Trump effect sees Canada becoming a magnet for tech talent

New York

AMIR Moravej, an Iranian computer engineer in Montreal, quietly worked last year on building software to help people navigate the Canadian immigration system. He saw it as a way for others to avoid the same immigration travails he suffered a few years earlier.

Then came the American presidential election. "Trump accelerated everything," said Mr Moravej, 33, the chief executive of a software startup named Botler AI.