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Opinion: Record immigration to Canada presents a win-win opportunity for talent-seeking tech companies
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Opinion: Record immigration to Canada presents a win-win opportunity for talent-seeking tech companies

By Sahar Kanani, senior director of program management, MacroHealth

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When I moved from war-torn Iran to blissfully peaceful Vancouver in 1998, I was one of around 174,000 immigrants to Canada that year. I arrived with an undergraduate degree in software engineering, five years of work experience in the field, and a mission to make a difference in my new homeland. 

Twenty-four years later, annual immigration to Canada has …

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