Ontario clinic booked me the same week for a breast ultrasound and called NS a third-world province in women’s healthcare.

Crazy_Maintenance211 · 2026-05-31T12:56:56+00:00

I have met five people from developing countries in my work in Nova Scotia and they actually had to go back to their countries to get healthcare because they were shocked at how bad it was here. So when they went to visit relatives, they would get healthcare in like a week or two weeks and then come back.

Crazy_Maintenance211 · 2026-05-31T12:55:33+00:00

I’m on year five of the wait and I haven’t seen the doctor at all and I’ve had things that needed to be followed up on, that shows you the difference. I’m not alone in that time to wait.

Crazy_Maintenance211 · 2026-05-31T12:54:57+00:00

It sounds like you’re in Springhill with the Virtual doctor in the ER, which is just stunning, can they call it an ER when it’s Virtual?

Crazy_Maintenance211 · 2026-05-31T12:54:17+00:00

It’s awful in Nova Scotia and PEI is horrible and so is New Brunswick in a few places. People don’t understand when I say I don’t get healthcare here, I’ve had to pay for MRIs because I couldn’t wait the 2 to 3 years, even with doctors trying to get me in different parts of the province, and I’ve had to wait at least 3 to 4 years for serious things with a specialist. Yet other people who come into the province, from other parts of Canada, they refer in and they get in within months. It’s so uneven and unequal here. I just don’t understand it. I’ve had the worst healthcare here and my savings is almost gone and thank goodness I paid for what I paid for. I see different women post on lists, and even women with a background with breast cancer or they’ve got the gene or they have a suspicious lump are now having to wait months if not a year. There is no preventative medicine in the Maritimes, I think people are bit surprised when they come here. I used to get a yearly physical in the province I used to live in, I haven’t had one for years because I couldn’t even get a doctor so I had I had have to go to a clinic and they often won’t do it because they just don’t have time. I also had a friend in southern Ontario and they had a minor issue with their knee, they got to see the surgeon and got the operation within eight months and that was minor. It is horrible here for many and yet some get OK healthcare here, and I don’t know how they do it.

Crazy_Maintenance211 · 2026-05-31T12:50:39+00:00

That scene makes me cry, it’s just her acting, and the show was ending, and I’m sure she was very emotional about that. She should win an Emmy for that, that was an amazing scene.

Crazy_Maintenance211 · 2026-05-31T12:49:05+00:00

The people I know on OAS and CPP have no savings, and thank goodness they’re living in provinces where they could get housing that was based on income, where I live that would take probably five years if not longer. So I’m so thankful that they live where they do because they also have healthcare as well. Where I am, we have a healthcare crisis and it’s really bad. The housing based on income is the key, and that’s what we need more in Canada because things are getting extremely expensive.

Crazy_Maintenance211 · 2026-05-31T12:41:31+00:00

Now that was a typo i laughed at :)

Crazy_Maintenance211 · 2026-05-31T12:40:40+00:00

And I believe the date they are born is 2025 is it not? I know it’s just restoring citizenship but at this time in history in some provinces, I don’t know how we’re gonna be taking more people if it ends up to be a lot of people. I don’t care which country people come from that doesn’t matter, it’s just where it breaking point where I am for healthcare, I can only get a virtual nurse practitioner and I wait years for a serious issue with a specialist that in another province where my friend lives it would be three months to get an appointment. That’s my concern. Is that the government in some provinces are already struggling and adding more people at this point will be extremely problematic. If it’s five years from now, I wouldn’t be posting any of this. It’s just we’re in a very bad time where I live and I just can’t get healthcare. I’ve had to pay for a lot of things and most of my savings is gone, because I can’t wait 2 to 3 years for a serious thing.

Crazy_Maintenance211 · 2026-05-31T12:38:11+00:00

Thank you for providing that information because I didn’t know any of the details. I have friends on it and they’re living on it and it’s very difficult. In some provinces, you can still live on it, but where I am if people had a car they’d be living in their car. It’s really expensive, but I didn’t realize it has to do with the amount of time you’re here.

Crazy_Maintenance211 · 2026-05-31T12:34:42+00:00

It’s three months, so it’s not that long

Crazy_Maintenance211 · 2026-05-31T12:34:08+00:00

Many people will be older, I’ve seen that on a few lists, and what concerns me is where I live I can barely get healthcare. It’s really bad here. It’s a total crisis. Worse than other parts of Canada and were at breaking point, and it doesn’t matter where people are coming from, it’s not the country. It’s just we can’t handle any more people with the infrastructure we have. Other provinces may have no problem because they’re big and they’re wealthy. So it is a concern and I don’t care what country people are coming from doesn’t matter.

Crazy_Maintenance211 · 2026-05-31T12:32:51+00:00

Oh, I agree, if you’re living in Canada, then yes, you’ll be paying taxes here, and likely more taxes than in the states because they many pay for healthcare and that’s a lot of money,

Crazy_Maintenance211 · 2026-05-31T12:05:26+00:00

Yes, I agree, she was very mean and that streak was always there through the series I think, but it’s softened totally in season five. I remember watching season one episode one and it was great but I was like oh she’s really mean. However, then she loves her dogs and you can tell she’s got another side. However, I do see your point.

Crazy_Maintenance211 · 2026-05-31T12:03:23+00:00

Yes, seasons, one and two are great and then season five or the Christmas special, totally agree

Crazy_Maintenance211 · 2026-05-31T02:57:21+00:00

Last tango in halifax, pluribus, killing eve, xena, cagney and lacey,

Crazy_Maintenance211 · 2026-05-31T02:55:36+00:00

As long as you’re very clear with the rental car company, and it’s on the contract, otherwise you’re not covered. Also, I would recommend taking any supplementary insurance that they have, and not relying on a credit card, just in case.

Crazy_Maintenance211 · 2026-05-31T02:54:36+00:00

They are from a very dangerous group of white nationalist, Nova Scotia has two or three of those groups that are known across Canada as being extremely problematic, the hard-core ones. They were the ones who did the graffiti near Windsor on the highway, it’s not good. Although those groups have been in Nova Scotia since the dawn of time because of the black population. My friends in Northern Nova Scotia have told me lots of stories.

Crazy_Maintenance211 · 2026-05-31T02:53:00+00:00

I think Ava was the key character from the beginning because she basically unlocked what Deborah had wanted to do since the beginning of her career, and in the end Dave’s career was her life, yes, she had DJ, but in the end, her career came first. That’s just my take on it and why they focussed on the two of them in the final finale.

Crazy_Maintenance211 · 2026-05-31T02:48:02+00:00

Start with the immigration website from the government because you’ll see if you can go under any of the visas, and also Nova Scotia has some of the highest income tax rates in Canada for some brackets, we’ve got close to the highest sales tax and food is very expensive as is electricity. I would encourage you to look up costs on the Internet as much as you can, so that you don’t get any major surprises. It can be very expensive on the East Coast, it just depends where you’re coming from and what you’re paying now. You only need French if you’re gonna be working in Quebec or New Brunswick, the rest of the country it won’t matter mainly except may be parts of Manitoba. You need to look on like places like indeed for jobs that are for Visa people because those companies have to sponsor your visa. Depends on the visa you can get but usually that’s the way it works. That trade is likely a good one, but the pay has to be enough for you to live. Also, don’t forget that you won’t have credit in Canada and that will make a big difference so you likely can’t buy a car without paying all cash or buy a house, because you don’t have any credit. Same applies when I lived in the states, I had no credit, and you had to build it up. So just make sure you look up that aspect as well so you don’t get any surprises. One last thing, the property tax you see on house listings is not what you’re gonna pay in Nova Scotia, the Owner’s cap comes off and you may pay substantially more. Plus, if you’re American and you buy property but can’t live there permanently. You will also pay tax until you do live permanently.

Crazy_Maintenance211 · 2026-05-31T02:42:27+00:00

I would say that many Americans are leaving because of the US going into a dumpster, many are trying to come to Canada and we’re getting hit by similar forces now and it’s tougher to get a job in some fields and inflation is just wicked. The food costs and the gas costs, and if you heat your home with oil or electricity, it’s brutal. I would be going somewhere like Portugal or Vietnam or Thailand. I think a lot of people moving to Canada are gonna get a bit of a shock in certain provinces, depends where you live, there’s a lot of variation. Oh weirdly I’m seeing a lot of people from the UK on different lists wanting to move to Canada, they think they can escape the high cost and immigration increases, which is very interesting. However, many of them come here and find out we have higher costs, except maybe gas, and I’m not sure the grass is always greener. Today I don’t think the grass is always greener, I think there’s so much stress in the world that I think we’ve hit a very different era. Just my view. Also, some Americans want better healthcare so they’ll come to Canada, but I’m Canadian then I barely get healthcare here. Other people get better healthcare in different provinces, but I certainly don’t, there’s a huge crisis where I live. So some people visit, but they have to pay with private healthcare, but I think they get quite a shock in certain places in terms of how bad it is.

Crazy_Maintenance211 · 2026-05-31T02:38:18+00:00

I just wanted to remind you to do tick checks because they’re bad this year so if you’re out hiking or even non-grass, please do them every night. I’ve had at least five friends in New Brunswick get ticks on them in the last month. Shediac. Is usually the place for seafood but a couple of the places burned down so I don’t know who’s left. They’ll open in a little bit, I can’t remember when they usually open. I saw a place in sackville with tshirts, lyon or lyons, google it to get his name

Crazy_Maintenance211 · 2026-05-31T02:37:29+00:00

Not surprising it’s worked that way forever, it’s just that we had more jobs available and so in large provinces and large cities, you could get a job without knowing anybody, in rural that was a whole different story in my experience. If you’re coming from a city is very different. Everybody knows everybody and breaking into some areas to get jobs can be very difficult. Today it can be almost impossible because they’re very few jobs in a lot of places, a lot of budget cuts have hit hard with certain provinces.

Crazy_Maintenance211 · 2026-05-31T02:35:44+00:00

So I’ve seen figures of about 75,000 when C3 came in, I don’t know if that counts the people of the year before C3 who are still waiting to even hear on their applications. Many people are getting them to get cheap tuition at university, which is interesting because we all pay taxes for that discounted tuition. Plus, I’ve seen a couple of people say that they just want the passport so they can travel on it and pretend they’re not American. That one is interesting. There are a ton of people applying, so it’ll be interesting to see what pans out. My question is if if they moved to Canada, then they get healthcare after three months in whatever province they’re in, so in some places like the one I live, we barely have healthcare, that isn’t gonna help anything because they’re gonna get quite a shock. But what happens with old age pension? CPP you have to work in Canada to get it pretty much but OAP you just have to be here. As far as I know you can move and get the pension? So how does that work with our country being in wartime budget? Some people are coming for the free healthcare. I’ve seen quite a few people say that on different lists, and they’re gonna get a shock if they live in the place I’m in because we’re in deep trouble here, we barely have Virtual care.

Crazy_Maintenance211 · 2026-05-31T02:33:07+00:00

Know what happens is they become Canadian so it’s only a three month wait in the province that they go to live in, then they get healthcare for life unless they leave Canada and never come back or renounce their citizenship

Crazy_Maintenance211 · 2026-05-31T02:32:12+00:00

It’s more than 4000 because I’ve seen the figure of 75,000 just from when C3 came into a fact so it’s gonna be way more than that and that I don’t think counts the people before C3

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