The federal government says it will extend the maximum duration of low-wage temporary foreign worker Labour Market Impact Assessments to two years and add early childhood educators to exemptions from the six per cent unemployment…
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Ottawa says it is easing some rules for employers hiring low-wage temporary foreign workers by extending the maximum duration of a Labour Market Impact Assessment (LMIA) to two years, up from one year.
The government said restrictions on applications to hire temporary foreign workers in cities with more than six per cent unemployment will remain in place, but early childhood educators are being added to the list of professions exempted from those restrictions.
Ottawa said the professions already on the exempt list include health care, construction and food processing, and it is also proposing additional reforms that would exempt other professions from the six per cent rule and allow employers to hire more temporary foreign workers.
Those additional reforms are expected to take effect on March 1, 2027 if provinces and territories endorse them.
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