Moving to Canada may have gotten a whole bunch cheaper…
In an attempt to shore up support among immigrant communities, Paul Martin has said the Canadian government will kill the (CAD975) immigration landing fee. If that happens, it would be a nice delayed christmas holiday present, because it would reduce the cost of immigration down to the point where I could start doing the paperwork (at least as soon as the US government sends me a new passport, which should be Real Soon Now because they've cashed the check (obUK: cheque) after sitting on the application for a month or so) right now and write off the CAD2000 in fees and payments and fees and payments to petty cash.
It's unfortunate that so many people, including the best, don't want to live in a place with proper seasons, but insist on living where it is more or less snow free, because there is one other Canadian city that has both trolleybusses and trolleys (even if they call them LRT cars).
(immigration fee info via Life Without Borders)