📢 Forum Update - Hello everyone! I've made an improvement to the forum that should make following active discussions much easier. Beginning today, forum topics will display the most recent replies first (while keeping the original topic post at the top), so you no longer have to navigate through multiple pages to find the latest conversation. This change also helps improve the browsing experience in long-running discussions with many pages of replies. If you notice anything that doesn't seem to be working correctly or have any feedback, please let me know. — Richard G. Helene, Thank you very much for looking into this for me. It's very nice of you. thank you for the info. I will look it up over the weekend. I speak French. A colleague told me that there are parents whose kids are in French immersion programs and they need help. she told me to look into that too. I attended a session with a client a couple of days ago. My manager told me to attend with her and encourage her. The sessions are for women who are experiencing a lot of stress and also need to improve their English. The facilitator told the women to get in touch with her if they are thinking of starting their own business. She said she is a small business facilitator and can help them out. I emailed her telling her I need her help. She gave me another email and phone number and told me to get in touch with her next week. Helene, I heard it snows from November to May in Montreal. Is it really that bad? I will get depressed if we have so many months of snow. Or does it snow just a little bit in November, December, April and May? Just a little snow of flurries maybe? I am also thinking of using my car to make money and offer people rides. I am not sure I want to offer rides in bad weather conditions. Can you tell me a little bit more about the weather in Montreal and what's it like November to May? thank you Hi Heidi! I am a (young) retired teacher in Ontario. Having much time on my hands, I looked into teaching/tutoring online. I have found plenty of opportunities with decent compensation (although I decided not to go for it after all.) You could do some freelancing work online with Upwork and/or freelancer. I got some decent gigs with freelancer, but most jobs don't pay well. Anyways, you might want to look at your options. I am originally from Montréal and I can attest that rents are cheaper than in Ontario. Most people in Montreal are bilingual, and it is a requirement for most jobs. However, online work doesn't limit you. God bless you! Hélène :bye: I said "what tyranny" in the title of the thread but a couple of people told me that if you have a union, the employer would not respond to representations from attorneys. I mentioned that the lady from Action4Canada told me that other professionals are being coerced by the government, but I am disgusted with the 3 attorneys who told me my employer has the right to mandate a vax. Things felt somehow more suffocating and hopeless. I regret not giving a notice of liability to HR. They were saying on Action4Canada that employers are having problems with these notices. They don't see any loopholes in them. the notice of liability starts with a proof that there is no emergency and no pandemic. I should have known to use that. The letter that I got back from HR when I sent a simple email threatening to seek legal action if my job is threatened started with that we are in a pandemic.......... I've been scared about how I am going to fend for myself come January. It does not help when people say: "Oh, no, what are you going to do?" I can't hear things like that, it makes the situation feel more overwhelming. A friend has been overseas for almost 9 years, he keeps saying he is coming back but never did. I stopped believing him. My sister told me a few months ago that he will be back in September. I was surprised he never mentioned it to me. when I asked he said he is coming back. He also said his sister is not doing well so he is coming back. However, he got delayed. I don't want to tell him I will be losing my job. I am worried he might encourage me not to worry about the vax. However, I texted him asking him that if is going to be living in Montreal, should I move to Montreal too? He did not text back asking me what about my job. He said: "sure, we can be in Montreal together. " Frankly, I don't like Toronto and I don't like the building that I am living in . I searched for apartments in other cities in Ontario. They are also expensive. I searched for apartments in Montreal. I found real beautiful places with reasonable prices. I wonder if he will come back soon, I will move there and be at peace living near 2 very close friends. Dear God, don't let me in a bad situation for a long time, please prepare something for me now. thank you Jesus thank you so much Tammie. I will look into it. . I emailed a lady from my meetup group. From something she said, I thought she is not into the vax. She said my timing is uncanny. a few other people don't like this vax either and there is an online meeting tonight on zoom about it. Heidi, have you ever looked at the online training for students wanting to learn English? I’m not sure of the names but it appears to pay well but the hours may be very different.
