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Canadian Work Permit Issuance Restrictions
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced on August 26 that The government will reduce the employment of temporary foreign workers in this country; This decision was made because, according to some experts, the increase in employment in the past has led to unemployment among young people and immigrants.
Trudeau also announced that the government is thinking Reducing the number of permanent residences which is issued annually to immigrants.
Details of the new Canadian work permit changes
The province of Quebec discontinued its major LMIAs.
Cities with an unemployment rate above 6% will no longer be considered LMIA Low-Wage.
In all Canadian provinces, LMIA permits in the low-wage sector that are outside the scope of treatment and seasonal workers will be restricted.
Trudeau announced that employers in areas with high unemployment (that is, an unemployment rate of 6 percent or higher) will no longer be able to hire temporary foreign workers with LMIA permits in low-wage jobs; Except of course Food security sectors Like agriculture and food and fish processing industries, as well as fields construction and Health and treatment who suffer from a severe labor shortage.
Most of these areas are in the province Ontario are located
The next change in policies deals with the permitted statistics of foreign labor employment by employers; From now on, Canadian employers cannot hire more than 10% of their total workforce through the Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP).
In addition, contracts between employers and foreign temporary workers in low-wage jobs will be reduced from two years to one year.
List of regions with high unemployment that are unable to hire temporary foreign workers
| Census Metropolitan Areas (CMAs) | province | unemployment rate (in percent) |
|---|---|---|
| Abbotsford-Mission | British Columbia | 6.7% |
| Barrie | Ontario | 6.2% |
| Brantford | Ontario | 6.3% |
| Calgary | Alberta | 7.6% |
| Edmonton | Alberta | 8.5% |
| Greater Sudbury | Ontario | 6.2% |
| Halifax | Nova Scotia | 6.1% |
| Hamilton | Ontario | 7.4% |
| Kingston | Ontario | 6.6% |
| Kitchener-Cambridge-Waterloo | Ontario | 7.6% |
| London | Ontario | 7.5% |
| Montreal | Quebec | 7.3% |
| Oshawa | Ontario | 8.5% |
| Ottawa-Gatineau | Ontario | 7.1% |
| Ottawa-Gatineau | Quebec | 6.9% |
| Regina | Saskatchewan | 6.8% |
| Saint John | New Brunswick | 6.8% |
| St. Catharines-Niagara | Ontario | 7.5% |
| St. John’s | Newfoundland and Labrador | 7.2% |
| Toronto | Ontario | 8.6% |
| Trois-Rivières | Quebec | 6.5% |
| Vancouver | British Columbia | 6.2% |
| Windsor | Ontario | 9.8% |
| Winnipeg | Manitoba | 6.3% |
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Applying appropriate solutions, you can still apply for a work permit and get results, and if you have already submitted a file in this way, don’t worry because the previous files will not be affected by these changes.
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