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Ottawa's pitch: 'Come to Canada'
By: Patrick Thibodeau
Computerworld (U.S.)
(04 Dec 2003)

U.S. IT workers are needed and encouraged to take jobs in Canada,
according to Keith Parsonage, director general of Industry Canada's
Information and Communications Technologies branch. In a recent
interview with Computerworld U.S.'s Patrick Thibodeau, Parsonage
discussed the opportunities and lifestyle that await IT workers in
Canada. Excerpts from that interview follow:
Computerworld: Many U.S. companies are sending application and
maintenance development work to Canada. What impact is that having on
your IT sector?

Keith Parsonage: It is very difficult to break down the statistics
overall. But the computer services area, throughout the whole upturn in
the late 1990s and the downturn, continued to grow steadily at eight per
cent to nine per cent a year. It was not affected at all by the tech
swing.
CW: The value of the Canadian dollar, though still favorable to the
U.S., has been on the rise. What impact will that have on nearshore
development?
KP: I think it's going to force it to be that much sharper. But I don't
think it's going to rise to where you will see a loss of our competitive
edge.