Dhananjay Jadhav still walks into work—but the job is no longer his.

He’s one of four temporary foreign workers at the Sage Pub and Liquor Store in Osoyoos now facing deportation after a change in Canada’s Labour Market Impact Assessment (LMIA) rules. Their work permits expired months ago, and despite following the process on time, Jadhav says he’s left without answers.

“Even after submitting all the legal documents, what was the reason I got the refusal?” he asks. “What did I do wrong? I didn’t do anything wrong.”

The problem, according to employer Allan Redekop, is twofold: a significant backlog in LMIA processing and a sudden policy shift.

“We resubmitted the LMIA in July 2024,” he explains. “It wasn’t processed until August 2025—13 months later. In January, the government changed t

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