may not need to be so cautious, but i believe it does help w/ work visas and immigration and such to have a job lined up. i think. i'm not 100% sure - but i know who is: i know a canada customs/border patrol/immigration officer - i can ask him what the best process would be in terms of ease of coming over here would be, employment wise.
if a job fell through, at the present time, it's not overly difficult to land another gig pretty quickly. maybe not the best job/rate of pay, but for anyone in need of A job while they continue looking for a job they want, there're plenty available.
ya it can get warm in the summer... the past few days have been around the 30C mark. i'll be heading to a desert area on a camping trip in the middle of the month where it routinely gets above 40C many days throughout the summer. at the present, it's storming outside... there's been a lot of lightning strikes over the past 5 hours - the biggest bolts of lightening i've seen in my life! (real lightning storms like this are very rare for us, so it's cool to watch.
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