Moving to Newfoundland

Thanks to Unindicted Co-conspirator #1 for today’s BLOTT.

You are more than welcome to emigrate to Canada. Here’s a simple guide for you: https://www.canadim.com/immigrate/move-to-canada/move-from-united-states/ ^[1]

Now, a few points of clarification:

You can’t get free medical until you can establish “permanent residency”. This is similar in some ways to “permanent magnet”, especially being considerably closer to the magnetic North Pole. However, I should point out that in Canada, we don’t actually let you die just because you don’t have medical coverage (or because you are poor). Even without the residency, we will still provide emergency medical attention.
You can expect some difficulty communicating with our citizens in Newfoundland & Labrador (which is the actual name of the province, more commonly known as “The Rock”). Here’s a guide that will help you get started: https://encounternewfoundland.com/newfinese-101-words-and-phrases-youre-likely-to-hear-on-the-rock/ ^[2]
You might find it a bit chilly. Average summer temperature is 16°C. Average winter temperature is 0°C. (Get used to it, we use the Centigrade system, just like most of the rest of the world). Of course, over the next 5-10 years these averages will go up considerably.
You might want to practice some basic skills like grave digging before you arrive. Average snowfall in St. John’s is 335 cm (a bit over 10’) and sometimes you get most of that all at once. You can bring your own shovel or purchase one (new or used^[3]) when you arrive.
Unlike Texas, Newfoundland and Labrador gets hurricanes, an average of 6 per year. They are all the leftovers of the ones that ravage the East coast of the USA, but they still pack a punch.
In order to become a permanent resident you will need to memorize a number of tunes by Great Big Sea as well as Sonny’s Dream (John McDermott^[4]).
Like every other part of the world, the coastal regions of Newfoundland and Labrador are encountering rising sea levels, so no guarantees on the property that you have in mind.
If you haven’t already, you should develop a taste for colcannon^[5], salt fish^[6], cod tongues^[7] and Figgy Duff pudding^[8].

One other thing to consider: as a US citizen, you are required to pay US taxes, no matter how hard you try to disappear into the depths of Newfoundland and Labrador. ^[9]

I hope you don’t need to take advantage of these guidelines, but if you do, you can come from away and be welcome.

UC#1