Saturday, February 7, 2009

"for civil engineer which is best country to live & work, Canada or Australia"


"for civil engineer which is best country to live & work, Canada or Australia"?
I am from india, I am graduate civil engineer & Experience over 11 yrs in Building constructoin, i am also work as cad operator AUTO-CAD (2-D & 3D -MAX,) I am confusing to choose between this two country,pls answer in proper way of technical basis with detail, Thanks in Advance
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Being an american and working for several multinational firms with employees all over the world including Canada and Australia, I used to think Canada was the best place because of proximity to american markets and an abundance of natural resources and good relations with america. But I've changed my opinion over the last decade and think Australia is better. Not by a whole lot but a significant amount. Canada is old feeling They like to keep things the same and all the innovative people seem to migrate down here to the US. They should be rolling in money with their oil and timber and ores and gold but seem to stall quickly when US suffers. The government doesn't seem to be able to put it's natural resources to work to make all of it's citizens wealthy. In technology, there is no tech city where creative solutions are burgeoning Australia on the other hand seems so much more optimistic about their future. Plus they are in a great location to world markets and have abundant resources. Plus they are an island continent so enemies are far away and not likely to up their defense spending much. The engineers I have met seem to have a confidence that is lacking in Canadians. They think they can fix any problem and also seem to get into their work. They have a sense of humor and value education. They know their nation is getting more prosperous and have the attitude the sky is the limit. Even the immigration bureau seems to want you more and makes you feel valuable if you are an engineer. They will tell you straight out what skills they need and where the shortages are. In a nutshell, Australia beats out Canada on good attitude , technical prowess is on the rise, and youthful thinking and more willing to take chances on projects They both are great countries with healthy balance sheets. They both have low populations with huge areas of land. Canada has probably 3/4 of it's land in areas too cold for most people to live in permanently and practically no beaches for sun worshipers. The point to this is they don't build roads, buildings and even dams where the people aren't. So Canada's population has pretty much stagnated by the border cities by US with the exceptions of Calgary and Edmonton. Anyway, this isn't to put Canada down at all. I think it is a fantastic country also. They have a healthy financial system and health care and good schools. And if they would start selling more of their resources to other countries and get more basic research facilities into place for new industries they could be number one easy in my book. You can't be to wrong whether you chose Australia or Canada. Like I said, I give Australia a slight edge mainly based on good attitudes towards the future. The population rate is growing in Australia a little faster than Canada, and with more population more roads, buildings water systems and sewage facilities need built. Plus Australia is quite a bit closer to India for those flights to visit relatives. Australia is warm with great potential for solar power and wind energy from coastal areas, some undeveloped hydroelectric potential and access from all sides to china , south America, Indonesia , India etc.
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Canada I suppose coz it has a higher annual national income, this means more construction, jobs and ... has more population and higher rate of growth.