• bitwolf@sh.itjust.works
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    3 hours ago

    I’m happy for you Canada.

    You succeeded where America couldn’t.

    Are y’all accepting asylum for programmers / tech professionals?

    • RaskolnikovsAxe@lemmy.ca
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      6 hours ago

      If you’re serious, start looking for companies hiring up here. As I understand it’s not easy, even for economic class immigrants, but I work in tech and I work with many immigrants (albeit not usually from the US, but it’s a different world now). Mind you - please look carefully into the financial impacts as it is a change from the US. Salaries are lower and taxes generally higher, which may or may not be offset in your context in other ways (healthcare a big one, income tax deductions, etc.) But many people, myself included, prefer Canada regardless of the reduced compensation. It’s not always about money.

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      Asylum, not yet. There’s still a treat on the books recognising America as equivalently safe. Presumably it will get rolled back soon.

      If you’re serious, I can send you to the points quiz for economic immigrants.

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        What happens when a ‘safe third country’ starts adopting extractionary systems left behind by colonial empires that have, in part, held back third world economies for decades? Keep an eye on America to find out!

        I’m sure America’s substantial purchasing power will help prevent the rot from spreading within. Right? Right?!