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New Article: Michael Jackson Wanted To Move To Canada

I remember hearing years ago that Michael actually had a place in Toronto that no one knew about.
 
IAN HELPERIN! dont be so gulible cause its something u like the idea of..if he wanted to move there ho comes in never did during 05-06 when he went all over europe
 
So now we suddenly believe Halprein again? This guy is a pathological liar. Six months ago he also wrote that Michael needed a lung transplant, that he could barely speak (why don't the papers also mention this rather than saying he "predicted" Michael's death?) and that he was gay. I don't believe him anything. He got lucky that Michael died because now he can sell himself as the big "expert" and "prophet" and sell his trash about Michael that he cannot refute any more. Know a leech when you see one, people!

Obviously Halprein was also reading the papers and knew what fans knew that Michael visited Canada several times in the past few years and spent some time there. Big deal. It was not difficult to find out, was it? So he made a story out of it. Nothing newsworthy about it, IMO.

I just wish at least fans would stop promoting his trash book that would obviously hurt Michael so much if he was alive!
 
I don't know what to think of this - Montreal and Quebec are beautiful, and I can see why Michael might have wanted a place there. But, I don't believe much of what Ian H. says.
 
Well still this is an article with Ian Halperin -_-

Anyways in New Westminster, BC MJ was made an Honorary Constable in 1984 during the Victory Tour, but they took that away during the trial :( After he passed they did set up an exhibit in memory of him though...
 
I doubt he wanted to move to Canada. He definitely didn't want to take his solo tours there.

He didnt have to do those concerts but he did it because he loves us.
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He also did it because of his staggering debts.
 
bogus and fake as long as it comes from halperin.
fans should not pay attention to this man IMHO.
 
I don't believe anything that Halperin says either.
Having said that I lived in Canada for ten years. (For the record I also lived in San Francisco) Canada is quieter that the US, but I'm not sure Michael would have found any more peace wherever he lived. He was too much of a media attraction.
 
How many stories do we have of Michael wanting to live somewhere....
this ain't hard to make up....
 
I pray this man make no significant profit from this book
 
LiveForever said:
I think he would have had a peaceful life there. I found a few different articles online and it looks like he was there a lot. I found articles for 2003 and 2007.

RICK DEE INTERVIEW

On Wednesday, September 10, 2003 at 8:45 am, Michael Jackson granted KIIS FM personality Rick Dees an exclusive on-air interview. He phoned in to the Los Angeles based radio station from Toronto, Canada to discuss his charity event and after party, both being held at his Neverland Valley Ranch on September 13, 2003.

The after party, which is being hosted and broadcast live by Klub Kiss (KIIS FM 102.7), will follow Michael’s charity event and run from 7:00 pm to 2:00 am. KISS FM awarded 12 lucky winners free tickets to the party. Other party-goers paid $2500 for a ticket for four guests, or $725 per individual ticket. A portion of the proceeds from this event will go to the 'Make a Wish Foundation.'

Rick: Michael, it's Rick Dees!

Michael: Rick, how are you?

Rick: How are you?

Michael: How you been doin'?

Rick: Couldn't be better, sir. And you're in Toronto now?

Michael: Yes, I'm in Toronto. I just decided to come up here and write music.

Rick: You know who else is living in Toronto now? Prince. Prince decided to move from Minneapolis to Toronto.

Michael: The singer?

Rick: Yes, Prince the singer.

Michael: You're kidding!

Rick: And he and his wife...in fact, Jimmy Jam told me they're living there now.

Michael: Jimmy Jam is so nice.

Rick: Isn't he the best?

Michael: Yeah...

Rick: I wanna thank you for what you're doing on Saturday. Everybody is so incredibly jazzed. Now I have seen your wonderful, beautiful ranch. But most people just fantasize about what it would be like to just walk the grounds...and now we're going to get a chance. Now will you be there?

Michael: Uh...yes, I will be there.

Rick: Alright!

Girl in background: That's what we wanted to hear.

Michael: Yep, I will be there.

Rick: Commander Chuck Street said that he really enjoyed taking you up in the helicopter.

Michael: Aww, that guy is so nice. He’s wonderful.

Rick: He had 20,000 hours and he said that it was just a wonderful experience and that you had wanted to see the ranch from a mountain, like in the back where the forest is.

Michael: Right, Mount Katherine.

Rick: He said that Mount Katherine is almost 29,000 feet...No, no, I'm just saying...but uh, how tall is she?

Michael: Personally, I don't know...really tall...

Rick: It’s quiet...you know when I was there, Sophia Loren's sons were there that afternoon...

Michael: They were riding quads.

Rick: Yes, we were riding quads and that was the first time anybody ever saw an ATV. And it was wonderful but um, at the same time I didn't want to leave...that's probably how you feel when you leave, isn't it?

Michael: Aaw, God Bless you. Thank you. Well, you know you're always welcome. You know that.

Rick: What a nice thing to say Michael. And you know Saturday is very special too because I don't think that people understand that there are different ways to raise money for great causes, but for you to open your home for Make A Wish and other foundations is really special to us.

Michael: Aw, God Bless you. Thank you so much.

Rick: Can you catch us up to speed, now, over the last few months. First of all, how are the kids, are they doing alright?

Michael: All the children are fine.

Rick: They were... um... in the helicopter the other night and Chuck Street said that they were just absolutely so well behaved and the nicest...but at the same time of the last 6 or 7 months or so, how busy have you been?

Michael: I'm always busy. I never stop. I'm a workaholic. I love working.

Rick: You really do love it, don't you?

Michael: Yes, I love it.

Rick: So you've been in Toronto...have you written any songs?

Michael: Yes, very much.

Rick: I'd like you to meet Ellen Kaye who just walked in...

Ellen Kaye: I was waiting for my formal introduction.

Rick: Michael, this is Ellen Kaye...

Michael: Hello, Ellen, how are you?

Ellen Kaye: Hi, Michael, it's nice to meet you, finally.

Michael: You too.

Ellen Kaye: I hope one day you can come in the studio cuz we'd love to just...be around you. And bring the kids.

Michael: Oh, I'd love that, that'll be cool, I love this station...it's wonderful.

Rick: The last we talked, you said you keep in shape solely by dancing. And when I saw the shot of you...I think it was about 2 or 3 weeks ago...you're still in really good shape. It's still just dance that keeps you in shape?

Michael: I just like to dance around to music that I like.

Rick: Hmm.

Ellen Kaye: And chasing two kids, that'll keep you in shape.

Michael: Yes, running after the children.

Ellen Kaye: I have 2 toddlers myself and once they get those tennis shoes on, there's no slowing down.

Michael: I know....it's mainly that I enjoy dancing....and I walk around the lake at Neverland.

Rick: And I'd like to point out ...the lake at Neverland, is absolutely, it's right in the very front, at least one of them...and you just wanna dive in. It really is.

Michael: Thank you.

Rick: Now Prince and Paris, how are they different? What are their likes and dislikes? What can you tell, as a parent, you know, 'Prince likes this, Paris likes this'.

Michael: Well they like, in truth, they like the same things. Prince, he doesn't like girl toys. I always wanted a daughter, and through all the years I've toured, I bought all these dolls, and I filled the whole room up full of dolls for when I have a daughter....and that would be her bedroom. And the first time I brought her in there, when she was old enough to walk, she just walked right passed it. (laughs)...she likes boy! toys. ! She likes trucks, cars...whatever prince wants, she wants.

Rick: You're kidding! And there's a whole room of dolls and she just walks right through them?

Michael: Yeah...(laughs)

Rick: The first time I met Michael, Ellen, it was um, not in a, well first of all we we saw each other on a tv show, but the first time we got a chance to socialize it was at a place called "Robbies’ Hobbies" and we both got into little, uh, they’re radio controlled cars...

Ellen Kaye: I like those too.

Michael: Yeah....

Rick: And they were so much fun.

Michael: You have a great memory.

Rick: Well, thank you. So I had a jeep made up for Michael. And he would take it on tour. And he would hide behind like a curtain or something, and this car would just show up at someone's feet. And it would stop, and they would jump around, and he'd bring the car back to him. They never knew it was Mike behind the controls! (laughs)

Michael: (laughs)

Rick: Great. So it was fun!

Ellen Kaye: That’s cool.

Michael: Great fun.

Rick: So now Michael, we're gonna have a huge party, do you mind...obviously we're not gonna tear up the house or anything but what rules should we put down?

Michael: Just to be kind to one another, and have a great time. I'll be kinda watching from a distance and enjoying it. I hope I can get to say hi to you.

Rick: Oh, absolutely. When you go back to your bedroom, like really late?

Michael: Yes

Rick: I'll be in your closet. (laughter)

Michael: Okay. (laughs)

Ellen Kaye: Oh, stop it! You don't have to take that Michael! (laughs)

Rick: Again, on behalf of Make A Wish and all the people too, Michael thank you so much.

Michael: God bless you and say hi to your wonderful family.

Rick: Oh, I certainly will. Julie says 'Hi', too.

Michael: Aaww! Tell her I said 'Hi'!

Rick: She knows so many little stories about Mike...they're buddies.

Michael: Yeah...she's a sweet person.

Ellen Kaye: I can't wait to see your animals on the ranch, cuz I'm a huge animal lover so.

Michael: Oh, there are lots of animals.

Ellen Kaye: Yeah, cool.

Rick: You still have the trampoline?

Michael: Yes...we found the rattlesnake. (laughs)

Rick: Kevin Dees was asking about that.

Michael: We found that snake, remember?

Rick: Oh man! We went out in the woods, and this is way away from his home so don't be afraid, but Michael and I found a baby rattlesnake.

Ellen Kaye: Ooooh, now those are really potent, cuz their poison is even stronger cuz it's more concentrated.

Rick: So Mike is walking up to the snake and about four guys jump in front of him and say, "What? Are you crazy?? Not with your CD just released!"

Michael: (laughs)

Ellen Kaye: (laughs) Yeah, cause people will take a bite for him.

Rick: So a couple of guys took a hit lik! (punching noises)..."It didn't hurt Michael" (punching noises)

Michael: Yeah, that was something. It was fun!

Rick: That was something else. They called him "Rattlin' Rick". Hey Mike, we'll see ya on Saturday, okay?

Michael: Okay, Rick. God bless you.

Rick: God bless you.

Michael: And say "Hi" to everybody.

Rick: My best to Prince and Paris, too.

Michael: Oh, God bless you, thank you!

Rick: Michael Jackson. Rick Dees in the morning. That's what it's all about. The world exclusive interview - he'll only do one - and thank you for choosing us Michael.

http://www.mjfanclub.net/home/index...3&catid=100:interviews-and-speeches&Itemid=79
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such a sweet beautiful interview :wub: :)
 
So wish he would still be here and moved to Québec, I would have welcomed him :)
Living in Québec city is great.. and for me, anywhere in province of Québec would have been nice for me if he lived there, then he would have been so near...

Gosh that's sad.
 
Canada? I thought it was France?...................*shakes my head*
 
Alright, a friend of mine who works in the Classified section of the local paper, has confirmed this story for me today. He works with several real estate agents who confirmed this. Interesting.
 
Damn, to think what could have been. Bless him. He would have LOVED Old Quebec! I think it started develpment in 1late 1600's...so european like, very picturesques architecture...he loved that sort of thing. Anything Tudor, Victorian, Edwardian...mediaval flare..God...breaks your heart.
 
Yes, we were expecting him!!

Right before the horrible nightmare in fact!

I personally beleive that the ***sueing him for stupid millions held him back and then everything snowballed into this unthinkable tradegy. Otherwise, he would have been here--at ~MJIB~Co~~~~!!!!!!!!!!!!! and none of the madness would have EVER HAPPENED!

HE WOULD STILL BE ALIVE!

That is what I was keeping a huge surprise.

ABP
 
LiveForever said:
Michael Jackson May Have Pondered Move To Montreal

THE CANADIAN PRESS

MONTREAL–A new book about pop icon Michael Jackson's final years says the singer once considered moving to Montreal because polls indicated Quebecers rejected child abuse allegations made against him.

Unmasked: The Final Years of Michael Jackson, says the megastar behind such hits as "Thriller" and "Bad" spurned the United States after surveys indicated many Americans still thought him guilty even though he was acquitted of child abuse charges in 2005.

Author Ian Halperin, who oddly enough predicted in December 2008 that Jackson would be dead in six months, writes that Jackson's first choices for a new home were Britain and Berlin, followed by Montreal.

Jackson died June 25. The cause of death has not yet been determined.

"Quebec had always held a special affection for Jackson and it happened to be the only jurisdiction in North America where polls showed that the majority of residents firmly rejected the child abuse allegations against him," Halperin writes in the book, released Tuesday in English and French by Montreal's Transit Publishing.

Halperin cites unidentified associates of people who dealt with Jackson as well as "one of the city's leading realtors" for his information on the possible Montreal move.

The realtor told him and a group of people at a June 2007 cocktail party at the Montreal Grand Prix that she was in the process of selling Jackson a house and that he had already been to Montreal twice to look at potential properties.

"He came incognito," Halperin quotes the realtor as saying. ``He even attended a hockey game while he was here."

Although Jackson was shown places in the upscale Westmount and Outremont districts, he didn't see anything that suited his needs. Privacy was paramount to him, the realtor said.

Jackson did like a "swanky mansion once owned by the Bronfman family," although it wasn't for sale.

Halperin also explored other Quebec connections, including negotiations between Jackson's Neverland Entertainment Group and a Montreal film company to start a new film production division.

Despite announcements a deal had been struck, it eventually fell apart because of Jackson's financial problems, Halperin writes.

He also recounts a conversation he had with now-deceased Montreal broadcaster Ted Blackman, who told him of a chat between the singer and a francophone journalist Blackman overheard in the mid-1980s.

"They were discussing whether or not Quebec would be better off being separate from Canada," Halperin quotes Blackman as saying of the backstage encounter at a Jackson show in Montreal.

"Jackson replied, `Oui, oui.' I was amazed. Jackson said he thought Quebec could be another Paris and that Canada was too culturally lame to sustain Quebec."

Blackman reportedly said Jackson ignored anglophone journalists and spoke to French-language media in broken French, accepting a fleur-de-lis key chain from one reporter.

Halperin's book was literally on the printing presses when news of the pop star's sudden death was announced. It was pulled so a brief update could be included.

Halperin says in his conclusion to the book that while he started his investigation believing that Jackson was guilty of child abuse, he couldn't find any evidence to support the allegation.

While he criticizes sensationalist media, he also says Jackson also bears blame for his own misfortune because of behaviour that ``bordered on criminal stupidity."

The author, who says he got his information from friends and associates of Jackson, paints a disheartening picture of the pop star's declining years. He says ill health likely would have prevented Jackson from completing a comeback tour that was scheduled to start recently.

http://www.thestar.com/article/666119
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Well, I don't believe anything he says. He lies to much on Michael.
 
I think there are plenty of other places in the World where the allegations were not believed or given as much attention. It really is only in the UK and US and north america where it got the most untruthful negative media coverage.

Michael spent a lot of time in Bahrain after the trial. He returned to the US a short while ago to begin rehearsals for the concerts.
 
Canada is the one place in the world I would choose to live forever. I hate my country, England, especially the whole tabloid culture. It's a nation full of hate :(
 
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