Should I stay in Canada to work or go back to Taiwan. How is the pay and living condition in Taiwan?

I have been living and working in Taiwan for 4 years now. Most opportunities available with a regular degree are English teaching. The pay is not great compared to the west but it is good for Taiwan. Living expenses are a lot cheaper than Canada or America. A full time teaching job is going to be somewhere around 50-70,000 NT a month, maybe more. When I lived in New Taipei City about 45 minutes from downtown I rented a 3-bedroom apartment for 8,000 NT, which is less than 300 USD. Where you live greatly affects the value. Food is also cheap. If you have been to Taiwan before then you should have some idea if you like it more than Canada.

Your question was much too long to read but I will give an answer to your question. During the health care debate of 2009 the Republicans opposed a government insurance choice because they successfully campaigned to the public that it was socialism and they demonstrated holding signs up of Obama's face painted white or with Nazi symbols or a hammer and sickle and at other public meetings people were armed with guns. So it was all frightening. Anyway, Obama's idea for a government insurance was never approved. The U.S. already subsidizes some health care directly with private insurers but the only doctors who are paid by the government are those in the armed forces or the Veterans hospitals. The subsidies are for disabled and over 65's or indigent families administered in each county. So one might call this a mix of private and government health care except most people have private insurance which is what Americans want. Republicans in Congress are trying to get rid of the new Health Care Act that allows everyone to buy insurance because it is subsidized. So, how on earth would this country ever have socialized health care?

It's case by case situation. It depends on many factors - your degree, your tax bracket, whether you are a citizen of ROC Taiwan, whether you are single or you have a family with kids, etc.

For discussion purpose, if you have an advanced degree such as PhD. in EE and you're hired by Intel Taiwan, it will be good pay and lower tax (compared with Canada tax) for you. Also, Taiwan just likes Canada has universal health care.

Certain positions do ask for working long hours without extra overtime pay. But many positions by law have to pay for overtime. You will need to take reference to Taiwan's labor laws.

You can expect Canada has better overall living environment: bigger land, cleaner air, assume better food safety.

If you like to shop, food, diversified culture elements, or if you enjoy night-life, Taiwan is the place to go.

You should just visit Taiwan and form your own opinions.

Many problems of food safety and politics. Won't get pay for the extra working time because the companies say that you should work until you have done your work not because your working time is passed.

...However, if you can read in Chinese then I think you should do some googling then you will know how terrible it is.

I don't know Canada is better than Taiwan or not, but I would say, stay in Canada if you got opportunities.

GET OUT AND STAY OUT