[refurb]

Canada’s COL is an exception.

Wages are about half of the US yet in places like Toronto the COL is super high.

These profs likely negotiated a fat payday. It happens all the time - profs move from Harvard, Stanford, Yale to less prestigious schools because they’ll get something they otherwise can’t get - tenure, head of a school, more money, whatever.

Considering this move would have taken months to negotiate it likely has nothing to do with politics at all.

[ripley12]

From the article:

"Of course our American catastrophe played a role in our final decision."

"My decision was entirely because of the political climate in the United States."

"Both Toronto and the Munk School were and are very attractive places unto themselves... bracketing the American descent into fascism."