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> Google/Microsoft/Facebook/Apple/etc are each individually orders of magnitude larger than the entire Canadian software industry combined

We just need one of those companies to get fed up and move their HQ north. Canada's tech sector would double overnight.

I can even see that happening if the next couple US elections go the wrong way.

Fed up with what? They care about nothing but making money. It's very infantile to think otherwise.

Which is why getting an equally-skilled workforce in the same timezone at a fraction of the cost would be a huge selling point, would it not?

Add to that less friction around growing this workforce by bringing in new talent from abroad and it seems like a slam dunk.