This program allows employers to hire or bring in foreign workers without the need of a Labour Market Impact Assessment (LMIA). Exemptions from the LMIA process are available where there are reciprocal benefits for Canadians and other competitive advantages for Canada.
Examples of individuals who come to Canada under an LMIA-exempt program include: international students who have graduated from a Canadian school; persons authorized to work in Canada temporarily due to free trade agreements, such as NAFTA, International Experience Canada participants,
some permanent resident (PR) applicants settling in Canada while their PR application is finalized, and spouses of highly-skilled foreign workers.
http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/helpcentre/glossary.asp#international_mobility_program
Reforms to the International Mobility Programs
Previously part of the TFWP, the IMPs will refer to those foreign workers who are not subject to an LMIA. It is in the national economic and cultural interest of Canada for foreign nationals to be able to work here through the IMPs. Exemptions to the LMIA process are based on the competitive advantages and reciprocal benefits that Canadians enjoy as a result. They exist as part of international agreements,
arrangements that facilitate permanent immigration, or due to efforts to give Canada access to highly-skilled workers and international students.
Citizenship and Immigration Canada is reforming the IMPs. Specifically, CIC is:
making employers of LMIA-exempt foreign nationals more accountable by requiring them to submit their job offers directly to CIC;
introducing a robust monitoring system for employers employing workers through the IMPs on par with the enforcement improvements being made by ESDC for the TFWP. This system will be made possible by the collection of a new compliance fee of $230 per work permit, once authorities are in place. The fee will apply in cases where the work permit is employer specific and LMIA-exempt;
imposing a $100 privilege fee on holders of open work permits as soon as possible;
making changes to the rules for intra-company transferees;
improving the balance in the number of young Canadians and young people from partner countries participating in working holidays, professional exchanges and international co-op through International Experience Canada; and
conducting a thorough review of LMIA-exempt IMP streams to identify whether some streams should require an LMIA.
http://news.gc.ca/web/article-en.do?nid=859859&_ga=1.162117692.1259210332.1403308561
LPS said:
Where does it say anything about BOWP in the announcement?
:'( 