I also love Vancouver. The drive up to Whistler ski resort is beautiful.

Did you know that Vancouver revived its economy thanks to well-to-do Chinese immigrants in the late 1990s right around the time Hong Kong was being returned to China? I beleive that anyone who brings $100,000 into Canada can have legal residency and eventual citizenship. Canada has a policy of welcoming prosperous immigrants, especially from the Commonwealth.

America has a similar program also but the investor must bring in $1 million and create 10 new jobs. Investing in the stock market won’t do.

We maybe able to solve our retiring boomer problem by welcoming rich immigrants. The Chinese are very hard working. In one generation, they built HK and Singapore to a higher per capita GDP than Britain, their former colonial masters. That will also bring in tons of willing and able home buyers.

Yes, anyone can show up at an emergency room and be treated. There’s a federal law requiring treating all emergency room patients regardless of ability to pay. That’s only a one time treatment, there’s no follow-up to chronic diseases at the doctor’s office.