Certainly I think it would be beneficial to look at what those requirements are. There are some countries where you need the permission of your employer to go through with the process of going through a Canadian visa office, and certainly consideration should be taken for those standards that can be harmful where they are and can delay things significantly. When you're waiting on an employer who might not respect you to agree to let you go, that's a whole other ball game that needs to be looked at.
On May 26th, 2009. See this statement in context.