Patrick Findaro retweeted
71% of Waterloo's best engineers leave Canada (UWaterloo SE Class of 2022 graduate survey).
And nobody riots.
In any other country, a 71% talent export rate would be a national emergency. In Canada, it's Tuesday.
The problem isn't the people who leave. They're rational. The US pays 2-3x more, taxes less, and builds things that matter.
The problem is the people who stay and never ask why the system is designed to make leaving the rational choice.
Canada doesn't have a brain drain problem. It has a demand problem. Nobody demands better. Not from the universities. Not from the employers. Not from the government.
The best leave. The rest adjust. The cycle continues.
Every country gets the talent retention rate it deserves.
Patrick Findaro retweeted
Which demographics of Canadians are leaving Canada?
>67% of the are 20-44 year olds.
>3x more likely to be in Sciences than avg population.
>31.1% have a masters degree.
>61.4% left to the US.
In other words, it's Canada's youngest, most talented and educated population.
Economies of Countries Compared to U.S. States ๐บ๐ธ ๐
๐บ๐ธ Alabama โ ๐ญ๐บ Hungary
๐บ๐ธ Alaska โ ๐ง๐ฉ Bangladesh
๐บ๐ธ Arizona โ ๐ฎ๐ฑ Israel
๐บ๐ธ Arkansas โ ๐ณ๐ฟ New Zealand
๐บ๐ธ California โ ๐ฉ๐ช Germany
๐บ๐ธ Colorado โ ๐ฆ๐น Austria
๐บ๐ธ Connecticut โ ๐ต๐ฐ Pakistan
๐บ๐ธ Delaware โ ๐บ๐พ Uruguay
๐บ๐ธ Florida โ ๐ฒ๐ฝ Mexico
๐บ๐ธ Georgia โ ๐ต๐น Portugal
๐บ๐ธ Hawaii โ ๐ฑ๐บ Luxembourg
๐บ๐ธ Idaho โ ๐ฎ๐ธ Iceland
๐บ๐ธ Illinois โ ๐ธ๐ฆ Saudi Arabia
๐บ๐ธ Indiana โ ๐จ๐ด Colombia
๐บ๐ธ Iowa โ ๐ป๐ณ Vietnam
๐บ๐ธ Kansas โ ๐ต๐ช Peru
๐บ๐ธ Kentucky โ ๐ณ๐ฟ New Zealand
๐บ๐ธ Louisiana โ ๐ณ๐ฌ Nigeria
๐บ๐ธ Maine โ ๐ฑ๐ป Latvia
๐บ๐ธ Maryland โ ๐ธ๐ฌ Singapore
๐บ๐ธ Massachusetts โ ๐จ๐ญ Switzerland
๐บ๐ธ Michigan โ ๐ฆ๐ช United Arab Emirates
๐บ๐ธ Minnesota โ ๐ง๐ช Belgium
๐บ๐ธ Mississippi โ ๐ธ๐ฐ Slovakia
๐บ๐ธ Missouri โ ๐ต๐ฑ Poland
๐บ๐ธ Montana โ ๐ฑ๐น Lithuania
๐บ๐ธ Nebraska โ ๐ญ๐บ Hungary
๐บ๐ธ Nevada โ ๐ถ๐ฆ Qatar
๐บ๐ธ New Hampshire โ ๐ช๐ช Estonia
๐บ๐ธ New Jersey โ ๐ณ๐ฑ Netherlands
๐บ๐ธ New Mexico โ ๐ช๐จ Ecuador
๐บ๐ธ New York โ ๐ฐ๐ท South Korea
๐บ๐ธ North Carolina โ ๐ฎ๐ช Ireland
๐บ๐ธ North Dakota โ ๐ฑ๐บ Luxembourg
๐บ๐ธ Ohio โ ๐น๐ญ Thailand
๐บ๐ธ Oklahoma โ ๐ฉ๐ด Dominican Republic
๐บ๐ธ Oregon โ ๐ต๐ญ Philippines
๐บ๐ธ Pennsylvania โ ๐น๐ผ Taiwan
๐บ๐ธ Rhode Island โ ๐ญ๐ท Croatia
๐บ๐ธ South Carolina โ ๐ธ๐ฎ Slovenia
๐บ๐ธ South Dakota โ ๐ง๐ด Bolivia
๐บ๐ธ Tennessee โ ๐ฎ๐ฑ Israel
๐บ๐ธ Texas โ ๐จ๐ฆ Canada
๐บ๐ธ Utah โ ๐ฑ๐บ Luxembourg
๐บ๐ธ Vermont โ ๐ฒ๐ช Montenegro
๐บ๐ธ Virginia โ ๐จ๐ญ Switzerland
๐บ๐ธ Washington โ ๐ณ๐ด Norway
๐บ๐ธ West Virginia โ ๐ง๐ฌ Bulgaria
๐บ๐ธ Wisconsin โ ๐จ๐ฑ Chile
๐บ๐ธ Wyoming โ ๐ฆ๐ฑ Albania
(Source: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, 2024)
Patrick Findaro retweeted
Why Canada Needs To Fall In Love With Capitalism Again rosssimmonds.com/blog/canadiโฆ
Patrick Findaro retweeted
Recent photos in San Francisco, New York, Chicago and Boston. This America still exists. Go outside. Make friends.
Sassafrass84@Sassafrass_84Mar 14United States
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Me too.
Patrick Findaro retweeted
"Okay, so I'm in an American hospital for the very first time. I'm Canadian, so when I tell you, I'm absolutely shocked. There is... There... I'm making a video.
There is nobody in this waiting room, not even one person. There is a duck pond here. They have a water fountain.
There are leather chairs. When you walk into the main lobby, it literally looks like a five-star hotel. It's insane.
It's crazy. I... There's a park here, like a playground for children. Like, when you walk into a Canadian hospital, the paint is literally peeling off the walls.
There are 4,000 people in the waiting room. Everybody is stressed out. Everybody's mad.
There's, like, glass everywhere. People in, like, medical gear. It feels like you're in an apocalypse movie.
This feels like, like, like a hotel. Like, literally like a hotel. I don't know.
I'm shocked. I'm shocked. You guys, I was in and out.
Like, I've been... I was in and out in 15 minutes. 15 minutes. What?"
Patrick Findaro retweeted
That's really interesting. People prefer to move to, have and raise children in states that voted for Trump. Who would have thought?
Ht @charliesmirkley
Patrick Findaro retweeted
โOut of Nowhereโ
Ontarioโs economy has been the worst performing in Canada/US since 2000.
Young Canadians havenโt received a raise in a generation. We covered it up with a housing bubble.
Ask anyone under 45. This wasnโt sudden.
Out of nowhere, Canada became poorer than Alabama. How is that possible? theglobeandmail.com/businessโฆ
Patrick Findaro retweeted
Patrick Findaro (@PFindaro) from @VisaFranchise joins Latitude CEO Eric Major on The Global Passport Investor to discuss:
โข Moving his family from US to EU
โข The best migration pathways INTO the US
Watch it here: youtube.com/watch?v=LDXgjvW8โฆ
#GlobalMobility #SecondCitizenship
Patrick Findaro retweeted
Countries with higher GDP tend have lower rates of religiosity.
Examples include Denmark and Japan.
Countries w/lower GDP tend to be more religious.
Examples: Ethiopia and India.
Huge outlier: The United States.
Patrick Findaro retweeted
The American mind wonโt comprehend the size of European houses and apartments. And they donโt have air conditioning either.
But never forget, quality of life is so much better in Europe.
Patrick Findaro retweeted
In the United States, folks with higher levels of education are MORE likely to be weekly religious attenders.
In Europe, it's the opposite. Higher educated folks are LESS likely to attend.
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Hunter๐๐๐@StatisticUrbanJan 27
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Why are Colorado and Utah so rich now? Their household incomes are just kind of bafflingly high lol.
Also, MA's median household income being $120k is just kind of crazy lol.
Patrick Findaro retweeted
How London became the rest of the worldโs startup capital: "" economist.com/britain/2026/0โฆ
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Over 105,000 Canadians left Canada to get healthcare somewhere else.
The stupidity of the stubbornness of not giving Canadians option assume that Canadians won't leave Canada to get treatment and just wait for years or die like the over 20k every year that do waiting for care.
People with a will and ability will still go elsewhere and these numbers are only growing.
Instead, we could give Canadians options within Canada to access healthcare and by doing so have another industry that could be creating jobs and contributing to the economy.









































