"The Number of Americans Moving to Canada in 2006 Hit a 30-Year High"

This a href=”http://www.abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=3433005page=1″seems like good news:/a br /br /blockquoteIn 2006, 10,942 Americans went to Canada, compared with 9,262 in 2005 and 5,828 in 2000, according to a survey by the Association for Canadian Studies….br /br /The current increase appears to be fueled largely by social and political reasons, says Jedwab, based on anecdotal evidence.br /br /”Those who are coming have the highest level of education — these aren’t people who can’t get a job in the states,” he says. “They’re coming because many of them don’t like the politics, the Iraq War and the security situation in the U.S. By comparison, Canada is a tension-free place. People feel safer….”br /br /Kertes attributes his motivation to President Bush’s opposition to gay marriage, and the tactics employed during the war on terror since 9/11.br /br /”I wanted a country that respected my human rights and the rights of others,” he says. “We joked about it after Bush won re-election, but it took us a while to go through the application.”br /br /Kertes, who moved with his partner, is happy in his new home. “Canada is a really nice country. My mother is thinking about it. My stepfather has diabetes and has health issues. So, he’d be taken care of for free if he moved up here.” /blockquotebr /br /Yep, let Canada take care of all the disgruntled Americans and provide their sick family members with a href=”http://www.freemarketcure.com/socializedmedicineissicko.php””free healthcare.”/a It sounds like a good plan to me; if the Democrats lose the presidency by 10,942 votes in 2008, we’ll know who to blame!