Canada is launching a full-court press to try to capitalize on what could be a large, albeit short, window of opportunity to attract the best and brightest foreigners in America’s technology heartland with promises of permanent residency.
As part of this hostile takeover of global entrepreneurs, Immigration Minister Jason Kenney will kick off a four-day trip to Silicon Valley Friday to promote Canada’s new start-up visa among Canadian ex-pats who’ll be encouraged to spread the word, as well as foreign entrepreneurs attending TiEcon 2013, the world’s largest conference for entrepreneurs. He’ll also be meeting with students at Stanford University, some of America’s top immigration experts and local media to promote the new program.
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