Citizenship and Immigration committee  Furthermore, on that process you've just spoken to, it also doesn't apply to someone who's applying for a work permit in the first instance. Right now, it is allowed to have someone to apply for a work permit inside Canada if they are in Canada. We have many people who are inside

Citizenship and Immigration committee  There is one aspect for the entrepreneurs that I feel could be better supported in Canada by our immigration policies. Right now there are very few policies, and a lot of them are discouraging people from starting work in Canada. For example, self-employment work is not counted t

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I actually disagree a little bit, because in our system we do allow someone to move forward even if they don't meet all of the eligibility requirements. They can ask to be admitted on humanitarian or compassionate grounds. They can also go to the IAD. Therefore, if we screen out

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Absolutely. People were already eligible before, and they should already be eligible to be in Canada. I don't see any reason at all for us to spend any more resources on trying to get them to be requalified for this.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Absolutely. It would be such a waste of our opportunities and talent to have these students leave Canada because they weren't able to meet their one-year of work experience in Canada and didn't have the time to go through the system. I would certainly recommend that we extend th