I would start speculating on the luddite aspect (or on anything else) as soon, as the information is confirmed by a source more serious than an article dated April 1. I have checked local French language media (La Presse, Le Devoir and Radio-Canada) and found nothing.

The Star is a joke every day of the year. Why April 1 should be any different?

Well, 'social media' IS downtime. So either way, the users get what they are coming for.

No, this is not about 'feeding families', this is about simple and personal justice. You are simply unjust without thinking twice about it. The H1B visa holders were hired when majority of Americans were too busy trying to make a killing on real estate to get proper education. Thus, hardly anybody minded back then. Now, several years later you and your likes demand that a company (BTW: yes, I used to be a foreign manager working in the USA on L1-A visa; evidently they do outsource management) in difficult times lays off people without any regard to their performance. Why-oh-why would you require me to let go good guys with H1B? This is the good specialists that help me make my living, not the slackers.

I suppose it is only reasonable. Now all these Poles who already work there will have much a much shorter commute. Good for them.

Quite obviously, it must exist. The lack of evidence simply means it is an invisible tail, well hidden from the eyes of the unsuspecting public. Probably some sort of conspiracy of the short-tailed...