I came across your blog and thought to contribute my experiences with your readers. I am Nitishnan and I immigrated to Canada from Sri Lanka in 2003. As in most parts of India and Pakistan, health system in Lanka is also too poor. Therefore, coming to Canada and being part of its excellent health care system was too good to be true for me, especially, when in my home country public health system was virtually non existent and private health care too expensive to be affordable by all.