Matrixvisa Issue No. 3/2015 CANADIAN IMMIGRATION POLICY UPDATE
Issue Highlights:
1. Federal Government Settles Court Case with the Client of Matrixvisa
2. Historical Case by Matrixvisa
3. Provincial Immigration News
4. Question and Answer
5. Crime in Canada at Record Lows
1. Federal Government Settles Court Case with the Client of Matrixvisa
Another leap of progress was made last week in the settlement of the Federal Court case of Horne Canada Inc v The Minister of Employment and Social Development. Federal Court Docket IMM-1121-15. The case concerned a Labour Market Impact Assessment (LMIA) request submitted by Matrixvisa Inc on behalf of their client Horne Canada Inc. An officer of the Minister of Skills Development Canada (represented in the case by the Canadian Department of Justice) refused the LMIA request, without providing proper reasons. On 19 August 2015 The Canadian Department of Justice agreed with Matrixvisa Inc’s arguments made in the LMIA submission as well as the argument of the barrister (“advocate”) in favour of the Labour Market Impact Assessment (LMIA) request, that the officer did not assess all of the facts presented by Matrixvisa Inc in the LMIA request. In the Department of Justice’s decision it was said that the officer’s decision lacked transparency, intelligibility and justification …