Facing no income for 6 months, these construction workers might have to abandon their Canadian dreams

A construction company in Dartmouth is desperate to find help for three employees from the Philippines who may have to leave Canada because of a mistake in their applications to renew work permits.

In two cases, Brycon Construction forgot to pay a $230 employer fee as part of the application. In the third, it neglected to submit a labour market impact assessment.

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) rejected the renewals and told the men they had to stop working immediately, leaving them with the option to either restart their entire application from scratch or depart the country in 90 days.

"I thought, oh my God, is this really happening?" said Dave Hiscock, the operations manager at Brycon Construction. He said

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