Year-end update from Canada, plans for 2026

It's been more than to months since I posted an episode, so I thought it was about time I was in touch. 

I'm speaking from the top of a hill, catching my breath as I look back at the ocean and a large island beyond the harbour. Continuing my walk I can see snow on the local mountain, so it's quite chilly here, for the west coast of Canada. 

I've been thinking a lot about the podcast. I do plan to continue it, with a focus both on Nepal and Canada. The government here has been making lots of changes to immigration rules in the past couple of years, and I want to talk to Nepalis about how they've been affected. They could be people already living here, those who planned to come — and have maybe changed their minds — and even those who have to leave now because of a new rule. 

You can help by putting me in touch with people you know who have stories to tell. If they don't want to be identified, we can arrange that. Text me with their info at the link at the top of the notes above, or email me at nepalnowpod(at)gmail.com. Meanwhile, I will keep talking to people and plan to post the first interview in January 2026. 

Until then, Merry Christmas, happy holidays, and I'll talk to you next time.

Transcript

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Hi everyone, this is Marty. I'm out for a walk, as you'll hear. Just stopped at the top of a hill to catch my breath and look back at the ocean beyond. There are a couple ferry boats out there, big ones and small ones actually, and then a large island beyond the harbor. It was raining earlier, but now the sun is out. It's a little chilly for this part of the world, the west coast of Canada. And, uh, looking in the other direction I can see a bunch of snow on the top of the local mountain, which isn't super tall, certainly not Nepal sized. So that is also another sign that it's pretty chilly. It's been a while. It's been two months actually since I posted something. I thought it was about time. I also wanted to wish people happy holidays. I know not all of you celebrate Christmas, but many will be in places that do, so you'll probably be taking time off. Maybe some of you even heading to Nepal. So I wish you happy travels if you're going, and just happy holidays in general. I've been thinking about the podcast a lot now that I'm back here in Canada. Still thinking about Nepal too, of course. And I certainly want to keep it going. I'm thinking now that it will continue to be Nepal focused partly and also Canada focused. So, Nepali's who have a connection to Canada, especially now that things are changing so much. The Canadian government has really tightened up the rules on people coming into the country recently. And so I want to talk to Nepalis who are here already and may be affected, or even if they're not directly affected, how they're feeling about all of these changes, if they make any difference in their lives and in the way that people treat them. I also want to talk to Nepalis who maybe were planning to come and have changed their minds. There may be some people who have to leave because of these new rule changes. So that's gonna be the focus of the show starting in 2026. We'll keep the name Nepal Now. Other than that, I would like you to actually help me out if you can. If you know of Nepalis in Canada who are in a position where maybe they're affected by the rule changes or they're going to have to make moves or they're just kind of psychologically affected and wondering if it's still a good place to be. Or you know of people who are planning to come or maybe they had to change their plans because of what the Canadian government has done. Let me know. You can text me on the link in the notes to this episode. You can also email the show at nepalnowpod@gmail(dot)com. Meanwhile, I will continue working on interviews and plan to get the first one up in January if all goes well. I'm getting to the end of my walk here, and so I wish you a great end of the year. And I'll talk to you in 2026. Bye for now.