SlowlybtSurely:


Very true. A colleague in one of the small jobs I did when I just landed was earning same exact wage with me but was driving a $50,000 electric car. Me? I was managing to keep my head up.

Priorities I guess. Some of us have started saving for our kid's post secondary education even though it's years away.

SlowlybtSurely:


Ontario's real estate market is messed up. It's just unimaginable. Can't wait to leave.

If I wasn't living in Sask, Manitoba or Alberta, I would probably be living in NFL, PEI or Nova Scotia or maybe elsewhere in Ontario with a more affordable cost of living.. As long as I can get a job that atleast pays a decent wage.

Just got the same Info from David Cohen. Thank you.

Ajibade105:
I know someone needs this info...

XX01:


I would say between $4,000 and $6,000. Rent is about $3,000. Then there might be daycare costs, etc.

For median wages, check on https://www.jobbank.gc.ca/trend-analysis/search-wages, https://www.jobbank.gc.ca/wagereport/location/geo9219 or https://www.payscale.com/research/CA/State=Ontario/Salary

3k for rent?

Santino1:


Not to hold brief for Justin Trudeau (heck I'm not even a fan of the guy) but what would you rather have him do? Most of his decision thus far have been based on solid scientific evidences and as the science changes from day-to-day, so are his decisions. On this particular issue, I think he has responded in a calm, measured, and reasonable manner you would expect from a leader.

I know it's easy at times like this to blame globalization (rightly or not) for all societal ills. But on the flip side, within few months of the outbreak we have been able to map the entire genome of the COVID-19 virus, understand its mode of transmission, and just yesterday the first vaccine trial took place. What do you think made all that possible? International collaborations (ergo Globalization). And that's not mentioning all the numerous advantages that you have personally benefited and will continue to benefit from globalization.

Not just Justin, we've all "got skin in the game".

I would have expected that at the early stages of this outbreak, the government impose travel restrictions on areas that have been hard hit by the virus. Flights from China have been running continuously and will only cease when the belated border closure takes effect tomorrow the 18th of March.

I would have expected that travelers coming through the country's airports be subjected to screening for symptoms of the Wuhan virus. I came through YYZ a couple of weeks ago from an overseas trip and asides from the one question at the airport's self service kiosks of whether one has been in the Chinese province of Hubei there was absolutely nothing done to ascertain or identify if I or the other thousands of incoming travelers were potential vectors of the virus.

Canada's healthcare infrastructure is subpar for a country of it's status so any number of preemptive measures should have been taken months ago to mitigate the effect of the added strain caused by this outbreak. Countries like Russia and Singapore shut down their borders real quick when this virus became a thing, they did this way before the wise officials at WHO thought to consider COVID19 a pandemic. Guess who will not be spending billions of dollars combating the Wuhan?

I must be missing something because I fail to see how the PM's approach up until now has been anything resembling
strategic or backed by scientific evidence... but if by calm and measured you meant laisse faire then you are absolutely correct.

Kekereekun123:
scam. they will ask u to deposit 350k or so. ask the agent why he is not in canada

Hmmm. Thanks for the heads up Man.

For anyone with time on their hands, or looking for some extra cash, Amazon is hiring, to deal with the high demand...

salford1:

No ooo. I just shock small

For that same amount, one can rent a near new 3 bedroom house plus basement with a fenced landscaped yard in some cities in some other places.

It is well o.

I'm paying 1800 for a furnished basement in Milton, all inclusive.

Thanks for the info. I'm scheduled to land next week in Calgary. Is it something I can apply for now?

ifegy:
For anyone with time on their hands, or looking for some extra cash, Amazon is hiring, to deal with the high demand...

Thank you for sharing. I'm already scheduled to travel next week. I was beginning to worry if I should cancel or not. Thanks

MumofTwins2017:
Just got the same Info from David Cohen. Thank you.

iaatmguy:
Quite a long read

Family of 3
2 adults and a 21 month old infant

Thanks for reading!

What a great read. I did lots of Oh...!! Ah!! Ehya while reading and smiling. May the land favour you and your family immensely. My family should land at the end of April by God's grace.

[quote author=salford1 post=87532823][/quote]
Thanks for the connect Sir!
Please you got a mail.

I advice we all still wait and watch out for more information from IRCC. We don’t want to land and realize the Info wasn’t officially made by IRCC and get stuck at the airport especially for those with kids.
Whatever happens let’s be safe. I only cancelled my Airbnb since there is the option of full refund currently. Will find another once we can confirm the new Information.

Lexsuave:
Thank you for sharing. I'm already scheduled to travel next week. I was beginning to worry if I should cancel or not. Thanks

Hi all,
Learnt an airline allowed COPR & students but turned back Visiting Visa holders, however this morning a COPR holder was turned back maybe because the restriction is effective from today.

His passport details were taken and he was asked to reschedule when the ban is lifted.

Trudeau's social media pages should be flooded so he can respond.

People have resigned from their employment, sold many of their stuffs even cars, rents expiring ...all these should be put into consideration and measures alongside to curb the spread of the virus

For IRCC, when u put a call through, some officials tell you COPR holders can fly whilst others opine to the contrary.

We will keep our arms crossed then

Great

Pls kindly shed light on this:
1) what qualifies you for credit card rewards, is it the degree of use. How substantial is the reward that offsets your credit. Do all the banks give rewards?

2) Is there any tax implication on using credit card over debit & vise versa for transactions?.


I recently saw this �;

"The banks knows what they are doing. When it’s time to buy a house, your *credit score* will *determine the interest rate.* Remember, anything credit you are paying X3 back.

Having an instant 3000CAD credit card without a job will make it worse for future loan which they might increase your interest rate.

You can as well tell any bank you want a $500 credit card limit"

3) In the light of the above, is it advisable to request for a $500credit card limit?
[quote author=whizqueen post=87535070][/quote]

Pls kindly shed light on this:
1) what qualifies you for credit card rewards, is it the degree of use. How substantial is the reward that offsets your credit. Do all the banks give rewards?

2) Is there any tax implication on using credit card over debit & vise versa for transactions?.


I recently saw this �;

"The banks knows what they are doing. When it’s time to buy a house, your *credit score* will *determine the interest rate.* Remember, anything credit you are paying X3 back.

Having an instant 3000CAD credit card without a job will make it worse for future loan which they might increase your interest rate.

You can as well tell any bank you want a $500 credit card limit"

3) In the light of the above, is it advisable to request for a $500credit card limit?
[quote author=whizqueen post=87535070][/quote]

@whizqueen , kindly respond to the above. Thanks

Absolutely!! I subscribe to this opinion. Thanks

MumofTwins2017:
I advice we all still wait and watch out for more information from IRCC. We don’t want to land and realize the Info wasn’t officially made by IRCC and get stuck at the airport especially for those with kids.
Whatever happens let’s be safe. I only cancelled my Airbnb since there is the option of full refund currently. Will find another once we can confirm the new Information.

Please what is the best city to relocate to in Canada
Ontario
Albarto

Pls urgent and needed
We are filling out our Visa process for the first time
Pls assist

Nickigold:
Please what is the best city to relocate to in Canada
Ontario
Albarto

Pls urgent and needed
We are filling out our Visa process for the first time
Pls assist

you have not done ielts or eca. so which form are you filling madam

There is a questionnaire
At the website which someone putting us through ask us to fill
That is where the questions pop up
To determine what best migration suit us

Nickigold:
There is a questionnaire
At the website which someone putting us through ask us to fill
That is where the questions pop up
To determine what best migration suit us

avoid those sites. they will only take your money and do nothing special for you

Kekereekun123:
avoid those sites. they will only take your money and do nothing special for you

Thanks for the help
Am now following the pdf sent at page one
Thanks

[quote author=Lexsuave post=87539022]Thanks for the info. I'm scheduled to land next week in Calgary. Is it something I can apply for now?

Hi @Lexsuave , are you landing with COPR or you have your PR card already? I am scheduled to travel next week too, but contemplating cancelling due to the ban.
Everyone, please help with more information.
Thank you

Hi.. I only have a COPR visa and not a PR card yet. I've developed a webform inquiry to IRCC about landing next week and I'm anticipating a response from them if i can still fly in as scheduled. I'd definitely have to wait till Friday morning before I decide to postpone my flight or not. I really wish all this can be over in no time.
[quote author=Advantage007 post=87550328][/quote]

Bawss1:


I would have expected that at the early stages of this outbreak, the government impose travel restrictions on areas that have been hard hit by the virus. Flights from China have been running continuously and will only cease when the belated border closure takes effect tomorrow the 18th of March.

Well, countries like Italy and Iran did exactly what you suggested above and how is that working out for them presently? Not great I would think as they are among the worst hit countries outside of China. One important point that we all seem to be forgetting is this is terra incognita for us all and we have no experience to draw from.

Bawss1:

I would have expected that travelers coming through the country's airports be subjected to screening for symptoms of the Wuhan virus. I came through YYZ a couple of weeks ago from an overseas trip and asides from the one question at the airport's self service kiosks of whether one has been in the Chinese province of Hubei there was absolutely nothing done to ascertain or identify if I or the other thousands of incoming travelers were potential vectors of the virus.

Have you even stopped to consider the sheer logistics of that? Sure, you want everyone coming through the airport screened for COVID-19 but consider this: Toronto Pearson alone processes over 130k passenger per day on average with about 65% of those being international and trans-border passengers (according to Pearson Airport statistics for 2019). Yet, the most aggressive screening in the world right now can only screen 12k people per day on average translating to less than 20% of the total. In the face of such glaring deficiencies, one viable alternative is self-reporting which is to answer a few questionnaire to ascertain if you are potentially infected. So it behooves on the people to do their part and be honest and forthcoming. I don't know about you but when I returned to Toronto in February, I answered such questionnaires.

Bawss1:
Canada's healthcare infrastructure is subpar for a country of it's status so any number of preemptive measures should have been taken months ago to mitigate the effect of the added strain caused by this outbreak. Countries like Russia and Singapore shut down their borders real quick when this virus became a thing, they did this way before the wise officials at WHO thought to consider COVID19 a pandemic. Guess who will not be spending billions of dollars combating the Wuhan?

Again, travel ban may have worked for Russia and Singapore but it has done jack for Italy and Iran. Even closer to home, US banned travel before Canada did and they are currently worse off than we are. Like I said before, this is an unprecedented situation and there is no tailor-made, one cap fits all solution so each country will have to assess its own risk based on its own peculiarities.

Bawss1:
I must be missing something because I fail to see how the PM's approach up until now has been anything resembling
strategic or backed by scientific evidence... but if by calm and measured you meant laisse faire then you are absolutely correct.

On most issues I'd agree with you that Trudeau's approach is nothing more than that "laisse faire" but on this particular issue, I can't fault his approach and the evidence is in the relatively low infection rate in Canada (well, so far) despite having a considerable Chinese population.

The drive to work since the beginning of this week has been strange. My city (a small sized) is beginning to feel like a ghost town. Very few movement. The local starbucks, Tim Hortons and McDonalds have all removed chairs and tables from their shops. You can only drive through.
People are staying at home. This helps limit the transmission of the covid even though there have been only 8 cases or so in Sask.
Employers have started offering employees options to work from home. Some employers without the capacity have started placing employees on unpaid leave.

thesolicitor2:

Pls kindly shed light on this:
1) what qualifies you for credit card rewards, is it the degree of use. How substantial is the reward that offsets your credit. Do all the banks give rewards?

Its the usage and payment that impacts your credit card rewards. All banks have a credit reward card but not all credit cards have that offer. The value of the reward say 5000 points may only be able to pay of $25 bill and you might have had up to 50 transactions to earn that 5000 points

2) Is there any tax implication on using credit card over debit & vise versa for transactions?.

The only extra taxes you would be paying is on the interest for non payment or partial payment. HST is still same for all purchases either debit or credit payment

I recently saw this �;

"The banks knows what they are doing. When it’s time to buy a house, your *credit score* will *determine the interest rate.* Remember, anything credit you are paying X3 back.

If you’re a high risk lender (low credit score), the interest rate applicable on your mortgage may be a high than for a low risk lender. It also depends on other factors as well

Having an instant 3000CAD credit card without a job will make it worse for future loan which they might increase your interest rate.

You can as well tell any bank you want a $500 credit card limit"

3) In the light of the above, is it advisable to request for a $500credit card limit?

If you have a need for up to $3000 credit limit a month then go for it. The most important thing is to ensure that you’ve drafted a well thought out payment. You’re not obligated to finish spending , 3k. But what happens when you have just $500 and you need to spend 2500?

I hope that explains it.

19CannyMum:


3k for rent?

That's Toronto price. Other areas in the GTA are between 2k and 3k for rent. Except you want basements.