Canadian Government Makes Call to Foreign Startups for New Startup Visa

Re:Canadian Government Makes Call to Foreign Startups for Ne... by dobbsbob on Monday April 01, 2013 @02:06PM (#5474746)

Canada lifted this idea from the US. Americans have had this scheme sitting idle for about 3 years now because congress is totally useless and has been blocking everything.

The academic requirement is only 1yr post secondary but doesn't say if you need 1yr in a recognized "western" school or if your university of Bangladesh degree will be accepted.

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Re:Canadian Government Makes Call to Foreign Startups for Ne... by chollida1 on Monday April 01, 2013 @05:04PM (#5475921)

> Canada lifted this idea from the US.

Umm, I'm not sure why you decided that this was an American idea that Canada "lifted". Isn't it just a little possible that the Canadian government had this idea first?

To paraphrase fake Mark Zuckerberg. "If you had invented Facebook. You would've invented Facebook."

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Re:Canadian Government Makes Call to Foreign Startups for Ne... by dobbsbob on Monday April 01, 2013 @06:51PM (#5476440)

Because the Canadian government actually said they lifted the idea from the Americans who's similar program has been stalled in congress for years due to infighting about immigration.

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Re:Canadian Government Makes Call to Foreign Startups for Ne... by chollida1 on Monday April 01, 2013 @07:03PM (#5476516)

Hmm apologies if they actually said they "lifted"the idea from the US.

I think you'll understand if i ask that you back up your claim with a valid source:). Any links?

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