> Could we stop meaningless language policing? The law of your new country is already taking care of that. There's a clear legal definition to "refugee" in Canada. You aren't one: you are an economic migrant. > Even…
> Yet I ended up surprisingly being denied entry by the US CBP Did it have anything to do with failing a background check? Often, denials aren't as "surprising" as they seem.
I suspect the real answer to that is that we'll need 10x less engineers than right now long term.
> I don’t see how it makes economic sense for Canada at that point It doesn't. Look at immigration numbers from 2000 to 2026 and overlay them with productivity per capita and GDP per capita.
> highly skilled foreigners. All of whom would have no problem securing an O-1. The H-1B is a mess, in no small part because you can have world-class contributors and low-skill, entry-level positions applying for the…
> I mean Canada has jumped so many times in last 8-10 years with these express residencies, hiring H1B laid off workers, grabbing people who are stuck with travel restrictions to US I'd have thought they be half way to…
That's 2+ years of full-time school. Residential electrical work has little to do with electrical engineering.
> US tech refugees Could we hold off on using the term "refugee" here? My partner works with actual refugees. We're talking about a 12 year old Ukrainian girl who last saw her father comatose in a hospital bed with both…
> Could we stop meaningless language policing? The law of your new country is already taking care of that. There's a clear legal definition to "refugee" in Canada. You aren't one: you are an economic migrant. > Even…
> Yet I ended up surprisingly being denied entry by the US CBP Did it have anything to do with failing a background check? Often, denials aren't as "surprising" as they seem.
I suspect the real answer to that is that we'll need 10x less engineers than right now long term.
> I don’t see how it makes economic sense for Canada at that point It doesn't. Look at immigration numbers from 2000 to 2026 and overlay them with productivity per capita and GDP per capita.
> highly skilled foreigners. All of whom would have no problem securing an O-1. The H-1B is a mess, in no small part because you can have world-class contributors and low-skill, entry-level positions applying for the…
> I mean Canada has jumped so many times in last 8-10 years with these express residencies, hiring H1B laid off workers, grabbing people who are stuck with travel restrictions to US I'd have thought they be half way to…
That's 2+ years of full-time school. Residential electrical work has little to do with electrical engineering.
> US tech refugees Could we hold off on using the term "refugee" here? My partner works with actual refugees. We're talking about a 12 year old Ukrainian girl who last saw her father comatose in a hospital bed with both…