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Last updated on May 15th, 2020

On June 12, 2017 Canada’s Department of Employment and Social Development introduced the Global Talent Stream.

Companies applying for workers through the Global Talent Stream have access to a streamlined Labour Market Impact Assessment process that provides eligible employers with:

• priority processing of applications for the Global Talent Stream and a client-focused service for the development of the Labour Market Benefits Plan, with a service standard of 10 business days that is expected to be met 80% of that time;
• flexible recruitment requirements; and
• elgibility for workers to have their work permits processed in 10 business days by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada.

Category A and B Employers

Employers are eligible for the Global Talent Stream if they are hiring unique and specialized talent and if that talent has bent referred to the Global Talent Stream by one of ESDC’s designated partners.  The list of designated referral partners for the Global Talent Stream includes the following organizations (as of March 21, 2018):

• Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency
• BC Tech Association
• Burlington Economic Development Corporation
• Business Development Bank of Canada
• Canadian Economic Development for Quebec Regions
• Cape Breton Partnership
• City of Hamilton’s Economic Development Office
• Communitech Corporation
• Council of Canadian Innovators
• Economic Development Winnipeg
• Edmonton Economic Development
• Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario
• Genesis (Newfoundland)
• Global Affairs Canada’s Trade Commissioner Service
• Government of Alberta, Alberta Labour
• Government of British Columbia, Ministry of Jobs, Trade and Technology
• Government of Manitoba, Manitoba Education and Training
• Government of Nova Scotia,

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