The big test, in my eyes, will be to see how many of them are still in BC a couple of years after Trump is no longer in the big chair next door. It’s great that they’ve managed to attract these people, but if/when things improve in the US, doubtless many of them will look at the much higher salaries and lower housing costs in many American cities, then decide to dust off their US passports and head back down. I see a lot of articles about American doctors and nurses deciding to take a job in Canada, but not very many about them selling all their assets in the US or renouncing their American citizenship. It’s very easy for them to decide to take the offer of a fast-tracked work visa and path to residency/citizenship here when they know they have an extremely valuable fallback in their American nationality with which to backstop any risk that they may undertake in that move — if things don’t work out here, they can just snap their fingers and move back down, no questions asked.
We want Canada to be the final landing place for these professionals, not just a fallout bunker to take refuge in while they wait out the storm.
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Todd Maffin deserves the Order of Canada. He is nearly single handedly responsible for these workers.
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The big test, in my eyes, will be to see how many of them are still in BC a couple of years after Trump is no longer in the big chair next door. It’s great that they’ve managed to attract these people, but if/when things improve in the US, doubtless many of them will look at the much higher salaries and lower housing costs in many American cities, then decide to dust off their US passports and head back down. I see a lot of articles about American doctors and nurses deciding to take a job in Canada, but not very many about them selling all their assets in the US or renouncing their American citizenship. It’s very easy for them to decide to take the offer of a fast-tracked work visa and path to residency/citizenship here when they know they have an extremely valuable fallback in their American nationality with which to backstop any risk that they may undertake in that move — if things don’t work out here, they can just snap their fingers and move back down, no questions asked.
We want Canada to be the final landing place for these professionals, not just a fallout bunker to take refuge in while they wait out the storm.
Todd Maffin deserves the Order of Canada. He is nearly single handedly responsible for these workers.
Don Cherry deserves the dustbin of history.