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In canada your life gets more complicated when you make more money. I’m leaving this place in the next 5 years. I’ve had enough

Very well said. 100% true. I lived 20 years in Saudi and 20 years in Canada and now about 2 years in Dubai. Dubai does treat you like a customer!

Loved everything you said. I agree 1000% Canada thinks its the best and does not want to improve. every time I tell people I'm from the Middle East and am leaving Vancouver to move back, they look at me with so much sympathy as if im walking into a horrendous place not realizing that they are the ones living in the disastrous place.

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resonates so much with what im feeling abd have been feeling living in Canada. Will be reaching out to you soon

A very interesting take that resonated with me. Thank you for sharing. I'm from England but have been living overseas (mainly in Saudi Arabia) for over a decade. As an expat working in Saudi, I certainly get fewer working rights than I would in my home nation, but prefer working here. Of course, the tax-free benefits play a large part in this. However, there are other forces at play too. For example, the workplace culture feels different as all expats are on contracts and thus feel less entitled. We simply get on with the tasks/project. Colleagues are a lot less likely to talk politics (whether that be office or governmental) too. In short, having fewer "worker's rights" in exchange for a more dynamic working environment, less politics and more benefits (tax, salary etc) seems like a fair trade-off for me. Keep the vlogs coming!

This was actually a really good video. Thanks for sharing

Thanks for the update bro

Race, gender, and money have a much higher impact on your life if you live in Dubai. The other factor is your original citizenship. For someone NOT coming from a "first world" country, Dubai is a very risky option since your plan B would be to go back and live in Basrah-Iraq, not Vancouver-Canada. There are no safety nets and permanent residency options.

Thanks so much for making this video. I connected with pretty much everything you said. I'm from Canada myself and after a (recent) devastating job loss that came very suddenly and unexpectedly, I find myself seriously considering other options outside of Canada. Dubai has been on my radar for quite some time and to hear the perspective of a fellow Canadian is definitely reassuring. The way you described being oppressed in Canada is a feeling I've been experiencing lately. I grew up in Canada and generally like it here, but I'm getting to a point where I feel like I'm limiting myself and there may be much more out there for me. I have a fairly diverse professional background and also happen to speak Arabic, so my hope is that someone like me who is fluent in both English and Arabic might have good opportunities to look forward to in a place like Dubai. I do have my reservations and fears of leaving everything behind and moving to a new country to start over, so my plan is to visit Dubai first before considering taking such a big and courageous leap. On that note, are there any specific areas in Dubai that you think are worth visiting as a tourist and settling in when making the move?

Dubai is a city where Canada is a country.

Thank you for that nice comparative analysis. Most people are focusing on “yEaH yOu cAn pArTy aNd dRiNk aLcOhOl iTs sO cOoL cOmE tO dUbAi”. Really appreciate the sober review

I am from Russia, I lived in Dubai and after moved to Canada. I was shocked about Hastings street in Van, I couldn’t believe something like this can exist esp. in such a country.

Thank you for your information, I'm from Ottawa thinking about moving to UAE

this is very accurate thank you

thank you for putting words to my experience and feeling as well. I have lived in Dubai and. moved to Canada, and I am wanting to move back to Dubai.

This is a VERY interesting analogy - and it reflects how I feel in Dubai. You are the client. You are expected to pay (obviously), but you are the centre of what is going on, not always as individual, but as a group. One other thing in here is that one can argue all about "absolute monarchy" vs. "democracy", except I am not really seeing the democratic part these days in large parts of Europe. A group of insane people have run over politics, put demands on the general population and some of the rulers seem to take a page or a whole chapter out of the playbook of the worst dictator you can get. Do a degree that even the EU was quite brutal in criticism of Trudeau. A serious degree I have never seen before. On the other hand, Dubai is really a place where culture (with rules) are still a thing. Now, obviously - as you say - my point of view is a little filtered by being quite on top of the food chain, but I had a lot of talks with people here working (like hotel staff) about working and living conditions and I generally always got the same back: "oh, you are german, amazing, you have such a nice unemployment system". THAT changed, though, the moment I told them about the amount of taxes and social security to pay - generally a "no way, this is ridiculous" was the result. I grew up as a very strong proponent of democracies. Free speech. These days - I am done. Free speech turned into the mob of uninformed retards crying down any discussion and a democracy is the rule of the mob for more free stuff. No continuity, no responsibility. No way - thanks. I rather am not involved in the politics and a good client of a country that CARES about it's future (because, let's face it, it is not like the "legacy democracies" are going to have a lot of future the way they are going now).

Most of the south Asians or people coming from poor countries to dubai or uae, love it here. Its just that they don't want to retire in their own countries even if they arent retiring with a fortune. That only point leads them to move to places like canada, usa, australia, etc. Other than that i am born and raised in this country UAE and living here since 38 years. After travelling reasonably to some countries i find there is no other country atleast I know which provides the quality life that UAE does. Even people moving to canada from uae mostly look forward to returning back after getting a passport. Blunt it may sound but that's my 1 cent.

I’m Middle Eastern and my family came here to Ontario Canada 🇨🇦 from Jordan 🇯🇴 in 1968 for a better life. And with things going on right now with our social system, financial system, bank freezes etc. I want to go back to the Middle East for a better life. Because I know that they don’t play into this woke propaganda. 😢

Thanks for the info, very helpful me taking decision on moving to Dubai for work. I am a Canadian and paying taxes is never ending story, and another point to add on your feedback is that if you are Canadian Citizen workng in Dubai, You get paid double or triple the salary what people from other countries get paid ..for eg: India, Bangladesh etc

Yes - right beside the police station east or west on hastings at main its very bad and very sad. PENSION? because I was a contractor/business owner most of my life I have $11,500 / per year to live on. That would be difficult in a tent - never mind paying rent in Vancouver and surrounding boroughs.

You are so right, the socialized health care system in Canada is collapsing and Canadian seniors are being treated like disposable items thrown into nursing homes with deplorable conditions

Very well said Sir.

We vibin bro. Great content

I would say that, from the perspective of a high earner, Dubai has the potential to offer more than Canada. This is why I am largely considering leaving Canada at the moment. When tax rates hit 50% of earnings, why even bother attempting to earn more. Talk about feeling oppressed by my government.

Go to Nayef or Satwa or sinapoor in Dubai, its more miserable than that street in Vancouver

Hey Michael is it possible to reduce the tax to less than 10% in Switzerland 🇨🇭 if one making at least $100K per month?

This is why the best thing to do is to work in Dubai and use Canada as a safety net when you hit retirement and have no where better to go. If you could send the wife and kids over to Canada for couple of years while you work in Dubai and earn tax free money that might give you an even bigger boost to your savings. You would save on living expenses and education cost, the kids get free education in Canada and the wife would receive a very generous monthly child benefit and in many situations grants to do higher education at the cost of Canadian tax payers. I’ve met immigrants and citizens who were given grants for almost 20k just because the wife is alone in Canada and claimed no income.

That type of poverty in Canada is a result of drugs. There are social safety nets for people that follow the rules. Presumably it is more difficult to access drugs in Dubai which would make a huge difference.

This is exactly what i was lookingg for. My family and I are planning a move to Dubai .

your video would be more interesting if you put video and pictures or Infographics of what you are explaining.

You are a great resource Thank you! Do you consult on designing a strategy to exit Canada to Dubai?

fantastic analogy/comparison!

A comparison that is also applicable to any country in the western world vs developing countries that don’t have slimy politicians running for office by offering “groups” other people’s money.

I know many people in high tech that have moved to Abu Dhabi and there quality of life is super high, but if you come in to the uae as a worker for more basic jobs there are still huge problems. Many of these works form poor Asian nations need the money to help there families back in there home country, during covid many of these works weren't payed for months.

I know the feeling. I worked in Muscat for a year and a half. Of course not as complex and sophisticated, but was very well treated (even though I was there just as an expatriate airline captain, part of an ACMI wet lease package for Oman Air). Now how about the other emirates such as Ras Al Khaimah and/or Fujairah? Same vibes? Thanks.

A quick explanation of ‘double tax treaties’? Different taxes? How it works?

So true. I lived in Dubai, US and then Canada (almost 2 decades now) what I don't get is Canada thinks they are already the best as opposed to be striving to be the best!

In my fictional world, both cities are great and in the same levels

I would like more information

Why won't UAE buy some land from another country? I would love to live in a city like Dubai if it wouldn't be so hot.

What you’re describing are “soft freedoms” that are based in the simple reality that the “purchase decision” is the only meaningful freedom. Picking which scum bag politician should lord over us is not a freedom, it’s an imposition (or future imposition) if you don’t belong to the right interest group.

I agree with many of your points, BUT I think if you look at working conditions for the Bangladeshi or Indian construction workers in Dubai you would be hard pressed to find anything comparable in Canada. Also, The people on hastings street are there because of trauma/drug addictions, and there are opportunities for them to get off the streets if they choose to.

Can you do a video on offshore tax wrapper insurance

You forgot to mention a very important thing about your nationality; because you are Canadian you will be offered a good job and a good salary in Dubai, however, someone with a least weak passport with the same capabilities will be offered a lower salary. No hate just stating facts.

Many well made points and I agree with many of your sentiments. Calgarian here: Theoretically Dubai is an absolute monarchy, theoretically Canada is a democracy. During and shortly after the "bug", Canada was more like an absolute monarchy while Dubai seemed to maintain a level of respect for individual rights. For those who didn't live here through that period in Canada they wouldn't understand why the trucker protest started and was ruthlessly crushed by the government. I have friends from the Middle East who studied here and were thoroughly shocked by the authoritarianism of the government in recent years, they were even more shocked at the level of indoctrination and political correctness in society they never knew existed. One Saudi student mentioned that as religiously strict as SA was, it's government would never have locked down the population and imposed the level of restrictions that Canada imposed on it's citizens.Canada had the 10th most restrictive lockdowns in the world at the time. Your feeling about being a resource to be exploited in Canada is correct, look at the government programs being instituted in Canada and people from other countries would be deeply shocked. One such is MAiD(Medical Assistance in Dying) essentially state sponsored euthanasia, which they have loosened the rules for and is now broadly accepting of all "applicants". In 2021, 10000 Canadians used MAiD to commit legal suicide and many(most) were not terminally ill! This is the level Canada has fallen to under the present government and it's worsening. It's ironic that my parents fled Mao's take over of China in the 1950s to Canada believing that authoritarianism couldn't possibly take over there, how wrong they were. I wish I could leave now but I'm 60 so there is no chance at real employment in places like Dubai and I don't have much in the way of savings left after taking care of my parents (the "free" socialized health care in Canada is an illusion but the 20-30% tax rate on everyone is real) except for a house. If only I were 30 years younger... Things are deteriorating in Canada, many of the politicians are openly far left, and they've gone crazy, they want to defund the police and in Vancouver and in BC they've decriminalized possession of hard drugs and they actually facilitate it's availability! I'm not kidding about this society being turned completely upside down. I've been hearing that many recent legal immigrants are actually planning to leave once they've obtained citizenship, so they can use it as a "safety net" in case they need to flee their home countries. But they don't want to be here, crime is rapidly increasing while the government is actually letting people go with little to no bail on serious charges, but those who speak out against the government a little too loudly will find themselves in front of a judge(I'm not kidding).

If you have money there is no better place to live other than that which has every thing “just there” literally so ease in life and full of convenience. Western world is good for poor people and they only difference is dubai don’t treat horses and donkey the same. You can only understand when you become a horse with your hard effort then you can feel the difference

Thanks for the valuable Video! I am Algerian, I do Ecom at 6 figures Profit level.. & am thinking about moving to Canada.. Because In 5 years I can Get a passport.. But I sometimes say I can Just go to dubai, save the money and buy a passport for like 100k to Travel. I really don't know what to choose... They say Canada is good for settling! Dubai is just somewhere You can never call home. Rather somewhere You can go to do business profit greatly and go home. What's Your thoughts on that?

Both places have pros and cons and you are entitled to what you think is the best. I do very very well in Canada as a worker and a Aboriginal helicopter pilot. It is one of the most beautiful countries in the world. And it has beauties and places that are unmatched. That Dubai could never have. But with that comes things like homelessness in SOME areas like big cities. Where smaller populations homelessness almost doesn't exist. Almost every country has this and to say that Dubai does not is absolutely not true. Canada's work rules and labor rules are more stringent and protect the worker more. in Dubai labor rules are almost non-existent and some of the hard laborers live and work in almost deplorable conditions in the heat every day. I think Canada is a hard place to live for a lot of middle Eastern people because I think language is a barrier. I also think religion could also be a barrier. There is also the problem that middle Eastern people may not get the best jobs in Canada because of this. I love Canada. My life here is awesome. I make good money and have nice things, and good friends, and as long as I have that I am happy, if you are saying you live in the top 1% of earners then this video should not have any application to the normal person anyway. Because your opinions are so far out of reach for regular people it wouldn't matter anyway. Your opinion comes from you as somebody who's wealthy, so you already don't see the world as normal people see it. I think a lot of people come to Canada thinking that they are going to make a lot of money, because that's what Canada's portrayed as. But what's not being said is you have to have skills and talent as a worker coming here. And those skills and talent have to be much higher than other countries. So people are coming here with no skills and no talent in the workforce, thinking they're going to make lots of money, and have to start all over again from scratch. And some people just simply give up and leave. But for Canadians born here like myself I guess it's just easier

Both are Grt place … the comparison is obviously ridiculous. It’s all come down to your family needs and personal priorities.

Dubai is flooded like a sea April 17 2024 At least canada have a good infrastructure

ther s no room for comparison there s happy sunny land vs miserable winter wasteland

Great video! I am currently living in Toronto and looking to start the process of making the jump to Dubai in the coming weeks. From my research Canadian citizens still have to pay taxes for money made in Dubai? Do you know if this is correct?

You’re only talking with emotions towards your experience in Dubai. But in reality, there is a immense gap between what you describe and what’s really there

As a canadian who visited the emirates.UAE is waay more better than Canada in all aspects you can't compare.

Dubai is built like a business. Most foreign workers from 3rd world work for the elite to enjoy themselves. It’s more driven towards entrepreneurs.Salaries depend on nationality.

In Dubai, if you are poor and about to get kicked out of your joub, or are going into debt, you must leave the country. One of those countries that you may go to after that is Canada!

Your experience is very limited

Dubai is a super duper lit place to visit, and more awesome fam.😎🎆🔥🎆🔥🎆🔥🎆🔥

I think it all depends if you have white privilege or not, especially in the Middle East. Speaking as a non-white.

They fucked Canada right up, used to love this place growing up but as soon as I made a little bit of money, I immediately felt like constraints.

Simply don’t understand that comparaison,nothing can compare to Canada wildlife and nature.By the way how do you like those hot days in d’ubac🥵

canada gives u 3$ a month for ur retirement

Are women free to wear anything in dubai ?

Is it as free as canada ?

I can’t even believe someone might seriously compare Canada (despite its obvious drawbacks like any country in the world has) to a Sharia Muslim state, which Dubai was, is, and always will be. Maybe if the intention is to spend a few years in Dubai working for a well-recognized international company, that’s one thing. But moving there from Canada for good sounds weird…. Why not Russia? The climate is similar at least 😂

I think that the fact that you as a well off westerner living in Dubai, don't understand the misery and deprivation or abuses that migrant workers from South Asia, Southeast Asia, and Africa who do all of the dirty work in Dubai experience on an ongoing basis speaks volumes about how insular your expat bubble is within the Emirate. There are horrendous situations a lot of people face in a lot of countries. Democracies tend to do a poorer job of hiding them than autocracies. Just because you are blind to the deprivations, doesn't mean they don't exist.

try using the perspectives of other minorities. if youre a "WESTERNER" living in Dubai is easy they are more generous in terms of salary even if there are other minorities ie. Asians that has the same sometimes superior skill sets and it's sad. they judge you based on your passport not your skill set/experience.

About 15 years ago, my sister calls me from Saudi and asks if I can hear the gunshots. A nearby compound of foreign workers was being attacked. I hate JT and the liberals, but comparing Dubai with Canada is absurd. It's like comparing a court jester to an axe murderer. My sister and her family were back in Canada the next week.

Great comparison... did you forget cold VS worm weather 🤔

Am I listening to Elon Musk

Sounds like Elon Musk lol

Doesn't Canada provide wellfare (around 1000 to 1500 a month) to low income people if they apply for it? Does such thing exist in Dubai? The homeless problem in Canada in my opinion is 1. Canada wants to be too liberal about human rights and they make no effort to remove these homeless people from streets. I don't think there is less misery in other countries but the Authoritarian governments manage to hide it better. 2. I really think anyone in a normal mental state should never go homeless in Canada considering the government supports for low income and overall work opportunities in Canada

Canada 🇨🇦 is great People are extremely nice 👍🏻

“I feel free’er in Dubai” ofcourse it’s not surprising seeing dictator Trudeau make Canadians feel opressed

I think Western democracies are starting to embody the old saying that... democracy is like two wolves and a sheep deciding on what to have for dinner. If you have a particular viewpoint around the response to the health crisis of the past 2 years, there is very little respect for that personal choice. You have seen your rights legislated away and nary a peep of objection from the majority. It certainly shows that Canada is far from free in the sense many of us once thought. Living in an authoritarian country might sound concerning, but I think there is much to be said for it. You generally know what you're getting into to. If you don't like it, vote with your feet and your wallet.

You talk like Elon

The idea that you're comparing Canada to Dubai is a disgrace and an insult not only to Canadians but to millions of immigrants who broke their backs building Dubai's preposterous skyscrapers living in the slums on $200 a month. You either know nothing about Dubai or just can't say the truth because the consequences are serious if you're still living there.

The level of misery on East hastings does exist in Dubai, but it exists way out of sight in the slums they keep the imported 3rd world construction laborers in and it isn't caused by drug abuse, it is caused by working conditions and confiscated passports.

Let's see Snow,Taxation & Trudeauism vrs hot sun-beaches, less Taxation & Capitalism. This a real hard one.

You might be executed for a molecule of drugs tho

From a central air conditioned house to an air-conditioned bus to an air conditioned school (minus standing in the hot sun for assembly )remind me once again what you like about this country....you're a real joker!!! try living there for 20 plus years then come post your monologue.!!!!!