Liberal (Minority/Majority) Government 2025 - ???

[Czech_pivo]

Interesting anecdote, which supports the "jobs" reason. The data also lays out other reasons like healthcare. My point in all of this is Canada has wasted and continues to waste it's potential, and as long as it does so we will continue to bleed and stagnate comparatively. This can be minimized if not fixed altogether. We choose not to.

Its not the 'jobs' reason - these individuals all had fantastic careers/opportunities here - but - they wanted to test their skills/abilities in an environment that is 10X the size of ours. Unless you've lived/worked in the US or have travelled extensively through the country then I don't think you can understand the appeal to be 'the best' in a work environment that is 10X the size of anything we have here.

 

[ArmyRick]

Big point being missed here.

We should have/should be setting Canada to become the place well educated and entrepreneurial Americans flock to for opportunities.

They won't.

We have a gazillion reasons to encourage them not to come here and we make it very easy for people to say good bye to here.

I do know a lot of very good smart, well educated and hard working people who choose to go to the USA for better opportunities. The fact that my son is eyeing up a bunch of engineering schools in the states is personally very concerning.

 

[mariomike]

- but - they wanted to test their skills/abilities in an environment that is 10X the size of ours.

Nothing new new about people traveling from small to large population centers for employment opportunities.