Please see links to
interesting articles, written by Cobus:
1.
Articles about Work Permits for Skilled Foreign Workers: Labour Market
Opinion LMO) and Arranged Employment Opinion (AEO)
In order for most skilled foreign workers to work in Canada on a
temporary work permit, the employer needs to request a Labour Market
Opinion (LMO) from Service Canada (the provincial representatives of
Human Recourses Skills Development or HRSDC) if the position is not
exempt from an LMO. Service Canada is required to evaluate 6 factors
only before their opinion is provided (such as: the wage must be sufficient
to attract Canadian Citizens and Permanent Residents, recruitment efforts,
etc). Some foreigners could also obtain expedited processing with an
Arranged Employment Opinion (AEO) for which the employer must prove
that the job offer is genuine. Many Canadian employers choose to use
the services of a qualified person (lawyer, licensed consultant or Quebec
notary) to represent them in these applications. This article's focus
is on the rights of employers to use legal council and the obligation
of Service Canada to communicate with these third parties during LMO
and AEO requests.
Part
I: Published February 2008 in Canada's Immigration Law Magazine,
IMMQUEST
Third Party
Representation in LMOs and AEOs ... Foreign Worker Officers and the
use of third party representatives
Part
II: Published March 2008 in Canada's Immigration Law Magazine,
IMMQUEST
Third Party Representation in LMOs and AEOs ... Possible reasons why
the existing rules are not followed
Part
III: Published April 2008 in Canada's Immigration Law Magazine,
IMMQUEST
Third Party Representation in LMOs and AEOs ... Suggestions for the
HRSDC Foreign Worker Section
2. Article
about Work Permits for Skilled Foreign Workers: Responsiveness
Published December 2005 in Canada's Immigration Law Magazine, IMMQUEST
Is Service Canada and
CIC Responsive to Canada's Labour Shortage? Part I
3. Article
about Work Permits for Skilled Foreign Workers: Responsiveness
Published January 2006 in Canada's Immigration Law Magazine, IMMQUEST
Is Service Canada and
CIC Responsive to Canada's Labour Shortage? Part II
4. Article
about Skilled Foreign Workers and Immigration Regulation 203(3)(d):
Wages
Published May
2007 in Canada's Immigration Law Magazine, IMMQUEST
"Wages paid to
Foreign Workers"
5.
Lobbying for Provincial Policy Change:
After
a two-year struggle and constant refusal by the Ontario Ministry of
Training Colleges and Universities to assess the credentials of foreign
trained journeyman (artisans such as electricians, heavy duty mechanics
and millwrights) while these journeyman are overseas an Access to Information
Request was submitted in April 2007 to the Ministry in which it 's policy
for the assessment of credentials of Foreign trained journeyman was
requested. With this request
bench marking from other provinces in Canada was provided to demonstrate
to the Ministry the best practices in other provinces. Ten reasons were
also provided why this should be possible - with specific reference
to the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act of Canada.
On 16 May 2007 the
Ontario Ministry of training Colleges and Universities responded
and
finally it was possible to assess the credentials of a foreign trained
journeyman/artisan
without the necessity of that person being inside Canada.