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.

    • Laticauda@lemmy.caEnglish
      2·
      11 months ago

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

      • 9488fcea02a9@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        1·
        11 months 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·
        11 months 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
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          11 months 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·
            11 months 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