Canada’s Tech Sector Benefits From U.S. Visa Policy – By Randi Druzin (US News) / July 20 2020
Government policy changes in Canada and the U.S. are shifting international tech talent north of the 49th parallel, an artificial intelligence expert says.
TORONTO – THE CANADIAN tech sector is booming. Toronto, the country’s biggest city, enjoyed the biggest growth in technology jobs of any North American city during the past five years.
Experts attribute the dramatic growth to government policy on both sides of the 49th parallel. In recent years, the United States has made it more difficult for high-skilled workers to get visas, while Canada has moved in the opposite direction.
In 2017, the federal government launched an initiative to help Canadian employers bring international tech talent into the country more easily. The number of successful applicants to the Global Skills Strategy has risen fivefold in the past three years, with more than 23,000 workers approved in the top five tech categories.
At the same time, U.S. tech companies such as Facebook, Netflix, Amazon and Alphabet are expanding Canadian operations.
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