In May of 2017, we reported that Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC) had partnered with the government of Alberta to disallow Labour Market Impact Assessments (LMIAs) to be issued for certain occupations (see http://www.kranclaw.com/2017/05/alberta-limits-positions-that-can-be-filled-by-foreign-workers/).
The list of occupations ineligible for an LMIA has now been revised.
The following occupations have been removed from the list (i.e. LMIAs can now be issued for these jobs):
NOC Occupation
2233 Industrial engineering and manufacturing technologists and technicians
2261 Non-destructive testers and inspection technicians
7511 Transport truck drivers
The following occupations have now been added to the list (i.e. LMIAs can now not be issued for these jobs):
NOC Occupation
112 Human resources managers
211 Engineering managers
1215 Supervisors, supply chain, tracking and scheduling co-ordination occupations
2113 Geoscientists and oceanographers
2253 Drafting technologists and technicians
7293 Insulators
7371 Crane Operators
The resultant current list of ineligible occupations, as recompiled, can be found at https://www.canada.ca/en/employment-social-development/services/foreign-workers/refusal.html.
The information in this article is for general purposes only, and not intended as legal advice for any particular situation.