Phrased differently, there are far more job opportunities in the US vs Canada especially in tech. So what is the US gaining here handing out jobs to Canadians? And it’s not like the education systems are so different that the US is gaining some skilled labor.
I mean, you get access to some amazing talent. There is a reason why Waterloo University is held in the same regard as most top tier US universities. Microsoft was recruiting from there since the early 80's.
Bill Gates once referred to Waterloo as their secret weapon as his competitors were obsessed with MIT and Stanford and CalTech when he could grab large portions of Waterloo's graduating classes whose students were of the same calibre.
That's a very different question than your first question. This one is quite a bit more jingoist.
this goes in to the age old nationalist trope of "American jobs should belong to Americans" without considering that sometimes if the job goes to the better candidate, it can still be a net positive benefit.
End of the day, you're benefiting from their expertise in a field to improve tech, of which certain fields like computer graphics have a high showing in Canada, but also the taxes they're paying into the system.
Your argument also assumes that equally qualified and skilled Americans exist in the local market, that are untapped.
America is gaining Canadians. It’s always better to be the place where the other guys want to come to rather than be the place your guys want to leave.
> So what is the US gaining handing out jobs to Canadians?
First off, nothing was “handed out.“ Americans have the same crack at those jobs as Canadians.
> it’s not like the education systems are so different that the US is gaining some skilled labor
That’s not really how that term is used, assuming we should even be using the term “skilled“ and “unskilled“ labor anymore. But that issue aside, I’m not quite sure what your point is.
