Jeremy Robbins: Canada

Canada Dept: Called t-Up Visa program, it encourages foreign entrepreneurs to come to Canada and work alongside investors and mentors to create new businesses, particularly in the high-tech field, create new jobs and spur economic growth, according to The Star. The general idea of taking someone who wants to come to your country and hire Americans or Canadians, it such an obvious good idea for the economy, said Jeremy Robbins, director of the U.S.-based Partnership for a New American Economy and Canada is launching a new visa program April 1 that is making many politicians and lobbyists in the United States green with envy. Business gurus and venture capitalists here say it a win for Canada, but many in the United States lament the lack of action in their country to fix what many consider a broken immigration system. Previous attempts to develop a similar program in the U.S. have so far failed, including one that currently is stalled in Congress. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.