This is likely to raise the ire of our forum xenophobes.
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Brain-drain plugged, Stephen Harper says | Posted | National Post
HAMILTON, ONT. — The “brain drain,” once decried by academics and pundits who saw the flight of the brightest Canadians in industry, research and medicine to higher paying jobs in the United States as one of the country’s top challenges, has been plugged to such an extent that the Conservative government declared victory on Wednesday.
Both Stephen Harper, the Prime Minister, and Gary Goodyear, Minister of State for Science and Technology, said the net gain has exceeded the loss of top talent.
“Canada has gone from brain drain to brain gain,” Mr. Harper said, attributing the pronouncement to the Chronicle of Higher Education, a Washington, D.C.-based journal.
“We have reversed the brain drain,” echoed Mr. Goodyear. “We now have a brain gain in this country.”
This year, the Chronicle published a feature story that said “Today, amid intensifying global competition for the best and brightest, Canada is on a roll, importing research stars and nurturing young Canadian and foreign scholars and postdoctoral students. The talk now is of brain gain, not brain drain.”
Both Stephen Harper, the Prime Minister, and Gary Goodyear, Minister of State for Science and Technology, said the net gain has exceeded the loss of top talent.
“Canada has gone from brain drain to brain gain,” Mr. Harper said, attributing the pronouncement to the Chronicle of Higher Education, a Washington, D.C.-based journal.
“We have reversed the brain drain,” echoed Mr. Goodyear. “We now have a brain gain in this country.”
This year, the Chronicle published a feature story that said “Today, amid intensifying global competition for the best and brightest, Canada is on a roll, importing research stars and nurturing young Canadian and foreign scholars and postdoctoral students. The talk now is of brain gain, not brain drain.”
