservative or Left, they are all participating in an onslaught against legit shooters and I am tired of it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Surpmil
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Thanks for the links.Quote:
Originally Posted by Stevo
You won't find a proper detached house in any of our capitals for $250k, in fact, you would be hard pushed to get a unit without going miles out at that price. Average median price in Melbourne is circa $500k but that includes the before mentioned way out suburbs. We have 10+ suburbs with a million as the median price. Petrol is already about the same and it's the cheapest it's been for years. Usually we pay around $1.50 a litre ( roughly 4 litres to a gallon as a rule of thumb ). It's about $1.30 a litre right now .... we used to be the lucky country. Anyway, I am whining but I love this country and it hurts to watch it descend into an irrelevant nanny state.
It's all in the hands of the voters in the end. If you choose to participate in the process you can have whatever you want. If you don't, you get what "they" want.
I'm more in the "a$$-end-of-nowhere" than in a capital, though.Quote:
Originally Posted by xa-coupe
Peace River, Grande Prairie, and the (in)famous Fort McMurray are the hubs of oil patch activity in northern Alberta. I can shoot till 11pm in the summer, but the 6 hours of daylight in the winter can get somewhat tedious.
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this is part of why I am over it. I cannot believe the morons that 'we' are voting in. It has forced me to get political and join a party which I swore I would never do. The issue is that the party is only ever going to hold one or two seats and never govern. I know this and do not have a problem with it and joining was the only real thing I can do to help. Given Australia's heritage of being free thinkers and so on, it is particularly disappointing to see the 'sheeple' following the party line and believing the lies they are told each and every time and allowing regulations to be imposed on all sorts of things because they sound good at the time. I know that happens everywhere but I am looking to a place with less regulation than here. Anyway, I have managed an almost complete hijack of this thread and apologise for that!Quote:
Originally Posted by Surpmil