From: "M. Edward (Ed) Borasky" <znmeb@...>
Date: 2007-07-28T10:25:19+09:00
Subject: Re: Australia or Canada, which one is the best country for a

Ilan Berci wrote:

> It's quite ironic as many Canadian developers hold the same view when 
> working at positions within the US.  I was a Canadian developer working 
> in the states from 1994-2002 under various visas and I often had to 
> justify my position to immigration officials from the stance as to why 
> an American couldn't fulfill the requirement.
Yes ... another irony is that the Regional Manager my boss reported to
was Canadian and had the same problem in Boston. :)

> 
> Secondly, when applying for an H-1 from a TN, a posting of the job 
> requirement (for my job at that given time) had to be posted within at 
> least 3 public venues in order to allow an American to compete for said 
> position.
> 
> I don't want to give the impression that I am sore about this, I believe 
> every country has the right to protect it's work force.

It's not really protecting anything in the long run, but as Keynes said,
"in the long run, we are all dead." :) I wonder how it is where the OP
lives.