Interesting Links for 07-11-2022

[andrewducker]

1. Keir Starmer is against using foreign people in the NHS

(tags:UK immigration labour NHS OhForFucksSake )

2. UK homes use 456 GB of data per month (we used 463, so only slightly above average!)

(tags:internet )

3. Edinburgh strip club ban: Sex workers union accuses council of 'empty promise' on strip club ban review

(tags:Edinburgh sexwork OhForFucksSake )

4. How Is Slavery Still Legal om America?

(tags:usa slavery prison viaBenWerdmuller )

5. Edinburgh Christmas Market named best festive market in Europe by National Geographic

(tags:edinburgh christmas markets )

6. Israel's new racist totalitarianism will have implications beyond the Middle East

(tags:israel )

7. British cucumbers, tomatoes and carrots will soon be harder to buy. Here's why

(tags:uk vegetables farming doom )

8. Some common geographic mental misplacements (best viewed on desktop)

(tags:geography maps misconceptions )

9. Map norths converge on Dorset village in historic first - will travel through the UK until July 2026

(tags:maps magnets navigation compass )

Comments

[armiphlage]

Exactly Canada's attitude, when we snatch up all those medical personnel who the UK doesn't want through our Express Entry program. We want skilled people now, not a decade from now.

https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/immigrate-canada/express-entry.html

With respect to the unfairness of taking all those skilled people ... yes, that is indeed true. It would be in the best interest of Canada and other countries to fund universities in lower-paying countries to create an even larger pool of trained people. Cheaper to train people in countries with affordable costs of living than to train people in more expensive countries, the home country would have more medical staff, and Canada would still be able to lure away as many as needed.

[andrewducker]

"It would be in the best interest of Canada and other countries to fund universities in lower-paying countries to create an even larger pool of trained people"

In some ways, you are! If you weren't hiring those people then the training need would be lower, less people would be interested in the courses, etc.