They do require a Canadian experience for sure, you got lucky because I arrived here in 2013, with my education from UK, not to mention from prestige University, plus my experience working in a International law firm but I never got lucky! My friends who are British with MBA arrived 6 months after me, and they struggled for a year in Canada, they both have experiences working in UK and USA, so they gave up on the Canadian dream. They`re now working in UAE (Dubai) and they are happy not to have wasted more time in Canada.