anfem-cripplepunk: “ girlgrowingsmall: “ qjusttheletter: “ dysfunctionalqueer: “ telegantmess: “ pragnificent: “ betheothergirl: “ outsider-my-ass: “ via [x] [Loni (Literary_zealot) Tweeted: “It’s a privilege to just laugh with your friends and say,...

anfem-cripplepunk:

girlgrowingsmall:

qjusttheletter:

dysfunctionalqueer:

telegantmess:

pragnificent:

betheothergirl:

outsider-my-ass:

via [x]

[Loni (Literary_zealot) Tweeted: “It’s a privilege to just laugh with your friends and say, ‘There’s always Canada’. Not everyone has that option.”

Coffee Spoonie replies:  Literally, Disabled folx cannot immigrate to Canada. They don’t get that I cannot ‘lol move to Canada!’, bc Canada doesn’t want my crip ass.”]

This is something a lot of people are not aware of. Canada will deny people permanent residency on the basis of certain health conditions if they cause ‘stress’ on the healthcare system (or if they are a danger to public health or safety). It’s an attempt to prevent people taking advantage of Canada’s universal healthcare, but unfortunately even if someone is immigrating for legitimate reasons, there’s a good chance they’ll be denied (it may be overlooked at times, but that doesn’t change that a family of refugees could be denied immigration if a kid has down syndrome)

We’ve still got a lot of shit to work on here

Many countries have similar laws. 

New Zealand does.

iirc so does the UK

“an attempt to prevent people taking advantage of Canada’s universal healthcare” i know people will argue economics and all but if someone has a need to “take advantage of” this country’s healthcare, they have a need to immigrate here. healthcare is a right, despite the way it’s treated as a privilege.

Holy shit, this is huge news for me. I’m planning to move there in 2-3 years. I need to do some research. Thank you for posting and sharing this info.

I wonder if I would get denied. With my novella of conditions, I’d be a hell of a strain. I’m a dual citizen, but I’ve lived in America most of my life.

I never planned on moving back… well, not since I was younger, but I did have considerations of someday moving to other countries if I could get the skills to make them accepting me worth it and now…
How depressing.

Everyday I hate capitalism more.

Surely, if you’re a citizen they have to take you back! That’s the whole justification for countries (or should be, or whatever), that they take care of their citizens!