737.18.29.2. If, in a taxation year, an individual is absent from an employment the individual holds with a qualified corporation and, were it not for that absence, would be a foreign specialist for the part of the year that is included in the individual’s period of absence, the Minister may, for the purposes of this Title, consider that part of the year to be included in the individual’s eligibility period in relation to the employment if the Minister is of the opinion that the individual is temporarily absent from the employment for reasons the Minister considers reasonable.
The individual is deemed to be a foreign specialist for the part of the year in respect of which the Minister has exercised discretion in the individual’s favour in accordance with the first paragraph.