谷歌前首席财务官帕特里克·皮切特提出对加拿大移民征收50万美元的税款, 被批评为违宪和不实用. Former Google CFO Patrick Pichette's proposal to tax Canadian emigrants up to $500,000 was criticized as unconstitutional and impractical.

批评人士认为, 加拿大移民的50万加元税款是违宪和不切实际的. Critics dismissed a proposal by former Google CFO Patrick Pichette to tax Canadians who emigrate up to $500,000 as unconstitutional and impractical. 专作家Lorne Gunter认为, 这项措施不会解决"脑流失"的根本原因, 例如经济状况不佳, 并指出限制自由移动是衰落经济体使用的一种策略. Columnist Lorne Gunter argued the measure would not fix the root causes of the "brain drain," such as poor economic conditions, and noted that restricting freedom of movement is a tactic used by failing economies.