Canada's digital nomad remote work scheme

I did enjoy the mittens meme.

 

US worried about losing H1-B talent to Canada; may introduce new act

https://content.techgig.com/career-advice/us-worried-about-losing-h1-b-talent-to-canada-may-introduce-new-act/amp_articleshow/102014547.cms

 

Such people can make more money here but recent layoffs might make Canada seem pretty attractive.

 

I didn't. I am biased, though.

Sanders does deserve a lot of credit for normalizing M4A by endless repetition. "Living wage", too. Good job, Senator. His forever teenager shtick also did inspire a generation of younger progressive politicians, who hopefully will combine his idealism with more flexibility and pragmatism, and will get stuff done.

I do not appreciate endless friendly fire from the "movement", and I certainly do NOT appreciate how Bernie keep repeating the s-word ("socialism"), linking his sensible proposals to the pink scare moral panic. Incidentally, his proposals are not socialism; socialist program would call for nationalization of means of production ( by definition). So no need to scare the easily scared. Also, he is sort of a mascot for the part of the "movement" who confuse repeating magic words with progress.

 

I think this is much more about broken employment based immigration system than anything else.

 

How so?

 

For starters, H1B quota is below the number of applications for years now. To get a chance to even get it, one needs to have a motivated employer who goes through all the trouble of applying ahead of time for a CHANCE of getting in through LOTTERY. And H1B is a virtual indentured servitude, tied to employer, for up to 6 years. And if an IT non-immigrant worker is from India (as most of them are), the waiting time for an approved petition for a regular EBGC is twice the 6 years you can even stay on H1B.
Most tech workers would be better off in Canada. It is actually feasible to use Express Entry and come to the country with full rights of a permanent resident.

 

Skilled Jamaicans flocking Canada. Still, the U.S. remains the leading destination for Jamaican migrants.

 

Interesting! Also not surprising. Wikipedia says that there are aboot 800,000 Canadian born people living in the United States. Now some of these aren't immigrants. They will be dual nationals from having a U. S. Citizen parent but the point is, they have the option to live in Canada but chose to live here.

 

Wikipedia also say that there are about a quarter of a million U.S. citizens living in Canada, a smaller number and a much smaller percentage of the source country's citizenry.

Now this comparison is misleading. The two countries have very different immigration schemes. Canada stresses work and skills. The U.S. is mostly about family reunification. Each also does the other thing. I'm talking about emphasis.

It seems clear to me, though, that the U.S. is the perceived land of economic opportunity.

 

Agreed. I think most people who migrate to the U.S. do so through a family member. In Canada, you can migrate without family sponsorship by being skilled.

 

Good. We can use all we can get. It makes America stronger and better.