Market Outlook: Canada Losing Top Talent as Workers Head to the U.S.
25th May 2026
A new TD Economics report warns Canada is quietly losing highly skilled workers, entrepreneurs and STEM graduates to the United States through work visas, tech recruitment and stronger economic opportunities.
BNN Bloomberg spoke with Francis Fong, managing director at TD Economics, about how Canada’s tax structure, productivity challenges and lack of business scale are contributing to the country’s ongoing talent retention problem.
In return, Canada can have as ,many Blue state celebrities as they can stomach. I suggest Barbra Streisand to start.