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Re:Canada facing ‘brain drain’ as tech talent leaves for Sil... by ng12 on Friday May 04, 2018 @07:30PM (#16999271)
Why? Especially when you can buy foreign skilled labor (H-1B) with no long-term obligation.
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Re:Canada facing ‘brain drain’ as tech talent leaves for Sil... by pm90 on Friday May 04, 2018 @08:11PM (#16999445)
I don’t understand what you mean by this. Every company that hired H1Bs also (usually) sponsors their Permanent Residency as well ( well, at least the ones that don’t abuse the system, like FAANGs). They absolutely want to keep these workers on for a long term basis.
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Re:Canada facing ‘brain drain’ as tech talent leaves for Sil... by sidrajaram on Saturday May 05, 2018 @09:29AM (#17001712)
> well, at least the ones that don’t abuse the system, like FAANGs

It's unclear whether you mean that FAANGs do or don't abuse the system. I've heard both sides of that.

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