Not to mention that these "highly skilled people" being referred to in the article don't really exist or aren't really affected by the H1B Visa issue. We're tal

Not to mention that these "highly skilled people" being referred to in the article don't really exist or aren't really affected by the H1B Visa issue. We're talking hordes of JS devs working for Infosys for relatively poor pay and the like. Not PHDs or whatever. Canada, like anywhere in the West, is certainly an attractive place for people, so long as you land a good gig. Forget Vancouver. Montreal and Toronto are where it's at, but they need to cough up cash or people just aren't going to move there when they can move to Boston or SV or NY. I was also annoyed at the mention of this new French Statue of Liberty for engineers/scientists initiative. It's just marketing and BS. I want to start a company, think they'll just take me? No. They'll only take the kind of people who are actually going to get a company funded, and those people are just going to move to where the money is: SV. And furthermore, let's say that some technologists don't immigrate to the US anymore because of policies. GOOD. This helps the entire WORLD, instead of concentrating all the best people on Team America. --edit-- Also Ottawa <3