Opinion needed on work related question

[rhcohen2014]

I currently am an independant contractor for a website (US owned company) where companies/people all over the world can contract me for full time or part time work. I have recently been contacted to interview for a canadian company. Basically how it works is this canadian company pays the us based website for my work, the website takes a fee and then pays me the set rate determined in the contract for the specific project.

The job would include acting on behalf of this canadian company on the phone, online, etc. So i'm wondering if I took this contract, would CBSA potentially consider it working illegally for a canadian company? There are many businesses in the US that have canadian clients, so i'm confused where the line is drawn for "taking a job away from a canadian"?

My thought is this can be a slippery slope for sure. At the same time though, I would not get paid directly from the canadian company. I would get paid by a third party that is US based, so it leads me to believe it really wouldn't be an issue. Any thoughts?

 

[Ponga]

Slippery slope indeed!

Have you read through the Foreign Workers resource manuals on CIC's website?

Take a look at FW01eng.pdf, sec 5.1 and see if it mentions anything about this. I know that it states that if you are working remotely, via the internet or by phone, you do not need a WP, so...maybe you'd be safe?????

The fact that the Canadian company is soliciting work from an American company, would seem to imply that you can in fact work for them.

Just my $0.02, of course.

 

[Alurra71]

I currently am an independant contractor for a website (US owned company) where companies/people all over the world can contract me for full time or part time work. I have recently been contacted to interview for a canadian company. Basically how it works is this canadian company pays the us based website for my work, the website takes a fee and then pays me the set rate determined in the contract for the specific project.

The job would include acting on behalf of this canadian company on the phone, online, etc. So i'm wondering if I took this contract, would CBSA potentially consider it working illegally for a canadian company? There are many businesses in the US that have canadian clients, so i'm confused where the line is drawn for "taking a job away from a canadian"?

My thought is this can be a slippery slope for sure. At the same time though, I would not get paid directly from the canadian company. I would get paid by a third party that is US based, so it leads me to believe it really wouldn't be an issue. Any thoughts?

The roasted chicken I just got from Saddlers was supreme! I didn't wait for dinner as hubby really isn't interested in eating chicken so I didn't make anything else. I just ripped into it and ate what I wanted and fridged the rest for another time ....

Those are my thoughts for right now ....

I don't have ANY idea about your current question, however. Sorry 8)


****EDIT**** I suppose you COULD call CIC and see what they have to say on this front. You can't put all your eggs into the basket they provide, but if you call a couple different times you might be able to average them out to come up with something The other option would be to call CBSA and ask them. They have a pretty good grasp on who can work and when

 

[truesmile]

Personally, I think you're good to go. If you were still in the U.S. you would still be getting this work right? It's resulting from being employed by a U.S. company. Now, for sure it's a "slippery slope" in SOMEONE's eyes, most of whose are here on this forum. Let's see!