Canada is the best country in the world

Taxi drivers in Canada are different. OF course, we've already seen that they're different in Japan - but not as different as Canada. In Japan, they are all Japanese - not even a Korean in sight. The driver from Toronto airport into the city had an accent. I thought that he was a French speaker from Quebec. He had a hint of a French accent, but his English was excellent. He was from the Lebanon. All these drivers are from somewhere else. Not somewhere else like retired from a company or trying to recover from a bankrupted restaurant - another actual place.

Trained as a paramedic in the Lebanon. It was the only way to avoid the conscription into the army which had recently changed from 18 months to two years.
Unfortunately, just as he qualified, the civil war broke out and he was thrust right into the middle of it where he was right in the center of the bloody massacare.

HIs redcross ambulance was attacked and destroyed. He was wounded himself.

Escaped to Cyprus via a ship and was able to enter using his Redcross papers. Later, they also gave him a little money which took him to France.

He got in on a student visa but in reality, he worked at a series of menial jobs in restaurants.

He was finally able to get in touch with his parents. They hadn't heard anything of him in three months and assumed that he was dead. They couldn't help him financially. There was no money left in the Lebanon. They urged him to stay away from the country and he realized that he was on his own.

Managed to enter Canada, not as a refugee, he said with some pride, but because of his valued skills as a paramedic.

Studied as an engineer for a while, but had to revert to working as a taxidriver so that he could earn money to help bring over his family. He eventually brought over six of them. They all went onto higher learning and a higher standard of life, but he kept working as a taxi driver. He had no regrets about that. His wife is from the Lebanon, too. It is easier to be married to someone who shares the same values.

Canada is the best country in the world. Sometimes, he complains about the snow, but the people - he would never have a bad word to say about them.