Tag: immigration
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Trudeau touts technological innovation during MIT campus visit
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau remembers asking his father why the stereo and other gadgets he had as a boy were made in Japan — not in Canada. The answer he eventually got from other people over the years was that Japan is a small country without a lot of natural resources, one…
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Silicon Valley’s immigration woes could be great news for Canada
The U.S. government is making it more difficult for companies to quickly hire talent from other countries, with a cap on expedited visas for highly skilled workers and a pending plan to overhaul the H-1B visa program. Meanwhile, Canada is testing new, speedier visas. On Monday, the Canadian government started its new program to issue work permits and temporary…
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Canada launched Global Strategy to atract top talents around the world
Fast application processing, enhanced customer service now available for companies TORONTO, June 12, 2017 /CNW/ – When companies in Canada can thrive and grow, they create more jobs. The Government of Canada’s new Global Skills Strategy will give employers a faster and more predictable process for attracting top talent and new skills to Canada, creating economic growth and more middle-class jobs for Canadians.…
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Biomedical innovation depends on immigrants’ contributions
Johannes Fruehauf, MD, is the co-founder and president of LabCentral in Cambridge He said: I am an immigrant who, like many of my immigrant colleagues, feels proud to be contributing to my new country by working hard and creating new jobs for others. Yet our stories — indeed our very existence — make some people in government uncomfortable.…
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