27 Jul Bill Gates: Canadian immigration laws win Microsoft jobs

According to a New York Times report of a speech by Microsoft chairman Bill Gates in New Delhi last Friday, Canada’s liberal immigration laws have led the software giant to create many jobs here. Moneyquote:

[Gates] was also critical of Congress’s stance on immigration, and said he would like to see immigration exceptions for “smart people.” Canadian laws are more favorable, he said, because they allow immigrants to work if they are offered a high-paying job. Microsoft has created “a lot of jobs in Canada for that reason,” he said.

Less admirably, Gates would like us all to carry government issued ID cards.