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days. "At the end of the day, the employer
gets an LMIA, and they enter into a Labour
Market Benefits Plan with Service Canada,"
says Seligman.
e federal "Express Entry" program
facilitates the application process for skilled
immigrants who want to settle in Canada
permanently, and provinces have their own
versions of the program. For example, the
Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program
regularly issues targeted "tech draws," invit-
ing individuals in the pool of candidates for
express entry and in tech occupations to
apply for provincial nomination for immi-
gration, says Seligman.
And the Post-Graduation Work Permit
Program allows a student who has graduat-
ed from a designated learning institution to
apply for a work permit provided they meet
certain conditions, says Kenneth Zaifman,
founding and managing partner of Zaifman
Law in Winnipeg.
"What has changed is that now the
student can commence their employment
aer submitting the PGWPP application
[and] prior to final approval. With the
CANADA'S PROGRAMS
AND REQUIREMENTS FOR
FOREIGN TALENT
• Global Skills Strategy (umbrella
program)
• Global Talent Stream
• Express Entry, for skilled immigrants
who want to settle in Canada
permanently
• Post-Graduation Work Permit Program
• Labour Market Impact Assessment
• Labour Market Benefits Plan
delays in processing work permit applica-
tions, this allows students to work as soon
as they have applied," says Zaifman, citing a
University of Manitoba computer science
student who had applied for a PGWPP
work permit but was able to start working
immediately as a soware programmer.
Michael Greene, a senior partner at
Sherritt Greene LLP, Calgary, believes the
government continues to put up roadblocks
to foreign workers, aer the Temporary
Foreign Workers Program was criticized for
misuse years ago and reformed as a result.
