Canada's plan needs a clear and predictable pathway for foreign tech workers to obtain permanent residency, say experts.
Canada’s newly unveiled approach to attract foreign tech talent is being met with angst in America while being heralded as a game changer for the country’s emerging technologies, according to experts.
Under the Tech Talent Strategy announced by Immigration Minister Sean Fraser this week, the government has opened up a series of new pathways to attract foreign tech workers, including promoting Canada as a destination for digital nomads. Since the beginning of this year, layoffs have cost tens of thousands of tech workers their jobs at major tech companies tech like Google, Amazon, Microsoft, Yahoo, Meta and Zoom, said techcrunch.com. According to layoffs.fyi, at least 201,860 tech workers have been laid off in the U.S. so far this year.
Rufus Jeffris, spokesman for the Bay Area Council, which represents hundreds of employers including heavy H-1B visa users Google, Apple and Facebook, said it was understandable that Canada would want to take advantage of the “mess we’ve made of our H-1B system” reported siliconvalley.com.
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