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Re:Canada plans brain drain of H-1B visa holders, with no-jo... by jxi on Wednesday June 28, 2023 @02:54PM (#36510874)
The problem is that for a productive H-1B holder in the US, they have no incentive to move to Canada if they're already doing well. Canada's wages will be less than half of what they would get in the US and healthcare in the US is better if you have good insurance.

What's more likely to happen is the people who take Canada's offer will be the ones that were let go for performance reasons or have other productivity or efficiency issues.

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Re:Canada plans brain drain of H-1B visa holders, with no-jo... by ppeetteerr on Wednesday June 28, 2023 @03:05PM (#36511045)
While I would agree with you in an otherwise normal year, in the year of layoffs, this policy may be the kind of fast-thinking that actually makes sense.
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Re:Canada plans brain drain of H-1B visa holders, with no-jo... by hot_gril on Wednesday June 28, 2023 @03:29PM (#36511399)
Supposedly they get 90 days to find a new job. That's probably enough time to find something better than what Canada offers.
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Re:Canada plans brain drain of H-1B visa holders, with no-jo... by rajataghi on Wednesday June 28, 2023 @03:51PM (#36511668)
It's 60 calendar days.
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Re:Canada plans brain drain of H-1B visa holders, with no-jo... by hot_gril on Wednesday June 28, 2023 @04:06PM (#36511854)
Hmm, that is cutting it kinda close.
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Re:Canada plans brain drain of H-1B visa holders, with no-jo... by dukeyukey on Wednesday June 28, 2023 @03:04PM (#36511024)
Or those from the wrong country with extreme green card waiting times, those who roll the wrong lottery number, or were working at companies that went under.
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