IBM Canada and Accenture Ltd are hiring thousands this year, I say in today's Globe and Mail. It's a short piece and, among the things I couldn't squeeze in, was the fact that Hewlett-Packard Canada Co., EDS and homegrown tech stars like CGI Group and Cognos are also growing their employee headcount.

Canadian multinational technology companies are adding thousands of employees to their payrolls this year, a sign of an improving environment for the sector in Canada.
"Our business is cooking on all cylinders," said Bill Morris, Canada manager for Accenture Ltd. of Hamilton, Bermuda. Accenture, which provides technology outsourcing, consulting and integration services, had 3,800 employees in Canada in 2003, and will finish this year with more than 5,000 . . . [Read the full story]