Yahoo! News - Americans Flock to Canada's Immigration Web Site
OTTAWA (Reuters) - The number of U.S. citizens visiting Canada's main immigration Web site has shot up six-fold as Americans flirt with the idea of abandoning their homeland after President Bush's election win this week.

"When we looked at the first day after the election, Nov. 3, our Web site hit a new high, almost double the previous record high," immigration ministry spokeswoman Maria Iadinardi said on Friday.

On an average day some 20,000 people in the United States log onto the Web site, http://www.cic.gc.ca -- a figure which rocketed to 115,016 on Wednesday. The number of U.S. visits settled down to 65,803 on Thursday, still well above the norm.

Tempting, because I am so close, but not realistic. I'm a bit disheartened that these people don't want to stay and fight for our country, but on the other hand I can't say as I blame them. Canada looks really goood right now. I wonder if I could claim "refugee" status due to my being a second class citizen and all. Hey, my great grandfather was French Canadian, does that count?