Mr. Paul Thompson (Senior Assistant Deputy Minister, Skills and Employment Branch, Department of Employment and Social Development) at the Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities Committee

I can speak to the labour market impact assessment portion. There's more to getting the permanent residency than just that part of the process.

Each of our different streams for processing our LMIAs has a different timeline associated with it; some are faster, some are slower. In 2015, the data I have says that it took about 56 days on average in processing time for a labour market impact assessment for someone seeking permanent residency.