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.

  • @HazdazEnglish
    2•1 year ago

    But you can survive without knowing French in Quebec.

    • @[email protected]English
      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.

      • @HazdazEnglish
        1•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.

        • @[email protected]English
          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