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From: <rona.ambrose.c1 @ parl.gc.ca>
Date: January 30, 2015 at 1:20:11 PM MST
Subject: Temporary Foreign Worker Program - Conservative Government approves Transition Measures to Help Employers
Dear Constituents and Employers,
I have appreciated your continued input regarding recent changes to the Temporary Foreign Worker Program as they relate to Alberta's labour force.
I have noted your comments that the Province of Alberta has a significant backlog to develop in their Provincial Nominee Program , and your concern that some of the individuals in the backlog are TFWs who will hit the cumulative duration limit in 2015 without an answer on their AINP application. Recognizing this is a challenge for employers when combined with the recent reforms to the TFWP.
As your Member of Parliament, I take seriously my responsibility to represent your interests to my Cabinet Colleagues. I am pleased to inform you that our Conservative Government has approved arrangements between Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC), Citizenship & Immigration Canada and the Government of Alberta to provide for work permit extensions for TFWs in Alberta who have been nominated for the Alberta Immigrant Nominee Program, and whose temporary status may end prior to finalization of their permanent residency applications.
Our government is proposing two transition measures to help Alberta employers by ensuring that foreign workers who are being nominated under the PNP program are not forced to leave Canada before a decision can be made on their application. The two measures are:
• ESDC will provide a one-time exemption to these applicants' employers from the cap on low-wage workers provided they meet strict criteria
• CIC will provide a one-year bridging work permit (exempt from the LMIA process) to TFWs subject to the cumulative duration limit
The Criteria:
• Applied to the Alberta Immigrant Nominee Program before July 1 2014
• Have work permits that expire in calendar year 2015
• Alberta has provided a letter to CIC or ESDC indicating and confirming that:
Alberta intends to nominate these applicants
Alberta is satisfied that the applicant's employer has taken the necessary steps to obtain a Labour Market Impact Assessment but has been unable to do so for reasons beyond his/her control
The employer has indicated in wr4iting to Alberta that they wish to have the applicant's work permit renews
For applicants in NOC O, A & B occupations, that Alberta has explicitly encouraged the individual to create an Express Entry profile.
I should advise that there is no guarantee that all of your employees will benefit since the province will have to make an assessment of whether each AINP applicant meets the criteria. However, I am pleased to advise you about the our Conservative Government's positive response to the issues and concerns that you have raised.
Yours truly,
Hon. Rona Ambrose, P.C., M.P.
Edmonton-Spruce Grove
Debra Bain, Manager
Constituency Affairs
Office of the Hon. Rona Ambrose, P.C., M.P.
Member of Parliament for Edmonton-Spruce Grove
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