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ZingyDNA

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13-06-2014
AndreasChen said:
Very consistent to my experience. I interviewed a company where they can easily steal people from US if not because of the LMO hurdle. They ended up outsourcing that chunk of business to a U.S. consulting firm at much much higher cost (>>3x).

Funny that someone told me this is not important and not hurting Canada's economy. Not sure how much is hurting, like the Soviets?
How come they weren't willing to pay 3x the salary to hire qualified Canadians/PRs? If an employer wants to pay me 3x for the same work I'm doing, it'd be hard for me to refuse :D

That being said, if the LMIA procedure is making employers do crazy things to avoid it, it's probably too strict. Obviously protecting Canadians' jobs is a must, but whoever in the government that made the LMIA policies might not have enough real world employing experiences, or simply didn't care about for political reasons. Both are not surprising to me..
 

Regina

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LMIA is only going to seen for very very few jobs.
Agree. In occupations in NOC 0,A and B it is not so difficult to find a Canadian or PR. As I previously said : if a company is attractive - people will relocate (in Canada). Then what is left for others are less attractive companies, even in less attractive places as Yellowknife and Fort McMurrey and Cold Lake.

So, I advice immigrants to grab any gob (suitable for EE) and go from there. In a year or two in Canada, after you got CANADIAN experience, you will be able to move in Canada to any place you wish.
 

AndreasChen

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ZingyDNA said:
How come they weren't willing to pay 3x the salary to hire qualified Canadians/PRs? If an employer wants to pay me 3x for the same work I'm doing, it'd be hard for me to refuse :D

That being said, if the LMIA procedure is making employers do crazy things to avoid it, it's probably too strict. Obviously protecting Canadians' jobs is a must, but whoever in the government that made the LMIA policies might not have enough real world employing experiences, or simply didn't care about for political reasons. Both are not surprising to me..
It is a highly specialized industry and there are so few Canadians with the desired skill sets. Even they are lucky enough to hire some Canadians they will still have a hard time keeping them. That is why this country needs to expand its population base in order to survive the competition.