Canada facing ‘brain drain’ as young tech talent leaves for Silicon Valley

[Nathan89]

Canada’s best and brightest computer engineering graduates are leaving for jobs in Silicon Valley at alarmingly high rates, fuelling a worse “brain drain” than the mass exodus by Canadian doctors two decades ago, according to a new study.

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/technology/article-canada-facing-brain-drain-as-young-tech-talent-leaves-for-silicon/

Flashback:

Donald Trump presidency has some Americans looking north
Within hours of Donald Trump's victory in the U.S. presidential election, Ottawa immigration lawyer Julie Taub found herself fielding a flurry of calls from Americans seeking to move to Canada.
"I knew there was going to be an emotional reaction," said Taub, who received six calls from residents in Upstate New York in a span of two hours.
Taub said she expected a spike in interest after noticing the Canadian government's immigration website had crashed (http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/canada-immigration-website-crash-presidential-election-1.3845080) during election night. The department confirmed Thursday a torrent of U.S. visitors on election night contributed to the crash.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/trump-election-clinton-loss-drives-immigration-canada-1.3844242

:lmao

[Spurminator]

From Bernie Bro to Trumptard in the blink of an eye.

[Nathan89]

Irrelevant.

[Spurminator]

Irrelevant.

So is the CBC article, but here we are. :cheer

[Pavlov]

You're crowing about their going to California?

lol

[Nathan89]

You're crowing about their going to California?

lol

They are not just going to California. A decent percentage are because that's a major tech hub.

[Spurminator]

They are not just going to California. A decent percentage are because that's a major tech hub.

Right, they're also going to Silicon Valley, Alabama, and Silicon Valley, Kansas, as noted in the article you posted.

[Nathan89]

Right, they're also going to Silicon Valley, Alabama, and Silicon Valley, Kansas, as noted in the article you posted.

There are many cities in the US to get tech jobs.

[Pavlov]

They are not just going to California. A decent percentage are because that's a major tech hub.Your article says they're going to California, Washington state and New York.

lol

[Nathan89]

Your article says they're going to California, Washington state and New York.

lol

So not just California.

The article also mentions the cities with the highest tech salaries adjusted against San Francisco. I'm pretty sure people are also going to those cities.

[Pavlov]

So not just California.You're crowing about their going to California, Seattle and New York.

lol

[Nathan89]

You're crowing about their going to California, Seattle and New York.

lol

Like I said it's not just those states either. Also I'm not "crowing" for any state but I am taking a shot at paradise Canada.

[Pavlov]

Like I said it's not just those states either. Also I'm not "crowing" for any state but I am taking a shot at paradise Canada.By saying Canadian tech workers moved to paradise California, Seattle and New York.

[Nathan89]

By saying Canadian tech workers moved to paradise California, Seattle and New York.

By saying they moved to the States. If Dems had their way they'd run the country just like Canada. In fact I distinctly remember California/Seattle idiots on the internet asking if they could join Canada. If that were a possibility and you throw in open borders on top that then the talent and those companies would overtime leave those areas for the remaining states.

[Pavlov]

By saying they moved to the States.The states of California, New York and Washington.

lol

[boutons_deux]

If Dems had their way they'd run the country just like Canada.

... sure, Canada, nearly all Western European countries, are run a lot better than USA. The oligarchy and their Repug whores over that past 40 years have degraded USA on many int'l metrics. And USA is gonna get a lot worse as the oligarchy keeps up their onslaught

[ElNono]

California good now

[AaronY]

Thank God California keeps saving the American economy tbh

[ElNono]

Thank God California keeps saving the American economy tbh

tbh, California's economy is larger than Canada...

https://www.mercurynews.com/2017/02/10/heres-how-big-californias-economy-really-is/

[AaronY]

tbh, California's economy is larger than Canada...

https://www.mercurynews.com/2017/02/10/heres-how-big-californias-economy-really-is/
With this new tax plan a lot of red states are going to be California's welfare babies I understand which is nice

[AaronY]

I mean i love to help out the underprivileged and they would qualify

[Mikeanaro]

Thats the kind of inmigrants Trump wants (the good ones).

[DMX7]

Are they going to West Virginia too? To work the mines perhaps?

[Nathan89]

Thats the kind of inmigrants Trump wants (the good ones).

Absolutely. I'm not sure why people want unskilled illegals or immigrants in this country. Meanwhile they also talk about basic income and the loss of millions of jobs from automation. There is no logical consistency behind those two ideas.

[Isitjustme?]

Thats the kind of inmigrants Trump wants (the good ones).
http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=271969

Absolutely. I'm not sure why people want unskilled illegals or immigrants in this country. Meanwhile they also talk about basic income and the loss of millions of jobs from automation. There is no logical consistency behind those two ideas.
Speaking of logical consistency
http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=271969

[boutons_deux]

Are they going to West Virginia too? To work the mines perhaps?

read today there are more librarians in USA now than coal miners, and of course many times more wind/solar jobs than coal jobs.

[Nathan89]

http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=271969

Speaking of logical consistency
http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=271969

My comment on elnono's thread yesterday about h1

"Skilled workers is mostly fine except for the fact that it hides the faults in our education system. Illegals need to go and the bar for legal needs to be raised."

Overall you better take skilled immigrants unless you want to tank your country. Also I didn't see a source for what you noticed.

The inconsistency of supporting illegals or low skilled immigrants goes much further because they are detrimental to the country at the very core. For example, illegals are detrimental to poor Americans (which means disproportionately black Americans) but Dems are supposed to be for those people.

[Cuppycake Gumdrop]

Thats the kind of inmigrants Trump wants (the good ones).
Certainly not anybody from shitholes like Argentina.

[Cuppycake Gumdrop]

With this new tax plan a lot of red states are going to be California's welfare babies I understand which is nice
:lmao

[boutons_deux]

"illegals are detrimental to poor Americans (which means disproportionately black Americans)"

evidence?

a couple years ago, there was a paucity of illegal immigrant farm workers in Georgia, farmers were hurting, advertised in ATL, etc. effectively didn't get enough Americans, any color, to ease their hurt.

Farm work is hard, hazardous (chemicals), and employers underpay hours, steal wages, rape the workers, or let supervisor rape them. There's a reason Repugs have NEVER approved an immigration plan, eg, the rural employers need illegal immigrants. Trash/Sessions/DHS must be pissing off rural farm owners

[Quadzilla99]

Certainly not anybody from shitholes like Argentina.

:lol literally posting from one of the "shithole" countries

[ElNono]

Certainly not anybody from shitholes like Argentina.

hey

:lol

[Pavlov]

read today there are more librarians in USA now than coal miners, and of course many times more wind/solar jobs than coal jobs.More people work at Arby's than in coal mines.

[Nathan89]

"illegals are detrimental to poor Americans (which means disproportionately black Americans)"

evidence?

a couple years ago, there was a paucity of illegal immigrant farm workers in Georgia, farmers were hurting, advertised in ATL, etc. effectively didn't get enough Americans, any color, to ease their hurt.

Farm work is hard, hazardous (chemicals), and employers underpay hours, steal wages, rape the workers, or let supervisor rape them. There's a reason Repugs have NEVER approved an immigration plan, eg, the rural employers need illegal immigrants. Trash/Sessions/DHS must be pissing off rural farm owners

"As a result, immigration contributes to an already-existing surplus of low-skilled workers, increasing job competition and driving down wages and conditions to the detriment of American workers. The presence of a large illegal workforce perpetuates a vicious cycle as degraded work conditions discourage Americans from seeking these jobs and make employers more dependent on an illegal foreign workforce. America’s massive low-skill labor force and illegal alien population allow employers to offer low pay and deplorable conditions."

https://www.fairus.org/issue/workforce-economy/immigration-poverty-and-low-wage-earners-harmful-effects-unskilled

[Mikeanaro]

Certainly not anybody from shitholes like Argentina.
From anywhere, all of them are much more capable than you so have a sit and cry.

[AaronY]

From anywhere, all of them are much more capable than you so have a sit and cry.
thats telling em

[AaronY]

"As a result, immigration contributes to an already-existing surplus of low-skilled workers, increasing job competition and driving down wages and conditions to the detriment of American workers. The presence of a large illegal workforce perpetuates a vicious cycle as degraded work conditions discourage Americans from seeking these jobs and make employers more dependent on an illegal foreign workforce. America’s massive low-skill labor force and illegal alien population allow employers to offer low pay and deplorable conditions."

https://www.fairus.org/issue/workforce-economy/immigration-poverty-and-low-wage-earners-harmful-effects-unskilled
oh look he copy and pasted a thought for himself

[sickdsm]

"illegals are detrimental to poor Americans (which means disproportionately black Americans)"

evidence?

a couple years ago, there was a paucity of illegal immigrant farm workers in Georgia, farmers were hurting, advertised in ATL, etc. effectively didn't get enough Americans, any color, to ease their hurt.

Farm work is hard, hazardous (chemicals), and employers underpay hours, steal wages, rape the workers, or let supervisor rape them. There's a reason Repugs have NEVER approved an immigration plan, eg, the rural employers need illegal immigrants. Trash/Sessions/DHS must be pissing off rural farm owners

You have statistics to back that up?

Govt paying half the wages for migrant workers since shitty Americans are lazy. They'd rather be like Bouton's and bitch about lack of jobs because they live in shithole areas (apparently big cities don't have any opportunities)

Seriously, where is all this rampant raping going on? Is it a Southern thing?