What I'm saying is if the only way to retain the top-top talent is to pay outrageous, unsustainable wages, then it's better to let someone else take that hit an

What I'm saying is if the only way to retain the top-top talent is to pay outrageous, unsustainable wages, then it's better to let someone else take that hit and instead focus on making the best with what's left. Talent is a renewable resource as well. It's a fact that every year students graduate from university. If the market changes and Canadian firms can pay more competitive wages, either by getting more money or because Silicon Valley implodes, everything will sort itself out. Canada is just one country in a world of much bigger countries. To think we could retain 100% of our top talent is to over-state our importance. We should let some of our best and brightest go work abroad. We're not sending literally everyone, after all.