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How Canada poached 10,000 tech workers from the U.S. — in just 48 hours (www.thestar.com)
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How Canada poached 10,000 tech workers from the U.S. — in just 48 hours::Canadian tech employers want the immigration ministry to extend the program launched last month — and it’s just common sense it should, David Olive writes.

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[–] 9488fcea02a9 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

and don't want to learn a new language

Quebec has entered the chat

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

But you can survive without knowing French in Quebec.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

True, but in my experience it's like only speaking English in Germany. Everyone under 50 speaks English just fine, but it's still secondary.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

But everything is required to also be written in English, right? Because I think they force the other provinces to write things in French.

The few times I've been there, I never had a problem communicating with most people in English. In germany there were a few times when you could tell that English was clearly not taught to everyone, but even Germany was reasonably easy to navigate without speaking German.

[–] 9488fcea02a9 2 points 1 year ago

But everything is required to also be written in English, right?

Not in quebec, no. It is officially a french only province.

Because I think they force the other provinces to write things in French.

They're not really forced to offer french. Other provinces do a piss poor job of upholding official bilingualism (ie. Supporting the french language) The only officially bilingual province is New Brunsiwick

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm pretty sure Quebec is openly hostile to newcomers who don't know Quebec French.

[–] 9488fcea02a9 1 points 1 year ago

Certain parts of quebec.

Montreal is much more welcoming, but that's generally how rural and urban areas are divided (openness to new cultures, languages, etc) and not necessarily a quebec problem