Citizenship and Immigration committee  Our farm is extremely remote. If you open it up, we have a bigger chance of the employees moving to bigger cities. That can cause a direct problem for us if they don't fulfill their two-year work permit. On top of that, I currently have LMIAs. The problem is the disconnection be

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  There is a disconnect between Service Canada and the IRCC. You should really address this and look at that as well.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Surely we need to deal with this. It's hurting. It's hurting the production of my farm, as I described. It's pushing our entire industry down by being less competitive compared to hog operations in the States. It's important for the rural economy that farms are able to operate. I

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Sure. Yes.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  It should not take more than two weeks after we submit proof of advertising and application. We are told there is a huge backlog. If that's the case, hire more staff and charge a reasonable processing fee of less than $250 per employee. If Service Canada cannot make this revenue-

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you. Superior Weanlings is a hog-farrowing operation located in the Prairie View municipality in the town of Birtle in Manitoba. The farm has been owned and operated by James Sanders since 1994. In 2016 James sold half the shares to me with an option to buy the remainder