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Re:Canada facing ‘brain drain’ as tech talent leaves for Sil... by ng12 on Friday May 04, 2018 @07:32PM (#16999277)
https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2018/05/01/iranian-immigrat...

Maybe Trump's mistake is being vocal about it while Canada maintains plausible deniability.

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Re:Canada facing ‘brain drain’ as tech talent leaves for Sil... by slavik81 on Friday May 04, 2018 @09:49PM (#16999845)
I feel like I'm not getting the whole story here. You don't need a security clearance to become a permanent resident.
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Re:Canada facing ‘brain drain’ as tech talent leaves for Sil... by aban on Friday May 04, 2018 @11:40PM (#17000203)
Security clearance not as in the kind that you need to work government jobs. Security clearance as in "basic" background checks.
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Re:Canada facing ‘brain drain’ as tech talent leaves for Sil... by sheepmullet on Sunday May 06, 2018 @07:41AM (#17006069)
Spot on!

The Obama admin did the same thing. Sure it was technically possible to get a visa but in reality it was impractical and deliberately so.

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