5 reasons to flee the U.S. for

5 reasons to flee the U.S. for Canada

Burger King BKW, +2.33% said this week that it will move its headquarters to Canada, after agreeing to buy bakery chain Tim Horton’s THI, +0.34% The move is move partly motivated by lower tax rates in Canada, but there are plenty of other reasons why Americans might want to follow.

Canada has the world’s best reputation internationally as a place to do business and live for the third consecutive year, according to the latest annual survey of more than 27,000 people around the world by the Reputation Institute, an international corporate advisory firm.

Less firearm-related homicide
The rate of homicide with firearms in the U.S. (3.2 per 100,000) is more than six times higher than in Canada (0.5 per 100,000), according to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. In fact, the U.S. holds the dubious honor of outpacing most other developed countries in this category, including Norway and England and Wales (all 0.1 per 100,000); Australia, New Zealand and Germany (all 0.2 per 100,000); and the Netherlands (0.3 per 100,000).

More socially progressive government
In the U.S., same-sex marriage is legal in 19 states and the District of Columbia. Couples who tie the knot in states that don’t allow it are still entitled to federal recognition of their marriage due to a Supreme Court ruling last year that struck down much of the federal Defense of Marriage Act. But Canada legalized same-sex marriage in 2005 at a federal level. When Canada’s Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper took office in 2006, he chose not to revisit same-sex marriage law, says author and Toronto-based gay rights activist Bert Archer. “That was the first time I really understood that Canadian and American political spectrums were entirely different things, and that Obama probably couldn’t get elected here—he’s way too right-wing.”

Universal health care
Given the confusing surrounding the impact of Obamacare on insurance premiums and the difficulty in its online rollout, it may be hard to believe that Canada has had universal health care since the 1960s through the Medical Care Act of 1966. Like many national health care systems, Canada’s isn't perfect. In Canada, patients have little to no financial burden, which has helped lengthen life expectancy and prevent disease, according to a 2014 report on health care by the Commonwealth Fund. But they too often experience long wait times for health-care services. The same report offered stinging criticism of the U.S. “The U.S. health care system is the most expensive in the world, but this report and prior editions consistently show the U.S. underperforms relative to other countries,” it said.

Generous parental leave

The U.S. is one of the few industrialized nations that doesn’t require paid family leave for new moms and dads. “There’s a much better government and cultural acceptance of parental leave here than in the U.S.,” says Wendy Roth, associated professor of sociology at the University of British Columbia in Vancou ver

[color=rgb(51, 51, 51)]Canadians are funny[/color]

There is a stereotype that Canadians are boring. Blame Peter Ustinov’s famous line: “Toronto is New York run by the Swiss.” But Canadians are funny. John Candy, Dan Aykroyd, Jim Carrey, Michael J. Fox, Howie Mandel, Mike Myers, Leslie Nielsen, Catherine O’Hara and, even, William Shatner all hailed from Canada. And it’s not just the professionals. Traveling on a packed bus along Davie Street in Vancouver on Tuesday evening, the driver told people waiting at the bus stop, “There will be another one along in a few seconds.” But as soon as the doors closed, he said, “I just made that up.” And at a branch of Tim Horton’s in Vancouver earlier this week, the sales assistant announced to a long line of confused customers, “Welcome to Burger King .”

You wrote, "The U.S. is one of the few industrialized nations that doesn’t require paid family leave for new moms and dads. "

I must admit the US is behind the times in not mandating parental leave from every employer. People, especially, mothers are burned out after giving birth. Every once in a while a mom will quit and pray the company or employer will rehire them in another four years. Additionally, it makes the US appear barbaric that employers do not offer a month's vacation.

Some women go into teaching for the sole purpose of having the summers off, generously sick leave, and at least three holiday weeks during the school year. That school schedule permits them to spend more time at home.

As an American, I can say for a sad fact my country has a dangerous obsession with guns. It has worsen once former President George W. Bush uplift the ban on assault rifles, appeasing his supporters in the NRA. Now in the Obama Presidency, you have the right wing whipping up a frenzy of the biracial dark guy possibly taking away people's guns. Therefore, you have predominately white Americans getting guns in droves and waiting like maniacs to shoot the first "un-American" target they see. If that wasn't bad enough, you have some inner city neighborhoods being flooded in guns - with nice assistance from the CIA who help distribute these guns secretly into the areas. So this adds to urban and senseless gun deaths and then there's the jerks who go on massive shooting sprees every 3 months. Sighs, my country tis of thee. Sweet land of gun craze, blood soaking liberty.

America is also obsessed with  terrorism but if you ask a black person who are the worst terrorist , he would say that it is the police

HOW LONG BEFORE oBAMA FOLLOW THE CORPORATIONS THAT MOVE

Ultimately Hispanics and other immigrants will push the white Americans to Canada sooner or later. Time for some role reversal !