Canadian Politician Proposes $500K Exit Visa For College Graduates

4/11/26 Canadian Natuonal Post:

Ironically, the special guest who made this suggestion during the Building a Stronger, More Competitive Canadian Economy panel which also featured federal ministers Mélanie Joly, Rechie Valdez, and Lena Metlege Diab, is a Canadian who left Canada for better opportunities himself.

Patrick Pichette was born and educated in Montreal and left Canada for work in the U.S. accepting a role as senior vice president and CFO of Google in California in 2008. He now lives in London, U.K., holds a Canadian passport and is a partner at Inovia Capital.

Inovai Capital says Pichette paid Canadian taxes continuously from 1989 to 2008 and paid an exit tax on all his assets at the time. Pichette currently pays both Canadian and U.K. taxes.

Pichette thinks today’s young Canadians should stay put, or cough up $500,000 if they want to leave..

Think about that, a Canadian who by his own admission went from college to Microsoft at $300K a year and lives in Britain wants to charge educated Canadians $590K to move to the U.S.? I think we are going to see a Berlin Wsll at thr 49th parallel.  Alberta needs to leave now while they can.