02Global Talent Stream: ➢ Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) unveiled the Canadian Global Skills Strategy in 2017. The Global Talent Stream (GTS), part of Canada’s Temporary Foreign Worker (TFW), is vital to this programme. The GTS concept allows for the processing of two-week work permits for temporary, highly qualified employees. ➢ There are two categories in the GTS. Category A is intended for high-growth businesses that can show the need to attract specifically skilled talent from abroad. Employers in this group must be directed to the Global Talent Stream by a designated referral partner, usually a governmental or quasi-governmental agency dedicated to incubating or expanding businesses in a given region.