ButterflyChemist said:
I think the system is working exactly as it should. If there are Canadians or PRs that can do your job then they should get it. Everything placed on a LMIA application is subject to investigation and must be justified. LMIAs have an approval rate of just over 20% so trust me, LMIA holders are not your problem. Furthermore low skilled TFWs do not qualify under EE and those are the ones who tend to exploited. LMIA holders who are eligible for EE must also qualify for FSW so its no easier for them.
Under the old system, someone who had a valid job offer supported by an LMIA would have had to wait an eternity for their PR to come through if they did not get a work permit while waiting for PR. How does it benefit Canada when a company has demonstrated its need for a skilled worker to fill a position and is forced to wait months or years to bring that employee over?
Look at the big picture and do not allow yourself to be blinded by self interest.
Then let me ask you this,
why keep CEC then? If they are gonna prioritize PNP holders or LMIA holders, why keep CEC as a separate category? if they are not going to give the same weights to applicants eligible under CEC, then they should just get rid of CEC and just have PNP and FSW so that they don't confuse people.
what you are saying would've made much more sense if they have gotten rid of CEC category for good.
plus, are you then saying everyone on PGWP with valid jobs to just ditch their current job and start looking for another, most likely in a smaller company requiring less qualification just to be able to immigrate like others?
would forcing PGWP holders to look for other jobs help improve the Canadian economy then? No, because you are forcing more qualified people with demonstrated better skill sets(it's the reason why we got chosen over local people in the first place) to give up their jobs just to make openings for local people who competed for those positions and lost in the first place.
You don't make a valid point at all.
and why would companies want to hire local people just to satisfy Canadian government?
it's not like companies hired us to avoid hiring local people you know, they hired us because we had better qualifications.
just by enforcing PGWP holders with valid jobs to get a new job with LMIA won't make it any easier for local people to get jobs. companies would still look for candidates with their standard.
If those local people didn't get hired in the first place after competing with PGWP holders, that just means they weren't qualified.
screwing PGWP holders and making them look for another job that can support LMIA will create more job openings for local people for sure. but these would be positions that they weren't qualified for in the first place.
If those local people that you are so worried about didn't get those jobs in the first place, they probably won't qualify for the new openings either.
You make it sound like PGWP holders are good-for-nothing nobodies who are just snatching job openings from local people.
But in reality, we are the ones that are actually helping Canadian economy grow with our skill sets.
and that's EXACTLY the reason why CIC created CEC category in the first place.