Canada a Good Place to Buy Property!
“Canada’s property market has survived the global economic storm relatively unscathed, and now positive data about the nation’s economy and its prospects look set to add more fuel to Canada’s real estate fire!”
” Canada ended 2009 on a high in terms of its property market, with 72% gains recorded in terms of the amount of property sold specifically in December 2009 compared with December 2008. The nation is also of strong and strengthening appeal with Britons seeking a new life and a new home abroad – with the real estate portal property-abroad.com revealing that Canada has gone up a place in terms of its rankings on their site and is now the 5th most sought after nation with their readership”
It’s no wonder therefore, that the positive news that Canada’s economy is on track for positive advancement even in the face of its own domestic issues, has served as a further feather in the nation’s cap – and one that will doubtless attract new levels of interest in not only Canadian property, but Canadian immigration too.
Source: “Shelter Offshore” “Wealthier living abroad”,a website that offers expatriates financial services.
Stephen Harper gets upstaged by Dashan
The Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, popped into a Yu Garden teahouse, en route to a meeting with the Shanghai mayor, where he shared a cup of tea with his wife and Mark Rowswell, Commisioner-General of Canada’s Pavilion, for the 2010 International Expo.
The toronto Sun quoted the shopkeeper as exclaiming, “Hey, I know him! That’s Dashan”!
Source: “City weekend Magazine”, Shanghai, January 2010.
Chinese are flocking to the Olympics in Vancouver
Amid the millions of non- canadian residents that are fighting to get tickets to the winter Olympics in Vancouver are the last years Olympic host, China
China residents can buy tickets from the China International Sports Exchange Center (TEL: 010 6712 2480).
How to get there? Air Canada, China Eastern, and Air China all fly to Vancouver. Return flights from Shanghai are around RMB 7,500 to 9,000 depending on departure dates.
For more info routes, scheduleas and fares, visit www.canadaline.ca or use the TransLink trip planner to get around at www.translink.ca where you can enter information to plan the best route for your trip.
“The Chinese Love British Columbia”…and they are comming!
“Beautiful British Columbia”- its the motto on every vehicle’s license plate in Canada’s westernmost province, and Vancouver’s breathtaking views of beaches, snow-capped mountains and waterfront forests. This city certainly has it good. Source: Talk Magazine Shanghai, January 2010.