When there is a change of employer, Service Canada does the LMIAs, and that takes three or four weeks. We are asking that the LMIA take one week. For the issuance of a second work permit, it is now taking 27 weeks. We believe that IRCC should automate the issuance of second permits. If a person who has a work permit in agriculture wants to get another one in agriculture, it should not take an analysis by an immigration officer that takes six months. It should be done automatically, in one week.
Our position is that even with a closed permit, the employee should be able to change employers within two weeks of making the application.