Answering Your Questions About Tod's Nanaimo Infusion

Hello, hello folks, um, welcome. If, uh, if you're here, are you watching this live? Uh, oh, you know what, I'm not sure what— I'm not sure what I did. Oh, you know what, I told it to start with a video with the music video and now I don't know what that does. Anyway, I hope this works and I hope I didn't screw it up. Um, and, uh, and yeah, I'm gonna, uh, spend a little bit of time here just putting the link out, if I can find the link to it. Maybe I can— is this share? Yes, share. There it is. Um, and then, and then I'm gonna post it in. Hello. Hey, Mr. Haltius, since you're the first person here, can you answer me? Uh, are you— did you have to watch a video, a music video of me first? Or did you just get right in? I'm a little concerned that I may have screwed things up. I'm a little concerned that I may have screwed things up. Just got right in? Okay, good. All right, thank you so much. All right, I'm going to post that I'm live in there. Everyone, I'm live right now. Answering any questions you have about the infusion. All right, there we go. Welcome, uh, folks. Welcome, welcome, welcome. Hello everyone, welcome. You all got right in. Okay, good, excellent. Thank you, folks. I, you know, it's my own fault. I, I set up, it said, it said, um, uh, that you Uh, it said, do you want people to watch a video first? I'm like, oh, that's a cool idea, they could watch my music video. And then I hit start and I thought, oh no, and now I don't know what that is. Anyway, you understand. Uh, is this moving? No, it didn't work. Uh, it's supposed to. Yeah. Anyway, um, any questions about the Infusion event which is happening? Jesus, in 8 days. Uh, it looks like warm weather. Well, I'm not gonna say warm, it looks like end of April weather. It looks like sun though, it looks like sun. Um, so, uh, and if you are trying to type in, it says subscribers only. You don't have to pay anything, so it's free to subscribe. Just click the little button that says subscribe. Rachel! Yo, Rachel, hello! Um, so yeah, is there like a VIP I can make you? I don't think so. I can make you a moderator, but I don't know if you want that, that work. Um, so yeah, any questions about the Nanaimo infusion? Uh, I got some time. I got half an hour or so. I just did an interview with, with All Things Considered from NPR, which I think they're running next week. Um, so nice haircut. Thank you, thank you very much. It's the number 4 special. It's funny, and I go to this cheap place called Great Clips. It's like a chain it's a chain, uh, in the mall. And they print out a little piece of paper and it tells— it gives them a number. It says 4/5, apparently, is all it says on it. And then they just— what— I don't know what 4/5 is, but this, this, this is the 4/5, and it comes out okay. So you do have OG status. Yeah, you definitely do. Um, so if you want to type a question, just type it into the chat room. If it says that you need to be a subscriber, That just means follow the channel. It just means click the subscribe button. It does not cost anything. I would not charge you folks money for that. So yeah, I think the weather will be good. I think the weather will be good. So if you have any questions about what to do or how to get here or what Canada is like or questions about, oh shoot, questions about culture, Canadian culture or currency or driving or the ferries or whatever. Because remember, we are an island. You will not be able to drive here. You must either fly or take a ferry. And I don't— I, I, I think people hear Vancouver Island and they don't realize we mean island. I mean, I guess a lot of islands are connected by bridges. We do not have one. We do not have one. So you will be either taking a ferry or flying, but, but both are majestically beautiful trips. So yeah, so I am happy to answer any questions. What do all these buttons do? Should I press the buttons at the bottom? Oh, that's audio. Oh, can you guys hear me? Oh, there it is. Okay, the audio levels are not going up. I think my audio is low. Does it sound low to you guys? Does it sound too quiet? If the weather is not— look at Rachel, she's a local pro already. If the weather's not nice, the rain does not stop the Islanders. That's right. That's right, you can hear me. Josh, is that your like YouTube name? I think that's your YouTube name, right? Please explain Canadian baker bacon. Um, so we don't call it Canadian bacon up here, for one thing, obviously, right? So we just, we just call it back bacon, or sometimes pea meal bacon. Uh, it's, it is not bacon like a strip, it's more like a sliced of ham, like a— imagine that you're slicing a slice of ham for sandwich meat. Now go quite a bit thicker, but not so thick that you would call it a ham steak. And then if you put pea meal around it, the outside, that is Canadian bacon. But we just call it back bacon. Exactly, Clem's right, we just call it back bacon here. And so you can get it in, in restaurants, like, so, you know, you can— it'll, it'll be one of the choices. It'll be, do you want with, with like brunch, you want eggs, toast, and do you want Bacon or back bacon? What, Joss? What is this dual account? I— today I just learned that my wife has two YouTube accounts. Um, that's right, Canadian bacon does have John Candy in it. Yeah, the movie, just to be clear. We're not Yeah, yeah, we're not drawing candy literally. Um, all right, well, maybe I'll, maybe I'll mod that one just to be safe then. There we go. Um, so yeah, you want to, you want to help organize a Maritimes infusion? I am glad we can help you. Jocelyn and I are going to templatize this just like we did for the healthcare infusion. And you will be able to, to do it. Let me, let me take a photo of the, of the thing that we're working on too. Hang on a second. I could share my screen, but I, I've learned that it's just easier to freaking just do it this way. Um, so Tourism Infusion Handbook, and I'm going to just take a little picture of the screen and I'll show you. All right, so Let me come back to you guys. So we are working on the Tourism Infusion Handbook. Sorry, I know it's blurry. There we go. Uh, it's— this is just the initial version. It's still— there's still lots to do, um, where we're basically going to tell you how you can do it for your community. So the idea is that you can download the, the handbook yourself It'll also be like in a webpage format and start one of these tourism infusions in your own community, which might lead to a healthcare infusion, which all of which is going to be good. You know, last year I think some local paper said that it was about $1 million of economic benefit. This year we have more than twice the number of people coming. And that, and then, and I should say that handbook and the website, all that's going to be free. Uh, you want— this is— you don't— it's not a product or anything. In fact, you won't even— to get access to the website, you won't even have to set up an account. It's just gonna be a web page that you just go to and just take, take, take, take the information. You won't have to credit us, you won't have to do anything like that. Hey Medic, welcome back! And Red Shasta, good to see you folks. Merrilee, thank you for being in here. Um, so yeah, so you'll be able to— every community in Canada will be able to use it and download it. Oh, here come the bacon, here come the bacon people. It's not baked back bacon. Toronto, where it was invented, it— on its Pmeal bacon, it's nothing like ham. The US version is ham, it has no rind, it's not smoked. Okay, I don't eat it. I'm not a big back bacon slash Pmeal bacon fan myself personally. Um, I just like the— I just like the— this OG bacon strips, uh, fried to absolute charcoal. Like, I like them so crispy, crispy that you can't really pick them up with a fork because they just disintegrate. Um, that's my kind of bacon. Can you give a brief overview of the event? Um, yes, so we are inviting anyone from anywhere to come to Nanaimo and, uh, and, and check us out. It's, it's a— oh, Merrilee, thank you so much! Oh, that's great! That's so cool. I did not even realize you could do that. Marilee just sent gift memberships. Thank you, Marilee. Um, I think it hands them out randomly based on engagement, so I don't know if those people are there now or not, but yeah. Uh, so yeah, so we're just inviting people to come and spend, spend some time with us, uh, in, in the Lower Mainland— Lower Mainland— on Vancouver Island, I mean. Um, We just live in Lower Mainland. And, um, and yeah, come eat in our amazing restaurant, shop in our really cool eclectic stores, stay in our beautiful campgrounds, look at the amazing scenery. Uh, it's just an event to come check us out. And if you are also thinking about it as a way to, um, see if Canada or British Columbia is a good place for you to move your family to, uh, we will have people there at the park to to answer your basic questions. If you have questions about how do I gain permanent residency when I'm there, we have registered Canadian immigration consultants who will be at a table in a park to answer those questions. If you're a parent and you want to know how does school work, how do I register my kid for school if we move, we will have people from the school board there. If you are looking at university for your kids, we will have a recruitment rep from the university there at the park on the Saturday to answer your questions. If you are queer and you want to know what, what, what the best events are, what the best, uh, drag brunch is. It's at the MGM, by the way. Um, there will be people from the queer community there. What's the other table? There's another one— housing. There'll be realtors there if you want to ask questions about, about the— so yeah, yeah, yeah. So it's a way, it's a way for you to audition Vancouver Island and BC and Canada. And if you don't like us, you go home. And the only thing that you've spent is some time in one of the world's most beautiful places. That's it. And maybe, maybe you'll like it so much, especially if you work in healthcare or the trades or education or in one of the many, many, many careers that Canada needs, um, maybe you decide to move. And we, we have a community full of people ready to welcome you and help you and help you move. Um, where can't you find Nanaimo bars? Everywhere. You can find Nanaimo bars everywhere. Uh, it's kind of like our official— it's like some towns have a mascot, we have a dessert. Yeah, Red Chastity. Most, most, most people do say Red's Bakery. Red's Bakery is known— that's right downtown. Uh, it is regarded as like the official quote-unquote best place, but it's really hard to— unless you A Nanaimo bar is like poutine. It's hard to screw up as long as you're just doing it properly. If you're just doing it properly, you can't screw up a Nanaimo bar. You know, it's like poutine. If you've got fries, cheese curds, and gravy, it's going to be fine. It's going to be a fine poutine. It's when— and I'm sorry, forgive me Americans, but it's you people that do this. You get all fancy. You throw in some little mac and cheese there and you're like, you know what would be great on this poutine? A little bit of pulled pork. Let's crumble some beef on it. Stop it. Stop, stop this nonsense. Fries, cheese curds, gravy. That's it. That's a good poutine. So Nanaimo bars are kind of the same, kind of the same way that way. Any rainy day on Vancouver Island is a wonderful day compared to Winnipeg. Oh, I love Winnipeg. Come on, Winnipeg is amazing. Incredible. Uh, Winnipeg is home to the most underrated arts scene in this country. If you're into the arts, like, I don't know why Winnipeg doesn't get more Winnipeg Arts are so cool and so many creative people there. Um, and Portage and Main is not that windy either. I don't know why people say it's all as windy, it's like Chicago. Is it better to stay closer to the water? Does it make a difference? It doesn't really make a difference between Quality and Dorchester. You'll love the water, um, but it's all, it's all pretty close. Visiting my family in North Wales, living here a few days. Nice. The right— oh, we're back to bacon. The rash bacon in the US. P meal is like a thin pork chop without the bone. Oh, oh, really? You got it wrong then. Cream cheese in a Nanaimo bar is okay. Mods, please ban the person who put cream cheese— no, don't do that. My wife and I want to move to Canada. I'm a licensed therapist, she's a licensed cosmetologist. So, um, check our website nanaimoinfusion.ca, uh, and, and there's a bit there about immigration. I don't know that cosmetologist is gonna— is gonna be in the higher end of the, uh, of the priorities for permanent residency. But you could also— I mean, if you can get a job here, then you've got to work from it, right? So, um, maybe make it next year. Yeah, Merrilee, see if you can. Don't add coconut. Don't add coconut though. Come on, come on, coconut's in an Animal Bar. You cannot add it. Yeah, ratio is right. It truly is the ratio. Also, that's— if you want to be— if you want to pretend like you're a local, you have to be dismissive of the ratio no matter what. The ratio between the chocolate, the custard, and the bottom layer. And the way you do it is this: you pick up— you pick it up and you go, oh, interesting choice on the ratio. That will identify you as a local. A bit of a snob, mind you, but a local, because we all have opinions about the ratio. Uh, not sure if this has been asked: will there be anyone for healthcare support staff to chat with? I'm EHS. Is EHS ambulance? So yes, there will be a table called Healthcare Jobs, and there will be 3 people at that table. One is from Island Health, so hospital people mostly, but also the public healthcare system generally. One will be there for doctors, uh, like physicians, also in the public healthcare system. And one will be from our EMS, 911, uh, paramedics. It'll be the head of recruiting, uh, that person will be there as well. And those people will have their helpers kind of mulling around the tables closely. Um, we just didn't want to have— give each group 10 tables, right? So there's that one table, and they will point you to people. So you will be well— you come up here, you will be well taken care of. If you say, I work in healthcare, and no one has pointed you to someone, come find me or Jocelyn, and we will point you to someone. Tough to find a good Nanaimo bar in Manitoba. Yeah, like sushi. Are there going to be artifacts in the event that I can reference? I'm not sure what you mean by artifacts. And MBR is a state of mind. I don't think there's a standard. I don't know, man. There's a standard in my mind. The river otters are adorable. They are. They're a little loud right now this time of year, but they are adorable. I asked for poutine on onion rings. Funny response. She wouldn't do it, but the McDonald's did. Uh, EHS is worker safety. Oh, okay, so we do have something called WorkSafe BC. Um, it's not really in the public healthcare system though, but, but yeah, look, go, go search online for, uh, WorkSafe BC. It's all one word. How many are coming? Uh, we have a More than 600 Americans, um, so double last year and possibly more. Those are just— so I think we have 580 now confirmed, um, almost all from the US. And that number does not include people that live within 1 hour of Nanaimo, so no locals. And it also doesn't include people who have not registered because you don't have to register. They just these are just people that saw our options. So like maybe 8 or 900 people or more. A lot. Veterinarians are desperately needed up here. Absolutely, absolutely. Veterinarians are not in the public healthcare system, so they're a little outside of the scope of what Jocelyn and I and all of the, the folks that are helping us, um, are actively recruiting for. But yes, veterinarians are desperately needed all over Canada, but, but Vancouver Island as well. If you say that in healthcare, hold on to your hat, you'll be swept away. Exactly. I saw you getting off the hello, I was too starstruck to say hello. Don't be starstruck, I'm just a guy from Harewood. I'm— don't— no, no, no, come say hello, come say hello. Um, are people who make cut— oh yo, Jocelyn! Ash— Ashley asks, Are people who make custom wheelchairs considered healthcare? They're not in the public healthcare system, but they are desperately needed and they have a relationship with public healthcare. Uh, it's not quite the whole thing, but I will let Jocelyn, uh, answer that question. Uh, Jocelyn, look for the one from Ashley Welty about 5 comments up. Uh, what about snowplow operators? I don't know about that. Uh, doesn't mean you can't come and, and, and hang out for a weekend, but I don't know how high that is up on the list, um, for immigration. Um, maybe more Transport Canada? No, I think snowplow— I think snowplows are municipal jobs. I think they're the city and the municipalities. Um, Arrowood is too posh for you? Um, I live in Ontario. I don't think I've had an Animo bar. Off my feed, Satan. They come in bars, right? Yeah, of course they come in bars. They're called the Animo bars. Yes. Are mental health care providers needed and included in your health care system? Mostly yes. So, um, there are some that work inside the public health care system, meaning, you know, like they work in hospitals as like social workers, so on. People who work as like counselors, like this kind of day-to-day marriage counseling and so on, they're That's not part of the public healthcare system, but it's usually covered by employers' insurance. So, um, and also desperately needed, just not like covered by universal healthcare, but, but mostly covered by, by most people who have jobs. Um, and a lot of, a lot of them also have sliding scales as well. My boss is from Harrowood. You might know her. Her name is Haley. I don't leave the house, Funky. I really don't. Um, so I don't know many people around here. Is it a good idea to bring cash, or is it okay to bring a debit or credit card? And are the hiking— okay, let's start with that one. Debit— American debit cards do not work here the way you think they do. So if— so don't come only with a US debit card. Now if you have a Visa or a MasterCard that is a credit card, they will work just fine. It might be a good idea to call or let your company know that you will be out of country, um, because sometimes they have like fraud detection. They might think that you're your card got stolen and taken off on a vacation to Canada or something. Um, but Americans have like Visa debit cards and MasterCard debit cards. We don't really have debit cards with credit card brands. So you're gonna either get good old Canadian cash, which A, is very pretty, B, doesn't rip because it's not made of paper, and C, smells like maple syrup. You're gonna get some of that and you'll spend it in our stores Um, most stores, it's hit or miss on whether they'll take American currency. Most probably will not. Um, and a lot of Americans are shocked by that, but you have to remember we are a different country with our own currency. Um, but the ones who do take US currency will probably take it at par, meaning you will get screwed financially. So just bring a credit card or get, or get, uh, cash. Are the hiking trails safe? Oh my gosh, absolutely. Absolutely. If you go to guide.nanaimoinfusion.ca, we have information there about, uh, about, about it. Um, highway maintenance is private contractors clearing the snow. Contact plowing company. So that— I think you're talking about provincial jurisdiction, meaning like the highways, Trans-Canada Highway, the provincial highways, and so on. Yes, those are mostly private contractors in BC that are that get a contract from the provincial government, but municipal, the snowplows are owned by the municipality in a lot of places. Interact's not crap. Interact works great. Interact works great. Interact. And we don't have Venmo here, by the way. We don't have Cash App. We don't have any of that fancy stuff. Uh, we have Interact, which is done by email. So don't expect to Venmo anyone anything because we will look at you blankly. A lot of places don't accept Amex. That is true. It's not— we— not a lot of Amex here. Almost no Diners Club, if that's even still a thing anymore. Visa debit should be good. Uh, be careful. I've heard some stories that it— that the machines just don't know what they are. Uh, oh yeah, we have ATMs. We have ATMs as well. So like, if you have a— if you have a debit card from your bank, like the branch of your bank, those should work fine with the Cirrus network in our ATMs. I'm just talking about like you folks have like Visa debit cards and MasterCard debit cards. We only have, we only have those as credit cards, and so sometimes they don't work. Um, my ATM bank card is my debit card. Yes, yes, but not a credit card brand debit. And sorry, I know I sound confused. It's because we don't have them here, and so I'm confused. There are cougars, but you're unlikely to see any. It depends on what bars you go to and what night. Oh, animal cougars, my bad. Um, aircraft techs are needed in Canada. Yeah, Tod Maffin, debit cards that are Visa or MasterCard backed work just fine. Okay, I stand corrected, I stand corrected. It's possible. I don't— I've never used them. Maybe it's just that we don't have them here, but they'll work here. So yeah. Canadian cash really does smell like maple syrup. I'm not joking. Everyone who— if you have Canadians, smell it right now. Smell your money right now. Smell it. This is not— this is BC Bob's thing. EHS is more like chemical radiation, industrial. Oh, okay, then that's not really WorkSafe BC either. Uh, I mean, it sounds like something we need, but yeah, for the person— oh, by the way, so I'm talking— I've been working with this company that has a Canadian-built AI tool that they are, uh, pumping only legitimate government, like, real accurate information about immigration into. And soon, maybe within a week or two, there will be a website where you can ask it. It's like a chatbot. But it won't look up— it won't be trained on like the rest of AI, which is like, you know, blog posts are in there and weird whatever stuff is in there. It'll only be legit stuff, which is, which is really good. Uh, hello Hoot, welcome. Most US banks will do currency exchange, will do a markup. Yeah, a CIBC Visa debit. Are they in Canada? Okay, I take it all back. Apparently they're a thing. Echo, my money smells like Canadian success. BCEHS, that is what I'm, I am thinking about. Yeah, does Canada need a certified therapeutic clinical musician as part of the healthcare system? Doubtful. Um, I'm not— sorry, I don't mean to say doubtful as far as do we need it, I mean doubtful as far as high priority in the immigration EQ. So you, you might be able to find a job, um, that's, that's your first step, right, is to find a job that needs that role. Um, if you can get a job, uh, then you'll get a work permit. Um, but permanent residency is going to be hard for that, um, because it's not, it's not a traditional certification, do you know what I mean? It's not like a medical It— there— the way the immigration folks sort of put priorities is, is like, is it easy? Because I mean, there are lots of— I'm not suggesting this is your, your profession, but there are lots of places that will certify you for anything, right? You know, a, a certified fingernail technician, um, which is probably a real thing, but some of them are not. And so, uh, I think they're, they're cautious around that. Again, I'm not saying that your profession is that. I don't know anything about it, but I'm just saying that they, they tend to put priorities on Also like nursing, doctors, physiotherapists, kind of the more traditional stuff. Um, Secret Urban Chick's coming in 666 days. Okay, you're coming early. Don't freak me out like that. It does. The money smells like maple syrup. You have to get— you have to get the money. We do have them here. We have international debit. Okay, all right. Have you mentioned the Malahat Skywalk? I have not because I'm terrified of it. Uh, I went with, with Jocelyn and our niece Nora, and the two of them just skipped and jumped all the way up there, no problem. I got halfway up and I was— and I stopped and I clung to the edge like this for 20 minutes until they came down, and I'm sure I looked white as a ghost. I am not— I don't, I don't like being outside, but I especially don't like being outside high up. Um, it's not scary. Like, most people are gonna— even if you have a height thing, it's perfect. It's huge, it's perfectly steady. I'm just legitimately a wimp. But it is beautiful, it really is. Uh, yeah, that's true, you have to scratch the bills to get the maple syrups. Um, let me see if I can show you a photo of Malahat Skywalk, of the view from it. Like, this— if for no other reason, this is the reason you, you come. Oh, I had it. Malahat Skywalk, there it is. Okay, so this is, this is a photo of it from the inside. Oh, this is a video. Look at that. Sorry, it's blurry. Yeah, beautiful. Um, all right, let's see if I can jam through some of these questions. By the way, if you're trying to ask a question, it says you have to be a subscriber. That doesn't mean you have to pay anything. It just means you have to subscribe. You have to just subscribe to the YouTube channel, which is free. You just click the subscribe button. Does not cost you anything. Um, Love your media products. Thank you. And your great work. Thank you, thank you. There are money exchange machines at bus— yes, yeah, the airports and all those will have, uh, exchange rate exchanges. US Bank debit cards do work. Yeah, more so in the ATMs. I cannot guarantee they'll work. Remember that most— almost all stores and restaurants, the way you pay, you can pay with cash if you want But the way you pay is that you will, there will be on the desk or handed to you a terminal that you tap your card or your phone to, or you slide in a card and you punch. Um, we almost never have like, so what happens in the US a lot is that you, is that the American will like take your, the American in the US, the server will like take your card away into a back room and then bring it back. That almost never happens here. Um, they also won't take your card and do things for it. They will give you the machine and you can do it all yourself. Um, but tap is incredibly common here. Um, it's how we— it's how many people do it. Uh, that's for puppies. Try the Skywalk on the CN Tower. I have, I have climbed up the CN Tower. I've walked up the stairs of that thing, and then I got to the top and I, I was like, nope, get me down immediately. And I stood at the back of the elevator facing the wall all the way down. There's an amazing hotel up from the Malahat Skywalk, very recommended. Villa Eerie. Villa Eerie is beautiful. Jocelyn and I have stayed there. We've also stayed at Blue Moon or Blue Water, something like that, which is even closer, and it is beautiful. And they have loft— they have lofts. What do you answer back? Uh, what do you answer when you come back from international travels and border officer says something like welcome to Canada? You could learn some French. Moonwater Lodge, thanks. Uh, you could learn some French. Uh, you could respond by saying, looking him right in the eye and saying tabarnak, and then put up your thumb. So when they say welcome to Canada, because they're all bilingual, go tabarnak. All right, don't do that for real, that's a swear word. Everyone in Canada who heard me say that just went, please don't say that to a border guard. Yeah, yeah, here comes the Aunt Carol. I was like, no, don't do that. Um, hello from Portland, or as we call it, the city where Powell's is. I'm a nurse, I've been considering applying to get— come, absolutely, go to our website nanaimoinfusion.ca. There's all sorts of information for you. Um, we'll get you into our Discord where you can talk to people who are— who understand how the process works. You would be welcome here. Yeah, no, you won't get arrested by saying Tabernak, but you— it will— it will not make your life easy, that is for sure. What do you say? Uh, I just say thanks, you know. Why do you look younger? I don't know. I don't think I even have a filter on this camera. I'm just using it through the browser. Maybe it's— maybe I just have good genes. I don't know. Oh, you know what it is? It's because I have— I have fancy lights on. Hang on, let me turn off the lights and I'll look 10 years young— uh, older. Just a second. How do I do this? Okay, ready? Brace yourselves. That's not bad. It's still— it's actually kind of better in a way, isn't it? It's like that extra light on the side, and that's like the— hang on, let me do this. Fancy lighting, mood lighting. Yeah, exactly. Mount Benson is beautiful. The Skywalker is— you are harnessed and you walk— nope, not even gonna read the rest of that sentence. Nope, nope, nope. I first learned the T-word in basic. It was it was said a lot. Yeah, it's, it's a, it's a swear word. It's about as bad a swear word as you can say in Quebec. It's not something you want to say. Even, even most people in the rest of Canada have like grade 9 French, or 9th grade as you folks in the US would call it. Um, but we all know what that word means. Is there a need for IT professionals in Nanaimo? I don't know. Uh, I don't know. Like just do a— the federal government has a job board that has like 6,000 jobs, and that would be a good start. Search for Denim on there. Best sushi is Nori. Nori's pretty good. We like Sushi Wa on 10th. Is there a difference between Paris French and Canadian French? French? Yes, the primary difference is you smoke more when you speak Canadian French. Is more Canadian French is a bit more relaxed, more casual. You know, if you consider the different accents in London, you know, there's a very posh British accent, which I'm not doing very well, but it sounds something like this. Then there's also another accent. Now I'm Australian, but you know what I'm saying? Like, there's kind of different— like, they're both the same accent, but there are different variations of it. Quebec— the French that the Québécois speak is is different than the French. That it's— there's some words that are different. It's mostly kind of just like the way things— it's also like the Parisian French, the European French, is a bit more precise, uh, enunciated better, I would say. Uh, Québécois will, will do more like, um, it's more relaxed, more casual, more— slur is not the word. Um, yeah, slurs on the slang. Slang, I think, is what I'm going for. Yeah, no, no accent. Slang French. Yeah, France French is the government French. Yeah, that's true. Like, I mean, if you're— the government French is going to be a little bit more precise and a little bit more perfunctory, but the everyday French, you know, you could answer any question if you don't know what someone is saying. You just, you just say the word B-A-A-H and it goes like this. Um, anyway, I'm doing it. I'm doing an impression of my family who's largely, uh, from Quebec. What would be the best season to come to Canada in your, in your opinion? Depends on what you like. I like, if you like winter sports, um, I mean anything, but like our winters are beautiful. We have beautiful winter. You know, Canada gets a bad rap. People are always like, it's so cold in Canada. And then, and then you say, what do you think of Iceland? They go, Iceland looks so beautiful. Well, that's us too. We also have ice and it's also beautiful. Why does Iceland get the credit for it? But summer is great. Spring is great. Like, it's out, it's sunny outside right now. If you're new or not and need ICBC— oh, now there's an ad. Come on. Funky Monkey, only that I know that you're, that you're not doing it in to be a pain in the ass. That is where we have our, one of our car insurances from. And I just finally got insurance for the Infusion. It was $695. But the funniest question was Um, will there be a mosh pit? They actually asked that on the insurance form. Will you have a mosh pit? I'm not gonna lie, I gave it some thought. That was the question I did not answer right away. Is there gonna be alcohol? No. Uh, is there gonna be a live band performing? No. Is there going to be a mosh pit? Now that you mentioned it, that's not a bad idea. Uh, all right, any other questions? Again, if you're trying to type a question, it says you have to be a subscriber. That does not mean you have to pay any money. It just means you have to subscribe to my YouTube channel, which is free. You just click the button that says subscribe. And if you want to be alerted when I go live again, then you click the little thing that— if you click it again so that it says you want all notifications and not personalized. And then it'll send you a notification to your phone if I go live again. Would you consider running for political office? Probably not. Um, probably not. I like— I mean, I joke that I would never pass a background check. That is partially true. Um, but like, I don't think that I— I, I, in fact, I know that I'm bad at it. Jocelyn would be great to be in public office because she's good at like working with people. I'm not. I'm an only child. I'm not— I, I don't like having to build consensus. I just like doing things. Um, if I had to— if I was, uh, you know, if I ran for public office and I won, I couldn't just do things suddenly. I'd have to like build consensus, and I'd have to consult stakeholders, and I'd have to have meetings, and I wouldn't want any of that shit. Uh, I'd hate it. I'd hate every minute of it. So no, you'd pass the security check easier than Pierre would. Well, at least I'd be willing to get one. Um, how's the music scene in Nanaimo? Huge music scene, really big jazz scene, by the way, here. Um, yeah, lots. And if you go to— you can get our guide online, it's guide.nanaimoinfusion.ca, and there's a whole section about— what we did was we went into— because we've got a Discord for everyone who's coming, which you can go into as well. Um, so again, if you go to the— in the description of this video, there's a link. It says 2026.nanaimoinfusion.ca. Click that, look for the guide to Nanaimo, which is also just guide.nanaimoinfusion.ca. And what we did is in the Discord, we, we gave it everything that people in the Discord had recommended, and we turned them into chapters. So there's everything people have recommended about music, and there's also a music channel in the Discord as well. Swampfoot. Jesus. Uh, we have 4 cats and are seeing strict limits on pets from potential landlords. Do you have a chance— do we have a chance of finding housing for our family? I'm not gonna lie, it'll be harder with, with pets. Um, maybe even because of 4 pets. We do not have— we, we have very strong rent protections in BC. For tenants, very strong rent controls, rent limits, and so on. But there is no legislation requiring landlords to take animals. And many— excuse me— landlords— we have a tenant suite in our house and we've always allowed pets because to us we figure the more potential tenants that we see, the more— the better, you know, we'll be able to sort of pick from people we think would be safe and reliable. Um, and we love pets as well, but there are many landlords and apartment buildings that will not take pets at all. So I'm not gonna lie, you will— there will be a limited— you are limiting your pool because of the cats. But I'm a cat person, I'm not gonna tell you to get rid of the cats. They're probably great cats, except for that one who's probably a shit, right? You know what I'm talking about. Fuck that guy. Um, and, uh, so it'll be harder, but They'll be there. And also, can I just say, on the form, when they say how many cats you have, how many times will your landlord come in to double-check that number? I'm just— I'm not saying— I'm not saying lie. I'm not saying lie. I'm just, you know, some buildings that are listed as no pets do take pets on certain floors of the building, so always ask the building manager. There you go. I did not know that. Talk your cats into being on camera. Well, I'm down. Well, we only have one cat and one dog, um, and I'm in the basement. That's where my office is, so I can't go upstairs because if I went upstairs, I would have to show you that I'm wearing red plaid pajamas on bottoms, and I don't think anyone needs to see that because I always wear red plaid pajama bottoms when I work. I have a basement suite rented out. We had a pet ad Had someone contact with letters from previous landlords. They got the suite. Yeah, that's a good call too. If you have a letter from the landlord saying the cats were great, they cleaned everything, there was no damage to the unit, that's great. My cat is a shit, but we love him. Yeah. Oh, you guys have seen the PJs already? I'll show you a photo of them. I've got a million photos of them. Here we go. There's the Otis right there. It's a good boy. He's so handsome. Look at this. Look at this boy. Today is National PJ Day in the US. Come on, that's a lie. There's no way. In Toronto, you're limited to 3 dogs or 6 cats in any residence. Holy moly, even if you own the place? Really? Wow. He is beautiful. He is. He's a rescue, he's our SPCA, and he is beautiful. He's a bit of a drooler, you get, and he doesn't purr very loud. It's the only thing I wish he would do differently is his purr is incredibly quiet, um, and but he's a super cuddler. He loves cuddling. Um, any other questions about, uh, about the Nanaimo infusion, which is 8 days away? He is also a bit of a biter. He'll like, he'll, you know, he'll do this and then he'll like, you can see him getting ready. No, that's it, you're done. Okay, limited to 4 dogs where I have to get a kennel license. I didn't know that. Bitey McBitey. How might you be expanding your network and reach? What should I look forward to seeing? I don't know, Mish. Um, I don't have— you know, it's funny, like, my, my— the last 20 years of my career has been in digital marketing and largely social media. And so while I do stuff for clients, um I don't know. I don't have a strategy for this. I, I don't, I'm no, I don't have any kind of like master plan. I don't know what's next. What's next is, is like, I'm trying to keep it so that what, what's next is what's in front of me at that day that I feel like doing. Like yesterday I made a video, uh, which is not out yet because the, it, the video is about, it's, it's as if Canada were a video game and as if I'm giving a review of the video game. But I bought the domain. In fact, let's see if it's up right now. I bought the domain thecanadagame.com, and can you guys go check that? Like, I think it's still— it's thecanadagame.com, and I think it's still pointing to a coming soon page, but I've redirected that to the page I want it to, and I don't want to let the video go up, um, until, until it's— until that is there. Can you announce who's speaking at the event? I can tell you a couple of people, but we have an individual who we can't talk about currently, and it may not actually even happen. But I can tell you that we're hoping to have a nurse from the Stun'Imiq First Nation in here to talk about their model of care, which is called the One Canoe Model. So briefly she'll talk and also welcome folks to their land. There's also— still says under construction, I hate that, I bought it like a day ago, erg. Thanks folks. And there'll be someone from Island Health who will say some words as well. And that's it. And that's it. Believe me, every politician has asked to give a presentation and I would love them all to speak, I really would, but we can't be standing there for an hour. While everyone wants, wants to say something. The curling people wanted to have a time to speak to the group. And listen, I love the curling people. They are the most dedicated people in this city. I've thought about becoming a curling person, but again, the whole leaving the house thing. Um, but so we're gonna— we're trying to keep it limited, but, uh, we can't talk about this special guest yet. Um, What are house prices like in Nanaimo? Maybe we'll sell the farm, retire to BC. So you could, you probably find that pretty easily with a, with a web search, but they're, um, they're, they're reasonable. Uh, when Jocelyn and I were here, we got to sell the, the prices for a, for a house. Uh, like, ours was a brand new house with a rental suite in it, and it was around $600,000, $650,000, something like that. Uh, prices have gone up but not considerably more. Um, you know, you could probably get a standalone house with a rental suite, a brand new one, you know, small but decent, for like $750, $800, something like that. Um, and cheaper— this is much cheaper. I mean, housing in Canada is expensive, there's no doubt about that, no matter where you are. Um, but it's not— it's not that— we're not Vancouver, I'll say that much. Brian Adams. Oh, you're guessing who the special guest is? I can't— I'm excited, I'm excited, and I hope, I hope that this person will, will, uh, will be there, but there are security considerations and things like that that have to be checked out first. All right. Any other questions about Nanaimo or about Vancouver Island or BC or Canada or moving here or the tourism infusion, as we're now sort of calling it, the Nanaimo infusion? But what, what Jocelyn and I are going to do is put together, templatize what we've done and put it online as something that you can access yourself. Maybe it's Jimmy Kimmel. Maybe, maybe. Yeah, anyway, um, best Tim Hortons to go to? No Tim Hortons. Tim Hortons is not a wholly owned Canadian company anymore. It is, uh, it's a public company that is got bought out by an American-Brazilian, uh, like trust fund or venture— what do they call one of those funds? Hedge fund, venture capital fund, something, one of those big companies, financial companies. Um, and then it's publicly traded, so we don't know who's in there. It is not— it— people think that Tim Hortons is like a 100% Canadian-owned company. It is not. So, um, Second Cup is a great chain if you're looking for a chain that's Canadian-owned. Um, but locally there are like, like Serious Coffee is great coffee. Um, uh, what are the— Vault has good coffee. Uh, Black Rabbit, I think it's called. Look, this is BC. You're gonna get good coffee no matter where you go. It's like the stuff that we smoke that's not tobacco, which is legal across Canada, by the way. Safety tip: if you're in Washington State, where that kind of smoking is also legal, Do not come to Canada with that stuff in your possession. You will be arrested even though it's legal on the Washington State side of the border and legal on the BC side of the border. It is illegal to cross an international boundary with it in your possession. I don't understand why, but there it is. So leave it at home, buy your stuff here. We have stores all over the— we have government stores here that will sell it to you. It's probably better quality than the shit you're getting at home, honestly. We make the best in the world, so just buy it here if you like that stuff. White Rabbit. I'm sorry, why did I say Black Rabbit? That's— where did I get that from? Um, is Robin's Canadian? What? Robin's? I haven't seen Robin's. Wow, Robin's Donuts. I haven't seen that in ages. I don't think— do they even exist anymore? Yeah, Tim Hortons employs Canadians. But, you know, and so sure, but I mean, you know what, everyone can make their own decision, obviously. But I, like, I, I always prefer to, you know, like A&W, which in Canada is— that company is wholly owned Canadian, versus McDonald's. Okay, they both sell the same thing, they both sell burgers, they both employ Canadians. I personally choose to go with the one that is Canadian-owned, like A&W, as opposed to an American multinational, which is McDonald's. Tim Hortons employs Canadians? Absolutely. They're locally owned by Canadians, but the big company is, um, you know, the main company is not. There's a Robins in Nova Scotia. It might be just regional then, because I haven't seen them— I haven't seen a Robins here in ages. Because it's not legal federally down there. I, I still do not understand how your country operates, Americans. I genuinely— I'm not trying to be funny. I genuinely don't understand how your country works. How is something illegal federally but legal provincially, statewide, whatever word you use for that? I don't get it. And A&W is better. Exactly, that is true. The coffee at Tim Hortons sucks. It may be— yeah, the coffee at Tim Hortons is terrible. They sold their— ironically, they sold it to McDonald's. They sold all their coffee, uh, stuff to McDonald's, which became McCafé. And yeah, their coffee is not my— not to my taste, we'll say. Uh, statelily— is that the word you use? I don't know. It depends on the state. Thank you. A&W is fine dining. It's not quite fine dining, but it's, uh, it's decent. They've got— what I like about it is not fancy. Like, breakfast, breakfast sandwich is like cheese, back bacon, a bun, an egg, and that's it. I don't think there's sauce. Joss, is there sauce on, on, on an egg sandwich from A&W? I don't think there is. I don't think there's ketchup or mustard or mayo. I think it's literally just like, you want breakfast? Here's some fucking breakfast. Shut up. Can plug a Canadian YouTuber? Sure, yeah, why not? I'm not fancy. Is there a little bit of mayo? Do you think so? Maybe a little bit. Yeah, it's not saucy at all if you're used to those burgers that just slide everywhere. What's your go-to— great question— what's your go-to meal to take on the ferry? BC Fair— only the locals will remember this— BC Ferries used to sell this thing called the Sunshine Breakfast, and it was both horrible and amazing at the same time. It was basically— I'm pretty sure the eggs were powdered. I think, I think the, I think the eggs were powdered scrambled eggs, um, but it was, it was the eggs and it was toast and it was a slice of orange and it was a one half of, of a piece of wilted lettuce. That was the salad and that was it. And was it good quality? No, it was not. Was it exactly what you wanted to eat at 7:30 in the morning when you were commuting to school? Oh my God, yes. The Sunshine Breakfast, they should— I'll bet you, I'll bet you that if they come back with the Sunshine Breakfast as like a limited offer. No, no visitors will eat it because they don't understand. The locals will be just like, give me 12 of those please. Sir, you won't be able to eat it long enough. I'll save them up and eat them all the week. Uh, yeah, and so they license it to Triple O— to White Spot, which is a BC-owned, Canadian-owned, uh, restaurant chain. Amazing food. What you will— you'll love it. By law, you cannot cross state lines with that stuff, even if it's legal in both states, because of the feds. Weird. Horrible yet amazing, like, like Buxley's mixture. No, no, it didn't taste bad. It just didn't taste particularly good. It wasn't well seasoned, but it was like, it was solid. It had weight. It felt serious. You know, and at 7:30 in the morning when it was cold out and you were on the ferry and you just wanted to eat something warm, and the Sunshine Breakfast is amazing. Oh yeah, I've seen this. I've seen the guy. Yo, he got the username Heat. Oh, Heat My Shorts. There we go, that makes more sense. Did I miss a comment from Mish? Do you know of any TEDx towns doing an infusion? Oh, I missed that. Yeah, um, like Jocelyn said, go to— hang on, I'll type it in here— go to this address, healthcareinfusion.org, and there are more than 40 communities. One came on board today, or maybe it was yesterday. All over this country. In almost every province and territory, there is, there is a Healthcare Infusion chapter. I really want to play music, but I'll get copyright struck. Yes, currently we are the only city doing the tourism-related infusion, but we are going to um, write up a kit for other communities to do so everyone could do it. But that won't come out until, until we're through this and Jocelyn and I have had a chance to nap. So mid to late May is when the Tourism Infusion Handbook and kit will come out. And then I go away and I start writing Mirror Falls, which is due to to come out possibly as late as October. Sorry. Even if we're not healthcare, is it still worth trying to move to Canada? Yes, yes, yes, yes. There's— we need— as long as your profession required a degree, it doesn't mean that you had to have gotten the degree yourself, but if that profession, if that work is like a degree work, so by that I mean um, well, you know what I mean, what I mean, um, then chances are it will be on the list of priorities for immigration. Now, does that mean you automatically get in? No, it's whatever that week the country needs. Essentially, the way it works is that if you get accepted, if you, you go through this thing called Express Entry, um, there are 3 classes. One is if you've already worked here for at least a year, you go into the Canadian Experience Class. You get put into the bucket of people that are waiting to be called on by the minister. There's another class, um, for skilled workers, and there's another class for skilled tradespeople. You all end up in the same bucket. As you go through, you collect points. You take a language test, you get some points. How old are you? You get some points for that. You get some points for, um, what— how much money you are bringing into the country, about how many kids you have. You all filter down, you end up in this big bucket. On here on my YouTube channel, in a playlist called Move to Canada, I've got it all outlined. But, and then you sit there with a score called your CRS score, and then once or twice a week the minister will say, okay, I need 60 French-speaking teachers with a score of 400 or higher. And if you are that, then you are pulled and invited for permanent— invited to apply for permanent residency. Often healthcare workers are pulled. That is a very common pull. Um, But sometimes it's like one, one, one week last year, uh, it was butchers. It was like, I need 40 butchers. Doesn't matter the score, just 40. If there are 40 butchers in the pool, invite them. So that's the way it works, is you go through Express Entry, is one, is one route. There are other routes, but that's one route, um, and so on. However, neither Jocelyn nor myself are immigration consultants. Uh, we're not immigration lawyers. This should not be considered immigration advice. Ding! Consult a registered Canadian immigration consultant for that. But this is our understanding of it. Um, my daughter's a nurse midwife. Good, excellent. Any particular site she should look at? Like, there's a College of Nurses and Midwives. I think that's the to college in BC. Could you recommend some parks on the island for taking nature and wildlife photographs? Literally every single park here, you could fill an album with it. I can't recommend any one because they're all— some of them have huge beautiful waterfalls, some of them have otters running around, some of them are filled with field rabbits, some of them are like— I mean, I can't recommend one because they're all good. The, the best one for you, the closest one to wherever you are at that moment. BC College of Nurses, I'm advised. Thank you, that would be a good one to start at. On Niagara site, I have a link, immigration lawyer. Cool, to give you 10 free minutes. Yeah, some immigr— most immigration lawyers and immigration consultants will have a, a free consultation. Uh, oh, thank you, Serge, thank you so much. You didn't have to do that. Look, thanks for Mirror Falls. Thank you. It is the proudest thing that I do. Of all of this, I'm most excited about Mirror Falls, which, if you haven't listened yet, is my original podcast series. It's a fiction series about a small town on Vancouver Island, um, where there are decent people, complicated pasts, and a secret hiding in plain sight. And, uh, we just ended season 1. And you began to hear of what the secrets of the town are. But you can go to mirrorfalls.com and you can find it in any podcast app, and it's free of course. Um, yes, BC needs vets and vet techs. Yes, absolutely we do. Oh, I'm so glad people like Mirror Falls. I poured my heart into it, and I have a really— I like this. I, I think you're going to like where this story goes. I'm so— I'm dying to tell people what this big secret that gets revealed at the end of episode— the season 2 episode 1, a massive twist happens that some people might be able to guess if you go back and look. I've heard from a lot of people who went back and listened to the whole series that once they heard the end of season 1 Um, and if you're a listener, and you may notice at the end, a visitor— at the very end, a visitor comes to town. It's a bit of a surprise. The visitor hands the mayor a card with a phone number on it. I read out that phone number in the show. You can call that phone number in real life, and it will tell you to go to a website, and you can go to that website in real life. So there's a whole bunch of stuff in the real world Like Ashford Bay has a Facebook page. Yeah, you can find Mirror Falls on any podcast app, uh, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Overcast, Radio Public, all of them. Or you can just go to mirrorfalls.com, or right here on my YouTube page, um, there's a tab that says podcast and you can listen there. You just want to go in order of episodes because it's sort of— and if you liked Lake Wobegon, stories from Garrison Keillor, or you liked Vinyl Cafe— excuse me— from Stuart MacLean in Canada, um, you'll like Mirror Falls. But it's that and more. It's, it's, uh, there's a— there is a big mystery unfolding, and, um, and it involves the Cold War, and it involves the government, and it involves AI, and it's— and I'm very excited too. I'm very excited for the last 10 seconds of episode 1 of season 2. Rachel, listen 3 times. Wow. Oh no, Swamp, I, I am nowhere near Garrison Keillor's level. Um, like, I've studied a lot of, a lot of the storytelling models, but it's different. Like, it's different than, like, Garrison Keillor's stories were. Like, my, my stories tend to be like, rather than there be one central character like a David Morley Um, Mirror Falls is told through the eyes of, of a different, uh, resident of the town. Each, like, each episode you'll meet a different person and you'll learn all about their backstory and their history and what brought them here and, um, and, and how Canada gets connected with it as well. Mirror Falls would be great for late night CBC Radio. I agree. I actually pitched it to CBC. I haven't heard yet, so— but it's a weird one, right? Because it's like it's part story, but it's part podcast. Like, it's like part like a, like a story show, like a Vinyl Cafe, but it's also a fictional suspense mystery, which they would absolutely not put on radio, they would put as a podcast. But it's also like moments of Canadian history, and the bonus episodes talk a lot about the history of things that are mentioned in there. You know, like there's an episode where you learn about the mayor and he came here when Canadians liberated his Dutch town. And there's a completely separate bonus episode, uh, immediately after that talks about how the Canadians liberated, uh, the Dutch and the history of that. So it would be— it's hard for CBC to place that kind of a show because it's, it's, it's a number of different things, but I would absolutely have a conversation with them about it if they wanted to, for sure. Vets in BC used to require you to take your exams again. Yeah, it might be— it might still be the case, I don't know. I'm a certified nurse aide that's worked in mental health. Would I be able to work in Canada? We don't— uh, Jocelyn, correct me if I'm wrong here, but we don't have certified nurse aides, I don't believe, in Canada. Um, we have similar roles like home care assistants. Um, but Jocelyn can probably answer that better than I can. Um, but we— I don't believe that— yeah, no CNAs. Yeah, I don't believe that there's a one-to-one parallel between the work that you do and what we have here. We don't really have that role here. Doesn't mean you can't be certified in something else, right? I mean, you've probably got good experience. Here they are, home care assistants. There's no equivalent, probably faster to just retrain. There's your answer. Yeah, Best Medicine reminds you of Mirror Falls. Oh cool, okay. HCA or PSW is close. Any other questions? Let me check my email while I've been doing this. Make sure there's nothing urgent. No, no, nothing urgent. That's good. All right, well, I think I'm gonna close the live down. Oh hey, thank you for becoming a member, Dobbin! If you decide you want to become— so you don't, you don't have to pay anything to subscribe to the channel, um, you are welcome to subscribe. And that means— that's like following, and so you'll get my videos in your YouTube feed. If you click the little bell on the subscribe thing that says all, um, then, uh, then it'll notify your phone when I come up with a new video. But if you want to support the work, you can become a member. And the difference there is that that's, I think, $7 a month or something, um, gets you a couple of extra things every week here. Now, if you're a member on like my Facebook page or the email newsletter, you get the same bonuses there too. So don't like double do it. Um, but if you become a member here, once a week, uh, I do a behind the scenes video every Friday where I talk about stuff that we— sometimes Jocelyn joins me for it, um, where I talk about things we don't talk about publicly. Uh, it's like literally behind the scenes on the work that we're doing and the videos that I'm making and stuff like that. Um, and then there's also 5 or 6 videos that are, uh, exclusive only to members can see. Um, so if you want to be a member of the YouTube channel, uh, that certainly helps us. That revenue we basically just kind of pour into, uh, into what we're doing. Um, would I be able to find a family doctor if I moved to Nanaimo? If you just came here right off the bat, um, you'd probably end up on the provincial waiting list. Um, that varies. Things are getting better now that there are more doctors coming to coming to Vancouver Island. But we have more people than we have doctors, for sure. That's everywhere. I mean, that's everywhere in the world. It's not a Canada problem or a Nanaimo problem. Um, so there'll probably be a waiting period. That said, that doesn't mean you go without healthcare in this country. We don't do that. Um, there are urgent care centers which are part of the public healthcare system. You don't pay anything for those. You can go to the ER if it's really urgent. You don't pay anything for that. I should say, once you have residency here. So it's like 3 months after your arrival. Um, there are, you know, if you're— if you need a prescription badly, the pharmacist can usually refill it for you. If you need to get a prescription that's new, uh, and you don't have a family doctor to do that for you, the province has a phone line you can call. All that is also part of the public healthcare system. So, um, and then, and then when a doctor has a spot, you will, uh, you're on the list, you'll get it. So, and also, thank you, Joss. And then telehealth as well. Um, so you get, you know, you get an app. There's 5 or 6 different companies that offer that, and you speak to a real doctor, and they are also part of the public healthcare system. You don't pay anything for that. Um, in fact, it is literally against the law for a company to charge you for that service. So, um, and it's a law that Canadians protect fiercely, fiercely. So yeah, I've been here a year, I was still waiting for a GP. That, that can happen. That can happen. It could be a year or two, right? Um, because we desperately need healthcare workers here. But you'll get one. You'll get one. And then, uh, and, and then the next people below you will go as well. There you go. It's called Health Connect Registry and it's based on urgency. Yeah, so it's— so it has, it has a very limited triage system. And I think if you, if you have cancer or you are like very, very quite seriously ill, you will get a doctor right away. Um, but there's a lot— but you are not without healthcare just because you're not without a doctor. It's frustrating because often the urgent care places, which are not set up for emergencies, um, often those slots fill, uh, really early in the day, and that's frustrating. Um, but we have them, they exist. You can always go to ER. Sometimes you have to wait depending on the urgency of it. But like every other hospital in the world, it operates on triage. So if you come in with a heart attack, you are seen immediately, even if you don't have a family doctor. You just go to the ER, get— not get in the ambulance. Ambulance costs $50. That's all you'll pay. And in fact, I think if you're— if you are under a certain income level, you don't even have to pay that. In some provinces, you don't pay a penny for the ambulance. And I'm just going through here. Telehealth is great. Diagnosed with shingles. Oh, fuck, that reminds me, I gotta get my shingles vaccine. Diagnosed with shingles and had antiviral within 2 hours. That's amazing. Yeah, and that was telehealth. That was like just on your phone. Because they're real doctors and you don't pay for them. All right. I think that's it. I think I'm going to go. I got to clean the kitchen and then play a little bit of Overwatch. Thank you all. Remember, the address is in the description of this video. It's 2026.nanaimoinfusion.ca. That will take you to the tourism-focused event that we are having in 8 days. Where you are welcome to come hang out, check out Canada, see what BC is like, kick the tires. It's an audition, and if you don't like it, go home and you'll have eaten some amazing food and seen some beautiful scenery. Um, or maybe you'll fall in love with it and want to move here. That is also an option. If you are a healthcare worker and you want to look at the resources we have, just take the 2026 out, just go to nanaimoinfusion.ca. All of that information is there. And, uh, the podcast is called Mirror Falls. You can find it in any podcast app. Or you can go to mirrorfalls.com. And yeah, that's about it. So thank you all so much, and I will see you again soon. Oh, and make sure you're on our email list for if you're thinking about coming to the Nanaimo Infusion. That is also on the website. Okay, bye folks.