Sunday, February 1, 2026
    ADVT 
    National

    Lululemon promises 2,600 new jobs after exemption from some immigration rules

    Darpan News Desk IANS, 26 May, 2023 01:03 PM
    • Lululemon promises 2,600 new jobs after exemption from some immigration rules

    Vancouver-based company Lululemon says it will expand its headquarters in the city and create 2,600 jobs over the next five years.

    The announcement comes months after the federal government granted the company the ability to hire foreign workers for certain highly skilled positions, including management jobs, software engineers and computer technicians, without needing to apply for a labour market impact assessment.

    Federal Innovation Minister François-Philippe Champagne says if Ottawa hadn't acted, the company's headquarters may have left Vancouver.

    CEO Calvin McDonald says Lululemon has secured an additional 125,000 square feet of office space in downtown Vancouver because of the confidence it has in the agreement.

    A labour market impact assessment is a process sometimes used to determine if a company needs a foreign worker to fill a position because of a lack of Canadian workers or permanent residents available to do the job.

    Immigration Minister Sean Fraser says Canada won't be able to meet the domestic needs of the economy with an exclusively domestic labour force and the entire world is competing for talent.

     

    Prev Next

    MORE National ARTICLES

    Strike over for 120,000 public servants as union inks tentative deal with feds

    Strike over for 120,000 public servants as union inks tentative deal with feds
    The tentative agreement announced in the wee hours of Monday morning came after the Treasury Board, which oversees the administration of the federal government, tabled what it described as a "final offer" on Friday. 

    Strike over for 120,000 public servants as union inks tentative deal with feds

    Hot weekend weather sets record

    Hot weekend weather sets record
    The warm temperatures come a day after records were broken on Friday in cities like Victoria and Abbotsford. Temperatures Sunday afternoon have fallen below 28 degrees, with rain in the forecast Monday for several interior cities.

    Hot weekend weather sets record

    Body found in Vancouver blaze

    Body found in Vancouver blaze
    Vancouver Fire Rescue Services say they responded to a fire Saturday at 9:30 p-m on Dunlevy Avenue, in the back of the Asian Canadian Benevolent Association building. Police say they found the body of a 50-year-old man in the electrical room in the parking lot, where the fire is believed to have started accidentally.

    Body found in Vancouver blaze

    Flood watches around BC prompt evacuation orders

    Flood watches around BC prompt evacuation orders
    The Village of Cache Creek, nearly 350 kilometres northeast of Vancouver, has issued an evacuation order for a single property along the Trans Canada Highway due to an “existing or imminent” threat of flooding.

    Flood watches around BC prompt evacuation orders

    Avian flu at a poultry farm in BC

    Avian flu at a poultry farm in BC
    The agency says it will now set up additional primary control zones as needed around the infected zone, currently centred around the communities of Yarrow and Barrowtown 90 kilometres east of Vancouver. Since an outbreak began in 2022, H-5-N-1 has forced farms in B-C and across Canada to cull millions of birds when an infection is found.

    Avian flu at a poultry farm in BC

    Wildfires in BC put communities on alert

    Wildfires in BC put communities on alert
    The B-C Wildfire Service says the Dripping Water wildfire discovered on Thursday 600 kilometres north of Vancouver has now reached over 200 hectares. Meanwhile, the Lost Valley Road wildfire over 400 kilometres northeast of Vancouver discovered on Saturday has now reached over 100 hectares.  

    Wildfires in BC put communities on alert

    PrevNext