============================================================ From: Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> Date: 2004/11/03 Wed PM 08:14:17 EST To: lbo-talk <lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org> Subject: [lbo-talk] leaving the USA
http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/immigrate/
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http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=domesticNews&storyID=6704853 Unhappy Democrats Must Wait to Get Into Canada Wed Nov 3, 2004 02:41 PM ET
By David Ljunggren OTTAWA (Reuters) - Disgruntled Democrats seeking a safe Canadian haven after President Bush won Tuesday's election should not pack their bags just yet.
Canadian officials made clear on Wednesday that any U.S. citizens so fed up with Bush that they want to make a fresh start up north would have to stand in line like any other would-be immigrants -- a wait that can take up to a year.
"Let me tell you -- if they're hard-working honest people, there's a process, and let them apply," Immigration Minister Judy Sgro told Reuters.
Asked whether American applicants would get special treatment, she replied: "No, they'll join the crowd like all the other people who want to come to Canada."
There are anywhere from 600,000 to a million Americans living in Canada, which leans more to the left than the United States and has traditionally favored the Democrats over the Republicans.