Citizenship and Immigration committee  Good afternoon. First, I'll address the processing times and the injustices they cause. These times are very long and unfair. For example, some files that were submitted to a particular program in 2019 may still not be processed in 2022, whereas others submitted in 2022 are bein

Citizenship and Immigration committee  You are completely right. Many companies seeking skilled labour did not close during the COVID-19 pandemic. They remained active. However, as Mr. Gagnon and Mr. Milliard said earlier, the available positions don't necessarily match up with unemployed people. Saying that all LMIA

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I will answer part of your question. It's entirely possible, because the fact that there is a labour shortage, which is mostly caused by the pandemic, does not create more jobs or skill requirements. For example, companies that needed welders don't have more welders because peop

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Good afternoon. Thank you for giving the Association québécoise des avocats et avocates en droit de l'immigration, or AQAADI, the opportunity to comment. We are in the field and we see that businesses have several complaints about the LMIA process. So I'm going to get to the hear