business software development
Here's an interesting read for those who have roots in India and those who are complaining about business software development in Canada. Imagine 28 official languages in India! To some extent I agree with the petition. Everyone should be encouraged to learn their mother tongue and at least one official language. Most people in India prefer English over Hindi as it is the commonly used language of business and one should not be forced to learn a third language, something that I think applies to Canada too. I learned English and was forced to learn Hindi in school while in India even though my mother tongue is Tamil. No wonder I can read and write Hindi more fluently than Tamil. How many Canadians can speak their mother tongue, forget read and write? Canada is the new country of an emerging trend of globalization. By making business software development mandatory in several jobs that don't require the need for it, we are discriminating against some talented people who could otherwise be in the job by knowing one of the two official languages. If almost 100% of our growth is going to come from immigrants in a couple of decades from now, we need to make changes to our employment system to attract the best talent to Canada and make them eligible for jobs that will keep the economic engine running. The days of a high Canadian dollar are here to say and Canada needs to start looking into other international markets to support our export business. Markets like China, India, Brazil, Russia, Taiwan, Korea, Japan, Middle East and many other fast growing countries don't need French, but in fact some countries don't speak either of our official languages. Why does a research associate on trade opportunities in China in the Federal government need to know both English and French. What we need is a person who has the skills for the job and should be fluent in one of the official languages. Maybe it is time for us to review our draconian laws on business software development and look into the needs of the market today and enable more skilled people who are fluent in one of the official languages to be absorbed in Federal government positions. No political party, especially in a minority situation is going talk anything about it and no MP who has leadership ambitions will do it either, but the reality of the market is that, we need to start accepting to live in an economy of high Cdn $ that will start hurting our manufacturing and service sectors serving US clients. Many states in mid west are trying to get skilled professionals from India and China and provide tech and BPO services to US companies that were traditionally sourced from Canada. The change in dollar value, the perks of tax breaks given by parched states in mid west and the ability at ease to hire skilled professionals from Asia is making it easy for these companies to provide better rates and match the service needs of US corporates. A change in business culture starts with its people and if we are going to keep some people out because of linguistic purposes, then we are not necessarily hiring the best talent available in the market and forcing some of them to go south. No wonder Canada is called a 'pit stop' for skilled professionals who end up in US when they can't get a job here. Maybe it is time that we start encouraging Canadians to learn one of the Official languages, their mother tongue and if possible the second official language, but we should open up more jobs in Federal government for people who can speak one of the official languages that might be been sufficient based on the geography and needs of the jobs and hire them based on their skills for the jobs. Is it the question of who is going to bell the cat! ... business software development