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About the Author
My name is Remus Bogdan. I have lived in Canada since 2000 — twenty-five years and counting, almost all of them in and around Montreal.
This site speaks as "I" throughout, deliberately: there is no publishing company, agency, or team behind this project — it is operated by me personally, and there is no one else here. You can also find me at my public Facebook profile.
My connection to Canada
I arrived as an immigrant and built an ordinary working life here: kitchens — every position, from dish pit to line — a butcher counter, call centres, warehouses, retail floors, grocery stores. That is not a résumé line; it is where this book comes from. Eighteen years of Montreal buses and metro. A quarter-century of paycheques, leases, taxes, winters, and paperwork — the unglamorous mechanics of actually living in this country.
I have also travelled across Europe — Germany, Austria, Hungary, my home country of Romania, France, Spain, Italy, Poland — which is where the habit of comparing began: roads, transit, prices, queues, and the thousand small differences newcomers feel immediately but can rarely name.
What I am not claiming to be
I am not a lawyer, immigration consultant, accountant, doctor, or financial advisor. This book does not replace regulated professional advice. For decisions with legal, immigration, tax, medical, or financial consequences, consult a licensed professional in the relevant field.
What I claim to be is narrower and verifiable: a careful observer with twenty-five years of ground-level experience, who spent years collecting official data and first-hand accounts, and who wrote down what I found — checked, sourced, and said plainly, whether it flatters this country or not.
Contact
I answer reader and partnership questions personally at morteanubogdan@gmail.com.