Canadian Labour Market and Foreign Worker

Labour Market Impact Assessment: The Labour Market Impact Assessment is designed to test the Canadian labour market to ensure protection of Canadian workers, according to Hamilton Spectator. The Employer must conduct minimum recruitment efforts to establish that Canadian candidates are not available with the requisite skills or technical knowledge required to perform in the job. Employers can bring in a foreign worker on the basis of an approved Labour Market Impact Assessment. An LMIA assessment is provided if the employment of the foreign worker is likely to have a positive or neutral effect on the labour market in Canada. An LMIA can be sought for the purposes of bringing a foreign worker to Canada for a temporary duration. An LMIA can be approved on the basis that the foreign worker will be filling a labour shortage, the foreign worker presence will result in direct job creation or job retention for Canadians or the employment of the foreign worker will likely result in the development or transfer of skills and knowledge to Canadians. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.