Canada is actively positioning itself to attract a significant influx of skilled professionals, particularly from India, following the Donald Trump administration’s shock move to impose a $100,000 fee on new H-1B visa applications in the United States. This prohibitive cost has created a massive opportunity for the Canadian tech and research sectors to reverse the perennial “brain drain" to the United States.

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has publicly acknowledged this window of opportunity. Speaking in New York, PM Carney remarked on the US visa policy changes, stating, “Not as many H-1B visa holders will get visas in the US. These people are skilled, and it is an opportunity for Canada. We will have an offering on this soon." He noted that while Canadian universities produce wor

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