After US President Donald Trump's H-1B visa shocker, Canada now plans to capitalize on it, and turn into a big opportunity. Prime Minister Mark Carney announced that Canada is soon to preparing to announce an 'offering soon', in an attempt to attract top talent in IT, Artificial intelligence, healthcare, and other sectors from around the world.
PM Carney said that it will be difficult to get H-1B visa in US, instead the talent can come to Canada. 'Not as many H-1B holders will get visas in the US. These are skilled people, an opportunity for Canada,” he declared. “We’ll have an offering soon.”
"What is clear is that the opportunity to attract people who previously would’ve got so-called H-1B visas,” he said.
He openly announced that Ottawa is ready to capitalise. “This is not just about