V-Healthy Pet Inc. is a well-established company in the pet food processing industry. It specializes in high

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"V-Healthy Pet Inc." is a well-established company in the pet food processing industry. It specializes in high quality plant-based (Vegan) pet food. The company provides a range of healthy vegan meals for animals. It provides healthy packaged vegan pet food to a large number of stores and distributors in Canada.

The company is a Canadian company, which was founded in 2008 in the Prince Albert Region of the province of Saskatchewan, and has built its reputation on the reliability and quality of its natural, plant-based, GMO free ingredients.

The company creates its own unique recipes. The entire process of mixing and blending the ingredients, cooking, processing and packaging the meals takes place within the company premises and requires sophisticated machinery. The unique recipes that they create, process and package within the company contain all the required protein, are completely vegan and made from whole foods supplemented with vitamins and minerals. The process is delicate and requires a worker with the right competence in machine manipulation. For this reason, the company is currently looking for skilled machine operators in food processing.

Currently the company employs 43 workers, on a full-time basis. One of the workers is a foreign national, who obtained a work permit valid for three years supported by an LMIA for the position of
"food mixer". During the pandemic, the company lost two machine operators who decided to move to another province. The company is eager to fill in the two positions with the right candidates as they are struggling to achieve their productivity goal.

The company immediately starts to advertise the two vacancies on Job Bank, Indeed, Monster and local newspapers. The advertisement is placed for several weeks.

The job description is as follows:

To set up and regulate the food processing machines
To set up and adjust the packaging machines
To efficiently collaborate with supervisor to adjust cooking times, temperature and ingredients when necessary
To ensure that the final product meets the company and the manufacturing standards
To monitor and ensure the proper functioning of the machines by handling blockages and minor dysfunction
To correctly clean the machines
To keep records of the production process and the product details (for example, quantity and size)
To accurately report daily activity and possible complications into a process control computer software system
Completion of secondary school is required, and English is the required language

The position offers a wage of $20.00 CAD per hour for 40 hours per week and overtime pay of 1.5 per cent after 44 hours. The position is located in the company's site in the Prince Albert Region in Saskatchewan.

65 candidates viewed the Job Bank advertisement. 10 were four+ stars and the rest were two+ stars according to the Job Match tool. They were invited to apply within 30 days of the job's announcement. Another 40 Canadian Citizens/permanent residents applied from other sources.

After reviewing the candidates who applied, the HR department interviewed 11 candidates and was able to hire one Canadian citizen immediately. The remaining candidates were mostly found to lack sufficient experience in food processing. The HR department was not convinced that they could efficiently handle the company's specific machines and delicate recipes.

The company, which was still in need of one more machine operator, then found Peter Baku, a citizen of Romania working in Finland. Base on his profile, he is well suited to the position. For several years, he has been working as a machine operator in a well-known company in Finland that specializes in animal food processing. He has dedicated five years of his life to this company.

He is an impeccable worker, and has acquired an advanced experience in manipulating the kind of machines that the Canadian company is currently using. He can speak and write in English. He also has two certificates from workshops related to his field. The Canadian company appreciates these workshops and none of the previous candidates who applied had attended similar ones.

"V-Healthy Pet" is determined to offer Mr. Baku the position as they are convinced that he will be an important asset among the workers. There is no labor dispute in progress at the place of work that involves "V-Healthy Pet". The company confirms that this position is not unionized.

Task 1:

Submission letter required that: 

Outlines key case information (including any assumptions you make to complete the assignment), supports case strategy, and advocates in the client's best interests.
Lists of all supporting documents at the end of the submission letter that should be included with the LMIA application 
Copy of applicable NOC code, including the wage report for the occupation.

Task 2:

Explanation of the strategy/approach, including why to include/exclude certain facts and/or documents and any potential issues that may exist, and possible solutions (if any).