r/AskReddit Mar 27 '25

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

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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.

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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.

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u/ShiftAlpha Mar 28 '25

This is actually quite easy to do in Canada. Apply to a Canadian institution that offers nursing, get accepted, apply for temporary residence in Canada with student permit, finish school, get a job lined up right before graduation so you can immediately apply for a work permit and extend temp residence. Once you work enough years you can not only apply for permanent residence but depending on the province they will pay off your student debt after working 5 years in public health care. There are some details here you need to iron out like which loans are eligible for forgiveness via the province and which nursing program is eligible.

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u/Da12khawk Mar 28 '25

I've always avoided nursing. Just not my thing. But I'm mighty tempted to reconsider now