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<DIV>I am looking into New Zealand myself as well. Same situation there. One of the lowest unemployment rates in the world for skilled workers. Public Health care, affordable living and nice annual weather patterns. Also there is a much more open acceptance to Open Source software in use in Gov and Corporate sectors in comparison to what we have in Canada. As Canadians we are high on the entry/approval list. Plus for me being a paddler (Kayak, Surfski & Outrigger canoe) having access to the pacific on multiple shorelines is a big bonus ;-)</DIV>
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<DIV>Dan<BR><BR><B><I>Robert Brockway <rbrockway-wgAaPJgzrDxH4x6Dk/4f9A@public.gmane.org></I></B> wrote:</DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">Hi all. Anyone thinking about a change of scene? Australia is looking <BR>likely to take in 20,000 additional skilled workers next financial year <BR>(July - June), over its already significant immigration quotas.<BR><BR>http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200503/s1315112.htm<BR><BR>Rob<BR><BR>-- <BR>Robert Brockway B.Sc.<BR>Senior Technical Consultant, OpenTrend Solutions Ltd.<BR>Phone: 416-669-3073 Email: rbrockway-wgAaPJgzrDxH4x6Dk/4f9A@public.gmane.org http://www.opentrend.net<BR>OpenTrend Solutions: Reliable, secure solutions to real world problems.<BR>Contributing Member of Software in the Public Interest (http://www.spi-inc.org)<BR>--<BR>The Toronto Linux Users Group. Meetings: http://tlug.ss.org<BR>TLUG requests: Linux topics, No HTML, wrap text below 80 columns<BR>How to UNSUBSCRIBE: http://tlug.ss.org/s
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