Doubtful. The United States is a high immigration priority among the Hong Kong chinese.
Vancouver (and Australia) received the bulk of Hong Kong immigrants because, during the handover exodus, the US imposed extraordinary hurdles on immigrants from there.
This turned out to be a really, really stupid thing to do. The Hong Kong chinese are essentially the ideal immigrant: extremely industrious, very well educated, highly motivated to integrate their children, possessing unusually strong international business and finance ties, strongly law-abiding and highly family oriented, and a great many speak flawless English. So... Canada got them.
HongKongers are a unique breed. We would be wise to not repeat our past mistake.
It really isn't, though. America's real GDP growth rate has been outpacing Canada's for decades now, and it's reflected in Canada's low average salaries relative to the US in a lot of top fields.
Add to that the Canadian dollar's likely continued weak performance and you can make significantly more in the US if you're at the top of your field.
I personally don't see how that gap doesn't become wider over time, because our economic policies favour oligopolies over robust competition in many sectors, and we've been actively sabotaging any attempt to develop our bountiful natural resources.
> This turned out to be a really, really stupid thing to do.
Why? I certainly like our position in the world far better than where canada is. Apparently so do canadians as millions of them immigrate to the US where hardly any americans immigrate north. Wonder why?
> So... Canada got them.
And they got hongcouver - something they whine about all over social media.
> HongKongers are a unique breed. We would be wise to not repeat our past mistake.
If they are so special why did they get conquered by the british? Why did they stay conquered for 150 years. And why did they need china to finally give them "democracy" after the brits left. If they are so special, let them stay in hong kong and figure things out themselves.
In a world where the US has extremely high unemployment, you are advocating that we allow more people from china? No thanks. I'm feeling generous, let canada and australia have them all and get all the benefits.
