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IMPACT – MEDIUM
What is the change? Canada has announced details on the new Labour Market Impact Assessment (LMIA) category and changes to the International Mobility Program.
What does the change mean? The LMIA category will replace the Labour Market Opinion (LMO) category with a more rigorous work permit stream and will strengthen criteria and monitoring of LMIA-exempt hiring.
Background: On June 19, Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) announced reforms to the Temporary Foreign Worker Program, most of them affecting low-skilled, low-wage workers. However, the changes also affect workers in the high-skilled LMO and ICT categories.
Details on the new LMIA category:
Changes to the International Mobility Programs:
BAL Analysis: Employers should be aware that these changes are aimed at putting Canadians first in line for open jobs and impose significantly stricter eligibility criteria and beefed-up enforcement measures.
This alert has been provided by the BAL Global Practice group and our network provider located in Canada. For additional information, please contact your BAL attorney.
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