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That's pretty difficult to fix though. There's no way Canada can compete with American salaries. America has gone all in on being the richest country in the world. I'd say instead of trying to provide better salaries, Canada needs to provide better quality of life.
Places like Finland have amazing quality of life and always ranks near the top of best countries to live in. USA immigration data shows no immigration from Finland. There's probably a dozen different reasons for that but I'd assume a big reason is that Fins wouldn't trade all their amazing government benefits for a higher salary and lower taxes.
Maybe if Canada had government provided childcare, education, and retirement at a young age people wouldn't be moving to the US for money.
What you outlined doesn't look too difficult to do, outside of the political will needed.