• fresh@sh.itjust.works
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      2 years ago

      I often hear this repeated, but I’ve never seen any evidence for this claim. I’m a highly educated immigrant to Canada, and I can’t imagine ever going back to the US. And it’s not like most immigrants can just easily shop around for other countries.

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        Yes I agree with you. Canadians are quite well educated. The problem becomes the lack of opportunities for all of those people. You end up strong competition for little jobs, which drives the wages down. Couple that with the very expensive housing market, and you get educated young adults that struggle to settle down.

        Across the border in the US, opportunities in the STEM and plenty and wages are much better. US has lots of problems, but attracting talent is not one of them and Canadians talent is super easy to enter the US