Canadians take more breaks at work and have more vacation time
When it comes to jobs, Americans work way more than Canadians. In fact, Canada’s approach when it comes to working is similar to Europe’s. Even more, according to HR Daily Advisor, Canadian employees are allowed to take a 30-minute break every five hours.
Even if American employees have broken too, Canadians are way more likely to take them. As for vacation, it solely depends on how many years you have been working. In Canada, for one year of service, you can take up to two weeks of paid vacation.
And after five or six years of working, the number can go as high as three weeks. In the US, employees are usually getting much less. Even more, the US doesn’t legally let companies offer paid vacation time, and if some employees get it, they don’t use it anyway.
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My niece has lived and worked in Canada for many years; she has dual citizenship. In her experience, the “free” health care system leaves much to be desired.
The system as a whole is underfunded, so that there aren’t enough practitioners. Therefore, there can be long waits for essential, even urgent, services. She’s very active and athletic, so she occasionally suffers an injury (such as a broken nose) that would be treated immediately or within days in the U.S.; she’s had to wait weeks for proper treatment. However, if she were willing to pay with her own money, she could be treated much sooner. Some Canadians who can afford it, go to the U.S. for treatment of major health conditions. The idea of free health care is good; there must be proper implementation to go with it.
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