It's likely there are as many as 10,000 different reasons for those that have immigrated to Canada. Ten Thousand isn't that big a number - and I wonder how many of those might have been originally Canadians that went to the US, took out citizenship and have decided to return to Canada.

Wasn't there talk also of reinstating the draft in the US during the years of 2005 and 2006? Despite assurances by Bush, I seem to recall quite a number who believed that the draft would be reinstated - so part of that number could be folks in the draft age, or families with children approaching the age.

Perhaps some read Wendy McElroy. I recall she wrote an article comparing some different things and notwithstanding or ridiculous firearms laws and socialized medicine, figured Canada was "freer" for individuals than the US. I couldn't find the article on her blog. It may have been an essay that appeared elsewhere.

I believe Canada has fewer law enforcement and "intelligence" persons per capita too.

Canada also imports American football players for the "Canadian Football League" too! :)

Alberta's oil sands area is booming and is attracting people from all over the world. There is a lot of migration to Alberta right now from other parts of Canada and it's quite likely that some of those 10,000 Americans have been offered well paying jobs in the oil industry here. For oil execs, Canada might look more attractive than the middle east.

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