“People think I’m lucky because I have the option of returning to Canada”: a Quebecer is thinking of coming back here if things get out of hand in the United States

A teacher who left Quebec 58 years ago would not hesitate for a single second to return to Canada if Donald Trump became president of the United States again and things went wrong.

Nicole Levesque moved to the United States when she was only 4 years old. But for the first time in her life, the 62-year-old lady is evaluating the possibility of returning to live in Quebec, especially since her family still owns a cottage in the municipality of Rivière-Bleue, in Témiscouata.

“People think I’m lucky because I have the option to move back to Canada,” says the woman, who has lived in Silver Spring, Maryland, for 30 years, after living in New Jersey and Massachusetts. .

English teacher, M^me Levesque is not the only one to question her future, in the wake of the next presidential election. In his entourage, more and more people took steps to obtain passports or homes abroad.

“People are afraid”

“I have acquaintances who bought a house in Costa Rica, friends bought a house in Italy. People are afraid and want to leave. More and more of them are planning options if Trump returns to power,” assures the woman who does not hide her nervousness.

Moreover, his 24-year-old son has lived and worked in Montreal for two years and his 21-year-old daughter is thinking of enrolling in a master’s degree in Canada.

If Trump were to be elected, she fears for gun violence, women’s reproductive rights, health care, the economy and the environment.

“I’ll stay if he wins. But if things got dangerous or out of control… I would take my Canadian passport and drive to the border,” she pleads.

But Nicole Levesque remains optimistic. And deep down, she would prefer to stay in the United States.

“Kamala Harris re-energized the elections. If she is elected, we save our democracy! We are saving our country!” she chants.

Expatriate in election

• Nicole Levesque
• 62 ans
• Silver Spring, Maryland
• English teacher