There are farm workers here in Alberta who are stranded. I'm not particularly concerned with employers trying to bring in people at the outset. Once they are here and in trouble--either they have no job or they're in a totally untenable work situation--the very fastest that I can get them out and into a new job is approximately three months, unless I've got a real emergency. Then people will go beyond the system. But if you follow the fastest bureaucratic process, it takes up to three months. In the meantime, what are they going to do?
On April 1st, 2008. See this statement in context.