And another one is added to the list

[patgund]

"Saskatchewan mulls bid to allow same-sex marriage"

"A Saskatchewan judge will rule Friday on whether the province will become the seventh jurisdiction in Canada to allow same-sex marriages.

Justice Donna Wilson reserved her decision Wednesday after hearing from lawyers representing five gay and lesbian couples who were denied marriage licences.

The judge is expected to rule in favour of same-sex marriage, since neither the provincial nor the federal government plans to contest the application.

Same-sex couples can marry in Ontario, British Columbia, Quebec, Manitoba, the Yukon and Nova Scotia."

Meanwhile, South of the Border, the states are tripping over themselves trying to ban such. I certainly don't see allowing same-sex couples to marry as any sort of threat. (shakes head and sighs).

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[selenesue.livejournal.com]

I understand that the Immigration page of the government of Canada has had record traffic from US internet users, looking up requirements, etc.

On the other hand, some Canadian LJ'ers are saying, it's not really any better there.

On the gripping hand: oh can you really see some of our extremely city-kid gay friends in wild and wooly Saskatchewan? Only if they have a Starbucks.

[patgund.livejournal.com]

Dunno about Saskatchewan, but there seems to be a Charbucks....err, Starbucks on just about every street corner in Vancouver.

(rumage rumage rumage)

Fourbucks Starbucks' website lists 6 stores in Saskatchewan, one in Regina and 5 in Saskatoon.

Better in places, worse in some. There are aspects of Canadian culture and history I find I adore - and other parts that make me wonder what kind of monkey crack they're smoking. It's just simular enough to the US to feel the same - and just different enough to trip you up if you're not careful. Yeah, there's more of a live and let live attitude socially - most of the divides seem to be lingistic rather than ethnic or sexual. (and not just the English - French debate either). But the society is a bit more controlled in other places than we're used to, and the tax rates are rather high to US eyes.

There's also a lot of resentment from the western territories and proviences about the return on their tax dollar. The feeling is that BC and Alberta pay huge sums to Ottowa, and get zitch in return.

And immigration takes three to five years, and you have to show you'd be a productive member of Canadian society to manage to pull it off.

So no, Canada isn't the paradise that some people may think right now. Which doesn't change the fact it's a hella nice place.