WHERE THE
GRASS IS
GREENER - -

N the course of today some

500 people in Britain will
have come to a momentous
decision: to uproot from the
Old Country and start life
afresh in a young, still-emerg-
ing country where the grass
is greener and horizons wider.

Of this average weekday
number of prospective emi-
grants a sizeable pronortion
will be heading for Canada
largest country in the Com-
monwealth (and second larg-
est, after the USSR, in the
world) — the Jand that has
been described as “tomorrow’s
giant.”

This year it is expected that
more than 35,000 will have
settled there.

“T have NO adverse com-
ments to make, plenty of fav-
ourable ones and am glad to
settle down here,” wrote a
40-year-old machine-tool op-
erator this week to Mr. John
Hunter of the Canadian Gov-
ernment Immigration Service
in London.

BIG SAVINGS

Since the operator started
work in Toronto two months
ago his average “take home”
pay has been £37 compared
with £25 in London and he
is “easily” saving £17 a
week.

The letter was a typically
enthusiastic recital of first im-
pressions — “the friendly at-

THE WESTERN CANADIAN LUMBER WORKER

titude of the average Cana-
dian, the charming and uni-
versal “You’re welcome’ from
everyone when you thank
them for doing you a favour,
the brisk efficiency of the tele-
phone services, the scarcity
of traffic jams, the accessibil-
ity of everything, the size and
beauty of the lakes, the tree-
lined streets, the cheeky
friendly black squirrels .. .’

To most people contemplat-
ing emigration to the Land of
the Maple Leaf the deciding
factors are the far rosier
chances of landing a first-
class job and of acquiring an
ultra-modern home at a very
reasonable price.

A country of 3,850,000
square miles, with a vast po-
tential of untapped resources,
Canada has more than tripled
its population in the past 65
years, but it is still only 19
million — five to the square
mile, compared with the
United Kingdom’s 557 to the
square mile.

Now the fifth trading na-
tion in the world, it is crying
out for men and women in
nearly every variety of pro-
fession and trade. Providing
they are prepared to work
hard, to forget prejudices and
preconceived ideas and really
become part of the new com-
munity, the rewards are
great.

‘I'he average wage for a 40-
hour week in Canada is now

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1st Issue
July, 1965

T HE MATERIAL reproduced on this page was a special feature
of the London Evening Standard of June 14, 1965, and isa

classic example of the half-truths and misrepresentation prac-
tised by the Canadian Government to woo British and Euro-

pean workers to Canada.

@ A typical worker’s bungalow in Canada .

£27 (£16 in England), the
cost of living is comparative-
ly low — but the standard
high.

Owning a car is taken for
granted — and in fact three
out of every 10 families own
two cars. The most expensive
petrol is 3s. a gallon. Con-
sumer goods and services are
mostly cheaper than in Eng-
land (in many provinces, for
example, you can travel up
to 10 miles for a shilling). All
education is free up to uni-
versities.

To Britons who have
known the frustrations of
house-hunting, of mortgages
becoming more difficult to ob-

tain as prices soar ever
higher, the abundance of
houses and flats (in some

areas there is an actual sur-
plus of accommodation) is
likely to prove the clinching
factor.

Recently mortgages have
been made even easier — you
can now get a 90 per cent
mortgage on a house valued
at up to £7,000 (previously
the limit was £5,000) to be
spread over 25, 30 or 35 years.

OPEN SPACES |

Weekends are the signal for
a mass exodus into the wide
open spaces of lakes and
forests, rivers and mountains
— an exodus that, from a city
like Toronto, with 12 lanes
of traffic on its main through
highway is a relatively pain-
less operation.

Leisure here is something
to be actively enjoyed. Sail-
ing, boating, hunting, fishing,
riding, camping, golfing; in
winter skiing and curling are
sports to be enjoyed within a
reasonable radius of most
doorsteps.

To help emigrants in all

stages of their venture into
this brave, new world, the
Canadian Government has es-
tablished a network of 150
special Immigration Offices
throughout the country (ini-
tial advice is available from
the offices at 38 Grosvenor
Street, W.1).

As Mr. Hunter puts it: “We
don’t take our eyes off an im-
migrant family until they are
happily settled. And even
after that we keep in touch.”

“Tomorrow’s Giant,” in
fact, is a very friendly mon-
ster indeed. All that he asks
in return is that you work
with a will, helping to shape
the future of a country where
exciting history is being
made. More and more people
are hearing Canada calling,
Boom year was 1957 — 1965
is catching up.

LISA
MOYNIHAN

pet ahead fast. CANADA offers
ighly paid employment in a wide
variety of trades and professions. In
industry a five-day, 40-hour week is
standard.

join the 70% in Canada who own
their own homes. A mortgage under-
written by the Governmentcan easily
be arranged for you.

secure a worthwhile future for your-
self and your family. Secondary and
primary education is free: there are
also 40 Universities and over 300
degree-granting Colleges.

quickly make yourself at home ina
country which, with comprehensive
social welfare services, enjoys one
of the highest standards of living in
the world.

enjoy unrivalled facilities for rec-
reation and holidays in a vast,
uncrowded land of unsurpassed
natural beauty.

Make your home in CANADA where the good things in life come sooner!
In a land rich in natural resources and with a fast expanding economy there
is room and to spare for new men and women and new families to help shape
the future of the Jargest country in the Commonwealth,

The rewards are great. Secure, well-paid employment; an ever-rising stand-
ard of living; first-class; social welfare and education:! facilities. CANADA
is only six flying hours away—or six days by sea—and gives a warm welcome
to new friends and citizens. If you have skill and training, a profession at
your fingertips, or only an eagerness to work—with enterprise and ambition
there is nothing in this world which CANADA cannot give you.

shink it over . . . and if you want to live in a country in which you zill
continually find fresh opportunities to say “YES! I CAN”, take the
first step by writing for further information to—

Department 419/E.S.14

GOVERNMENT OF CANADA IMMIGRATION SERVICE

38 GROSVENOR STREET, LONDON, W.1.
and offices in Leeds, Bristol, Liverpool, Glasgow, Belfast and Dublin.

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