Countering the innovation brain drain

Steady access to skilled talent and supporting local entrepreneurs and innovators is imperative for Canada.

Canada’s immigration backlog hovers over the one million mark, and the pull of high salaries continue to make working for a U.S. company an attractive option for Canadian STEM talent, according to Alexandra Cutean, the Chief Research Officer at the Information and Communications Technology Council.Photograph courtesy of Pixabay

Opinion

BY ALEXANDRA CUTEAN

October 17, 2022

Steady access to skilled talent is an imperative for Canada, as is supporting local entrepreneurs and innovators. Despite inflationary pressures and a looming recession, the Canadian unemployment rate steadied at 5.2 ...

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