Employers who want to hire foreign workers must apply to service canada for a labor market opinion to assess the impact the entry of foreign workers would have on Canada's labor market. In other words, how it would affect Canadian jobs.
The expedited labor market opinion Pilot project was put in place to accelerate the application process to hire temporary foreign workers in certain occupations in Alberta and British Columbia.
Labor market opinion applications from employers who qualify to participate in the pilot will be processed within five days of Service Canada having received the completed application.