Attn Canadian snowbirds

naysmitj wrote:

Flyboy320 wrote:
If you are playing by the rules and not trying to screw the system......not a problem!

I'm sorry but snowbirds are not screwing the system, it is the other way around.
So as a retired Canadian by birth who may prefer to reside outside Canada more than 180 days annually I do not understand why Ontario puts my medical coverage in jeopardy.
I do not contribute less to either the Canadian Government or the Ontario Government as I still pay my income and municipal taxes.
I pay for out of country medical insurance to cover my time out of the country, so I am actually less of a liability to the Ontario health costs.
Yet, there is a complex calculation allowing them to discontinue my coverage, which I paid for since my early twenties and continue to pay for now.

Who is screwing who to cut costs

It is 210 days not 180 days for people from ontario...and a bunch of other provinces. Canada could care a less how long you are in the US. That is between you and the US goverment, either immigration if you are over 180 days or the IRS if you are over 183 days. The IRS also doesn't care how long you are in the US as long as you file a tax return and pay taxes.