Q: Healthcare? Housing? Education? Vacation time? Labor issues?
A: Compared to my home state, college education is alot more exspensive and there seems to be less government aid to pay the higher tuition. Housing depends on where you go, but I find it comparable to where I lived in the US. Healthcare is okay, but there are waitlists, I prefer private care though. Vacation- My wife gets 1 week a year, my US employer gave me 3 weeks, but I suppose it really depends on who you work for. Taxes, higher then the US for the most part, sales tax is higher, in BC its 7% GST, 7% PST on most things we buy. All in all I find Canada similiar and not a whole lot different from the US. In my area of BC, the air quality isn't the best in the world, there are some areas of Canada with really poor air quality. My home town in California which has 3 million people has better air quality then where I am now in BC.