Mine are all full-time, year-round. Everything changed under the new program from what we were familiar with under the old program. At first I thought it was a learning curve. For example, in one of my first applications, within the space of three days I was told three different ways by three different people what the next step was and where I should apply for the work permit. The border agents would not process, which typically could happen if someone was in Canada, so that couldn't happen. The next time I was told to send it to Vegreville. After that, I was told to send it to New York. This person didn't have the timeline with their passport and could not be processed in New York, so they had to go back to the country of origin to apply at the embassy.
That's just the complexity of the program.