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You beat me to this comment! Skepticism aside, I would like to see other cities and provinces playing larger roles in Canada’s economic future. I myself immigr

You beat me to this comment! Skepticism aside, I would like to see other cities and provinces playing larger roles in Canada’s economic future. I myself immigrated to Atlantic Canada, but it was frustrating finding a fulfilling opportunity in the local tech scene (this was before remote work was seen as mainstream), and eventually moved to a bigger province / city.

mitthrowaway2 3y ago
Agreed. IMO, the government should strategically move government offices to smaller towns, to both encourage those towns to grow while freeing up space in bigger cities for private enterprise. Historically, many small towns have grown into cities this way. For example Denver, and of course Ottawa.
- walrus01 3y ago
  They kind of already did this, for a long time the firearms registry was in a random town in New Brunswick and a huge IRCC immigration case processing centre was in Vegreville, AB.
morkalork 3y ago
The entire country can't live in the GTA, it would be better to spread things out a bit more. But who wants to move to places like Saskatchewan?
- walrus01 3y ago
  people who like really flat places... or maybe someone who wants to buy a basic $150k house with no mortgage and work remotely.
- nightowl_games 3y ago
  I live in Saskatchewan AMA. Tech industry will employ you with a high salary for the cost of living. You can afford a house and a family and save for a cabin and boat, which is the cultural touchstone here. Saskatchewan will grow. I'm bullish on our resource sector. Immigrants to Canada are attracted here due to the low cost of a house. Living here and owning property now is a solid real estate bet for the future. World leaders of uranium and potash are based here. Agriculture is strong here. Saskatchewan is not a cosmopolitan urban center. It has deep rural roots everywhere. But I love it here. It is home.
  - morkalork 3y ago
    Are you working remotely and have you successfully made one or more job transitions without losing your mind to stress? My deepest fear is moving out far somewhere, the remote job I do have going tits up for reasons I can't control and then realizing after 6 months of job hunting that I've made a huge mistake.
    - nightowl_games 3y ago
      I work for an indie gaming startup that is based in Saskatoon but has no office. I've worked at 5 different tech places in ~11 years in the industry here. Getting a job as a programmer here is pretty easy, there's not a ton of options but there's a few success stories that are usually hiring. I know many people who work remote from here, Digital Ocean is a popular remote option.

mitthrowaway2 3y ago

Agreed. IMO, the government should strategically move government offices to smaller towns, to both encourage those towns to grow while freeing up space in bigger cities for private enterprise. Historically, many small towns have grown into cities this way. For example Denver, and of course Ottawa.

walrus01 3y ago
They kind of already did this, for a long time the firearms registry was in a random town in New Brunswick and a huge IRCC immigration case processing centre was in Vegreville, AB.

morkalork 3y ago

The entire country can't live in the GTA, it would be better to spread things out a bit more. But who wants to move to places like Saskatchewan?

walrus01 3y ago
people who like really flat places... or maybe someone who wants to buy a basic $150k house with no mortgage and work remotely.
nightowl_games 3y ago
I live in Saskatchewan AMA. Tech industry will employ you with a high salary for the cost of living. You can afford a house and a family and save for a cabin and boat, which is the cultural touchstone here. Saskatchewan will grow. I'm bullish on our resource sector. Immigrants to Canada are attracted here due to the low cost of a house. Living here and owning property now is a solid real estate bet for the future. World leaders of uranium and potash are based here. Agriculture is strong here. Saskatchewan is not a cosmopolitan urban center. It has deep rural roots everywhere. But I love it here. It is home.
- morkalork 3y ago
  Are you working remotely and have you successfully made one or more job transitions without losing your mind to stress? My deepest fear is moving out far somewhere, the remote job I do have going tits up for reasons I can't control and then realizing after 6 months of job hunting that I've made a huge mistake.
  - nightowl_games 3y ago
    I work for an indie gaming startup that is based in Saskatoon but has no office. I've worked at 5 different tech places in ~11 years in the industry here. Getting a job as a programmer here is pretty easy, there's not a ton of options but there's a few success stories that are usually hiring. I know many people who work remote from here, Digital Ocean is a popular remote option.