“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.”
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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.
“Yes, we already extended the processing time to 90 days. We fixed it.”