OH~ Canada~

Sometimes, I want to move to Canada. Why? Because its government is a pushover and so easy to convince. I am just kidding about that. But here is the reason why. 

Basically, the Maeng family moved to Canada in 2003 from South Korea, after their son, Sung-joo, was diagnosed with mental illness in 2001. While the family was bidding for permanent residency in Canada, they were told by the government that had to leave the country, I think, on the basis that they disclosed their son's mental illness when they applied for temporary visa. However...

The Maeng family's story has attracted national attention because federal officials had said the family had to leave Canada by June 30 because providing health care and social services for 14-year-old Sung-Joo would put too much strain on the system...

...Lawyer Jack Haller said he and the two other lawyers working on the case were baffled by the federal government's initial decision to deport the family, and the legal team was poised to seek an injunction to stop the process...

...Meanwhile, an online petition supporting the family's wish to stay in Canada had attracted 7,000 signatures.

What surprised me the most were these two things.

Haller [family's attorney] said Sung-Joo doesn't require expensive medications, will likely be home-schooled and has incurred about $1,000 in hospital-care costs in the past four years.

...the province has confirmed it will cover the health costs associated with the family's autistic son, a federal source confirmed Thursday.

Hospital-care cost over four years was only $1,000!!!!! AND, here is the best part: they are going to cover the health cost for the family's autistic son. This will NEVER happen in the U.S., even though U.S. is the richest and the greatest country in the world (in my view), because U.S. health care system is garbage and no politicians will fix it. 

Way to go Canada for welcoming another immigrant family to make its country better, and doing what is right.