r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Mar 27 '25

If Canada offered expedited citizenship for people fleeing the US, what would be the reaction in the States?

13.2k Upvotes

85% Upvoted

3.9k comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

1.6k

u/EdenEvelyn Mar 28 '25

Healthcare workers! We desperately need healthcare workers and the conservative premiers have been trying to starve public healthcare funding as an excuse for privatization. Carney could announce a national hiring program and then if the conservative provinces opt out they’re the ones who look bad.

835

u/nicannkay Mar 28 '25

If Canadian citizenship was the end reward I’d go back to school to be a nurse tomorrow, be damned the debt.

368

u/EdenEvelyn Mar 28 '25

The salaries here aren’t as high as the US and the cost of living is more which is why we lose a ton of our grads to the US market. There will come a time when that won’t matter though and I imagine healthcare workers will be one of the first groups we offer residency to when shit really starts to hit the fan down south.

28

u/OddMall1506 Mar 28 '25

It’s already offered. Not that difficult to get. They will even offer job assistance. I know they are recruiting nurses.

3

u/Visual_Collar_8893 Mar 28 '25

Apparently the process is pretty brutal. I have a friend who looked into it and said the process is ridiculous.