Ignatieff: "more Canadians should leave Canada"

It took a year, but Mr Ignatieff has finally conjured up a counter to the Tory "just visiting" commercials. He is proud of the 30 years he spent living abroad, and he thinks more of us should do the same. He would like to fast track the "brain drain" and export more of our precious young talent to foreign countries. As leader, he will make this happen. I hold a Mathematical Economics degree from a Canadian university, but the Canadian economy doesn't need me. My skill set would be far more valuable in the Congo.

Really, we need to bring "the Michael Ignatieff Experience" to more Canadians. We need more Canadians who upon graduating from high school or university pack up and leave Canada for their entire adult lives contributing all their skills to a foreign country, returning 30 years later to run for Prime Minister. If every young person in Canada lived their entire adult lives abroad, who would be left to take over for the soon to retire baby boomers?

You may want to be careful with this line of rebuttal Mike. With our pending "demographic time bomb", we should be encouraging our educated young people to stay in Canada. Boston is a lovely place that I have visited twice myself, but please let’s not export our future to Massachusetts. We could do far more good by returning Iggy to Harvard.