Government Approval and Tobi Lutke

policy changes: That puts us at a huge disadvantage for recruiting internationally, according to Globe and Mail. This is a catch-all ASF view; only displays when an unsupported article type is put in an ASF drop zone Under policy changes enacted by the Conservatives, employers now must validate a job offer by getting government approval for a Labour Market Impact Assessment – showing it couldn’t find Canadians to do the job. The Express Entry system brought in by the last government in 2015 is fundamentally too rigid and leaves employers waiting up to six months to discover if they can bring skilled foreign talent to Canada, said Tobi Lutke, CEO of Ottawa-based software firm Shopify Inc. While that approach targeted abusers of the temporary foreign worker program, it meant fast-growing tech firms searching for the best employees globally had to submit to the same drawn-out process, only to be told in many cases by Ottawa that they should just hire a Canadian. Immigration Minister John McCallum wasn’t available to comment. It was a misguided approach, said Sarah Anson-Cartwright, director of skills and immigration policy for the Canadian Chamber of Commerce. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.