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pampango

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11. Something like that. Canada's immigration rate is more than double ours and high tech

Reply to Recursion (Reply #5)

Thu Nov 13, 2014, 07:09 AM

Nov 2014

workers are one of their immigration priorities. When they come to Canada, they are legal, permanent residents covered by Canadian labor laws like everyone else and on a path to become citizens. The potential for exploitation is much less than with any temporary work visa program.

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Keystone XL "jobs" vs. H1B jobs [View all] MH1 Nov 2014 OP

Ok not the only one but it looks like not many of us. nt MH1 Nov 2014 #1

OH, give me a break, I talk about it all the time and keep writing my reps all the time. hollysmom Nov 2014 #6

I was in grad school around Sillicon Vally in the mid-nineties. Knew lots of tech folks. salin Nov 2014 #2

Yes. The purpose of the H1B visas is to hire lower cost employees. pnwmom Nov 2014 #7

The problem with H1Bs is it harms both sides JonLP24 Nov 2014 #3

The people with the skills americans don't have? They were given those skills in US colleges. lumberjack_jeff Nov 2014 #4

Many of those students were accepted to US universities because pnwmom Nov 2014 #8

Would it be better if we handed out citizenship papers at college graduations? Recursion Nov 2014 #5

It would be better if we didn't give a preference to these students pnwmom Nov 2014 #9

I'd think so JonLP24 Nov 2014 #10

Something like that. Canada's immigration rate is more than double ours and high tech pampango Nov 2014 #11