some personal points
I have been here for two years, with accounting backgroud, get first job in accounting 3 monthes after I landed, quit after 7 monthes. and get second job after two years, double paid.
However, I still disagree with what the xiaojiubao said.
I read one article in Reader`s Digest(Canadian Version), there, the immigrant(French or English, not Chinese) from different countries who have decent experiences from France or the United Kindom all have miserable life here...
One wrote: I hate Canada, I lost one year time, I lost the money for application, and I get nothing back....
Anyway, to argue or to persude do not work for new people. life go on day-by-day, you do not feel good and you can not change the feeling by one article or by some optimastic estimation.
The immigrants complained a lot could also caused by two factors:
1. They may already have experiences in the big foreign company with well-paid money, comparatively, new job in toronto mostely(70%-80%)come from the middle-small enterprise, as we know, the level of wages, the benefit, the opportunities to develop your career and skills is much limited.
2. Many of them have choice to go back and have the chance to find a decent job in China and do not need to worry about HUKOU.
If you have chance, you may compare, complain, hesitate...this is part of the voice that you hear.
If you have no chance, then, even not mentioned or think about it,
it is also the human nature to fit the environment. So, you can not say the silence is the gold, a lot of peole do not voice not because they have a fun life, but because they do not want to face the depression to have no choices.
I have a friend, he had been in the States for 4 years, in Canada 4 years, but he want to go home, but can not. First, he could not get HUKOU because he came out as a student; second, he could not find a job which could be better than here, to get a acadamic position is impossible; get a position in foreign companies based on his age and his experiences is very hard.
In summary, it depends what you value in this world, and also depends on how much chance you can get from China and from Canada.
So, better do not mislead by some information from web or from one or two friend, as life is not to compete the others, life is the journey you have to go through by yourself. Focus on what you want and take action.