Canadian island invites Americans to escape there should Trump win presidency

[Katashi_itto]

(Since we are looking at a Potential Trump Presidency)

he rise of Donald Trump has given an unlikely boost to a Canadian island offering to take in Americans as political refugees if the Republican real estate mogul wins the White House.

Cape Breton Island, off the tip of the Nova Scotia peninsula on Canada’s Atlantic coast, has put out a welcome mat for anyone unable to stomach a Trump presidency.


A local radio disc jockey hatched the idea, designing a website linked to the local tourist bureau to provide an escape for Canada’s wary neighbors to the south.

“Don’t wait until Donald Trump is elected president to find somewhere else to live!” says the site.

“Start now, that way, on election day, you just hop on a bus to start your new life in Cape Breton, where women can get abortions, Muslim people can roam freely, and the only ‘walls’ are holding up the roofs of our extremely affordable houses.”

http://www.rawstory.com/2016/02/canadian-island-invites-americans-to-escape-there-should-trump-win-presidency/

[KamaAina]

1. This has been around for a while, eh?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10027620179

I have been poking around and have discovered a small motel for sale right on the Trans-Canada Highway outside Baddeck, the island's tourist hub. It's right next to a stop on the lone bus route that links Cape Breton to the outside world, and a Tim Hortons (legendary Canadian donut, coffee and fast-food chain) to boot! If I had the C$550,000, I'd rent the rooms weekly or monthly to fellow 'Murkins fleeing the menace of the vulgar talking yam.

[Zing Zing Zingbah]

2. Tim's

I love that place. I was shocked when they suddenly closed all the Tim's in southern Maine a few months ago. That place was my favorite. Dunkin' D's sucks compared to Tim's, but that's all we have now. I would love to move there, but it isn't all that easy getting Canadian citizenship. Plus, we have decent jobs here and kids. We're pretty settled. That would just be too disruptive.

[hifiguy]

3. The weather can't be any worse than Minnesota,

can it?

Filing this one for future reference.

[KamaAina]

4. More like Maine on steroids

Atlantic Canada, of which Nova Scotia (Cape Breton's province) is a part, lies to the northeast of Maine. It's even on Atlantic time, an hour ahead of Eastern!

[hifiguy]

5. So, bad.

Well, I'd have health care and pretty scenery.

I've been in the Great White Nort' a few times, and I like Canuckistan.

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