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.

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.

    • LaticaudaEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

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

      • 9488fcea02a9@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        1·
        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

      • kyle@lemm.eeEnglish
        4·
        1 year ago

        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.

        • Hazdaz@lemmy.worldEnglish
          21·
          1 year ago

          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@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
            2·
            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