“I'm frustrated by permit delays imposed on businesses by two government departments. Service Canada takes too long to approve a step called the labour market impact assessment, and then Immigration closes the file when Service Canada takes more than 60 days. This is leaving some people without pay and denying new workers. I want the government to fix its coordination problem and stop punishing people because of its own mistakes.”
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Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship
A debate about processing times for temporary foreign worker permits. The Bloc accused the Liberal government of having unrealistic deadlines that hurt businesses. The Liberals said they recognize the issue and had already extended the deadline to 90 days.
“I'm pleased to announce our latest government policy to grant one-year permit extensions to foreign workers and their spouses. This is good news for many temporary foreign workers in Quebec who rely on these permits. We will continue to work with Quebec on these labour issues.”
“I want the federal government to fix its immigration processing delays and errors. It's infuriating that Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada requires LMIAs in 60 days but takes 64 days on average. Instead of blaming businesses, the government should clean up its own mess. Extend the deadlines, allow cases closed in error to be reopened at no cost, and stop making people start the process all over again.”
“Yes, we already extended the processing time to 90 days. We fixed it.”