India Outsourcers Find Back Door in Canada 717
securitas writes "Metro International newspapers Toronto edition reports that more Indian companies are opening back doors into the United States by setting up shop in Canada. The issue of outsourcing, offshoring and nearshoring has become a hot issue, with the 2004 presidential election less than a week away. Candidate John Kerry has said he will close the tax loophole that makes it advantageous to outsource call centers."
Less than a week to pack... (Score:5, Funny)
I guess that makes me an evildoer, eh? Ah well, at least Guantanamo Bay will be warmer than Winnipeg this winter.
So now we can really... (Score:5, Funny)
Tech Support (Score:3, Funny)
Full disclosure (Score:4, Funny)
Call Centres (Score:3, Funny)
Good thing there's only Call Centres in Canada, then. (Spelling loophole?)
Re:Guess this makes Canada... (Score:5, Funny)
Be sure you show George where we are on the map. It could be embarassing seeing him saying how great Canada's burritos and Corona are after he conquers Mexico.
Re:Tech Support (Score:5, Funny)
User: it's a Latitude CPi-A.
Tech: Got it, a CPi.
User: no, it's a CPi-A.
Tech: I heard you the first time, eh? A CPi.
User: No, a CPi with the letter A.
Tech: With what letter, eh?
...
User: I think it's a boot virus.
Tech: What's about virus?
User: No, it's a boot virus.
Tech: What does "it's about virus" mean? What virus, eh?
Re:Pre-Emptive strike on Canada!!! (Score:1, Funny)
If the list you posted was accurate, I hope you live in France.
Re:Kerry in the senate... (Score:2, Funny)
I personally think Kerry's record shows that he has integrity, and that he'll at least try to keep this promise.
Add it to the list of apologies (Score:5, Funny)
from an old episode of This Hour Has 22 Minutes
An Apology to Americans
By Reporter 'Anthony St. George' (Performed by Colin Mochrie)
Hello. I'm Anthony St. George on location here in Washington.
On behalf of Canadians everywhere I'd like to offer an apology to the United States of America. We haven't been getting along very well recently and for that, I am truly sorry. I'm sorry we called George Bush a moron. He is a moron, but it wasn't nice of us to point it out. If it's any consolation, the fact that he's a moron shouldn't reflect poorly on the people of America. After all, it's not like you actually elected him.
I'm sorry about our softwood lumber. Just because we have more trees than you, doesn't give us the right to sell you lumber that's cheaper and better than your own. It would be like if, well, say you had ten times the television audeince we did and you flood our market with great shows, cheaper than we could produce. I know you'd never do that.
I'm sorry we beat you in Olympic hockey. In our defence I guess our excuse would be that our team was much, much, much, much better than yours. As word of apology, please accept all of our NHL teams which, one by one, are going out of business and moving to your fine country.
I'm sorry about our waffling on Iraq. I mean, when you're going up against a crazed dictator, you want to have your friends by your side. I realize it took more than two years before you guys pitched in against Hitler, but that was different. Everyone knew he had weapons.
I'm sorry we burnt down your White House during the War of 1812. I see you've rebuilt it! It's very nice.
I'm sorry for Alan Thicke, Shania Twain, Celine Dion, Loverboy, that song from Seriff that ends with a really high-pitched long note. Your beer. I know we had nothing to do with your beer, but we feel your pain.
And finally on behalf of all Canadians, I'm sorry that we're constantly apologizing for things in a passive-aggressive way which is really a thinly veiled criticism. I sincerely hope that you're not upset over this. Because we've seen what you do to countries you get upset with.
For 22 minutes, I'm Anthony St. George, and I'm sorry.
Re:Well at least you will be able to understand th (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Well at least you will be able to understand th (Score:3, Funny)
I would suppose you could optimize the filter per individual and maybe one of the options on the phone menu is that you can select the dialect you are comfortable with. For example you can select:
+ West Texas drawl (replace all "you" with a you'all so "you do have the power turned on eh?" becomes "ya'all do have the power the turn").
+ New York/Jerseyan insulting snarl (remove all r's from the stream and add a little color. For example "Yo you idiot, you do have the powe tuned on doncha."
Re:Thats transitivity for ya (Score:4, Funny)
Like "deregulation" and "privatize", the term has been twisted by the politicians to prevent the public from ever wanting it. It's orwellian language redefining in action.
Re:Add it to the list of apologies (Score:4, Funny)
Regards,
Canada
Re:Tech Support (Score:2, Funny)
Good Lord!
You stayed on the phone for NINE straight days?! Jeez!
Re:Guess this makes Canada... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Guess this makes Canada... (Score:4, Funny)
> burritos and Corona are after he conquers Mexico.
Would that be more or less embarrassing than when Dan Quayle was heading for Latin America and mentioned that he needed to brush up on his Latin?