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Re: Canada's immigration website crashes on election night

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I wonder how this might affect startups in Canada? Will it be easier to hire American programmers? Will more investors come up north?

How long does it take for paper work to be completed? 1-2 years? And than what? Trump will almost certainly mess up enough (which Dem have warned about) to be out of office after just 1 term. And will they go through the paper work to return to US?

I think highly skilled and paid jobs are expedited. Above CAD $85k I believe.

Re: Canada's immigration website crashes on election night

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People are not going to move. After every single election in France people say they will move to the US, or to germany, or to... I've never seen anyone moved anywhere. ps: parts of my family moved out of Hong Kong when it became Chinese again. But that was quite a different situation.

That's kind of funny. French people is the single biggest source of expats (if we ignore domestic helpers) in Hong Kong. Seems to be very common for French people to emigrate.

Seems unlikely that migrating from France to Hong Kong would be motivated by political reasons (unless you want less democracy). I'm guessing financial motivations dominate.

Re: Canada's immigration website crashes on election night

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post #9

Corp tax in Ontario is 15% and free health care. Dev pay also comparable. Come over :)

Comparable to where? Not the Bay Area. I interviewed for a remote position with a Canadian company a while back, and they weren't able to pay me anywhere near a market rate Bay Area salary.

Re: Canada's immigration website crashes on election night

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As a Canadian who moved away, I must warn you that Canada has a form of dutch disease. Resource extraction investments have a much better risk/return ratio, so the pay doesn't even approach US levels. Thus software doesn't approach the levels of investment you have in the USA. And you thought SF was bad, wait until you see what has gone wrong with the housing markets in Toronto and Vancouver.

I liked Canada and it's sad that I have to live away from my family, but I would be a fool to stay otherwise.

Re: Canada's immigration website crashes on election night

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post #17
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People are not going to move. After every single election in France people say they will move to the US, or to germany, or to... I've never seen anyone moved anywhere. ps: parts of my family moved out of Hong Kong when it became Chinese again. But that was quite a different situation.

Yeah, because it turns out you can't just waltz over the border to Canada and expect to be greeted with open arms as we do in the US.

I assume you're American and have had no experience with the US immigration system? Because they definitely do not do that in the US.

Re: Canada's immigration website crashes on election night

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People are not going to move. After every single election in France people say they will move to the US, or to germany, or to... I've never seen anyone moved anywhere. ps: parts of my family moved out of Hong Kong when it became Chinese again. But that was quite a different situation.

Things mostly have not become bad enough to move. I think Trump will be more Berlusconi than Mussolini. I hope so at least. I also wonder what it'd take to make us grab what we can and get out. If things start heading that way, it's a decision you really, really don't want to put off too long.

Re: Canada's immigration website crashes on election night

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post #3

People are not going to move. After every single election in France people say they will move to the US, or to germany, or to... I've never seen anyone moved anywhere. ps: parts of my family moved out of Hong Kong when it became Chinese again. But that was quite a different situation.

That's kind of funny. French people is the single biggest source of expats (if we ignore domestic helpers) in Hong Kong. Seems to be very common for French people to emigrate.

I remember seeing some article about French brain drain being extremely systematic now, especially among the better schools. Get free schooling in France, then leave.

Obviously I'm in a bit of a bubble (having done this myself) but a lot of my college friends left the country too.

Re: Canada's immigration website crashes on election night

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Good riddance. Canada is great, until you realize you need the US healthcare system for any major surgery (unless you want to wait years) and you truly don't have the freedom of speech. Heh. The funny thing is I always win.

Good riddance.

Canada is great, until you realize you need the US healthcare system for any major surgery (unless you want to wait years) and you truly don't have the freedom of speech.

I can't see my post for some reason, so I'm reposting.

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