Canada is shaking up immigration Prime Minister Carney is now targeting top US-bound tech professionals who are frustrated by Trump’s huge $100,000 H-1B fee. The new “talent strategy” aims to attract skilled workers quickly, even as strict Trudeau-era caps remain in place, which already caused a 57% drop in new student and work permit arrivals this year. With the cost of housing rising and public support for immigration falling, Ottawa’s big bet is to outcompete the US and turn this global talent shakeup into Canada’s win.