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Nova Scotia Employers Push Ottawa for Immigration Overhaul as Workers Face Deportation
Business owners in Halifax say tightened permanent residency rules are forcing skilled staff to leave the country
Published: July 27, 2026
Business owners in Nova Scotia are calling on the federal government to rethink its tightened immigration rules after watching skilled employees lose their legal status and leave the country. In Halifax, one media company owner said a video specialist who had lived in Canada for seven years was forced to return to China when his pathway to permanent residency stalled, while another executive said two staff members were told they had 90 days to leave after their work permits expired mid-application.
Employers describe a system where the rules seem to shift without warning, leaving workers who followed every requirement stuck in limbo. An immigration lawyer in Halifax says some clients have been waiting indefinitely for a decision, and even small paperwork errors can trigger a refusal that forces someone to stop working immediately.
While Ottawa has expanded its Express Entry program for some skilled workers, business leaders say the greater need is clarity for people already established in Canadian communities and workplaces, many of whom have spent years building both careers and roots.
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