BBC News : US vote boosts interest in Canada
That is not as good as having the Kerry states leaving the USA and join Canada, but that is a good start.
Do you think they would grant you the status of 'political refugee' in Japan (or anywhere else) ?
Canadian immigration officials said the number of US citizens visiting their website went up six-fold the day after the US election.
Their website, which on an average day has some 20,000 hits, was visited by 115,016 on Wednesday, Reuters news agency reported.
The figure dropped on Thursday but was still higher than normal, at 65,803.
There was speculation that Democrats fed up with George W Bush's win were thinking of moving over the border.
Hundreds of Canadians have also signed up to a satirical website urging them to do their bit and marry an American.
"Open your heart, and your home. Marry an American," AFP news agency quotes www.marryanamerican.ca as saying.
"Legions of Canadians have already pledged to sacrifice their singlehood to save their southern neighbours from four more years of cowboy conservatism."
"Let's face it, we have a population of little over 32 million and we definitely need permanent residents to come to Canada," she was quoted by Reuters as saying.
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Canada could find itself attracting more gay couples from the US after a Saskatchewan court ruled in favour of homosexual marriages on Friday.
That is not as good as having the Kerry states leaving the USA and join Canada, but that is a good start.
Do you think they would grant you the status of 'political refugee' in Japan (or anywhere else) ?
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