In the course of a general discussion of the meaning of "duties … of a temporary nature," CRA stated:
[W]here an employer offers its employees a contract of employment of less than two years but the possibility of renewal of the employment contract is known from the outset and/or if it often happens that the employees of this employer renew their employment contracts, it is unlikely that the duties of the employees will be of a temporary nature. …
When the duration of a posting at a particular place of employment is not clearly indicated at the outset by the employee and the employer and that period actually lasts more than two years, it is generally considered that the work has never been of a temporary nature. …
Where the employee and the employer do not clearly indicate the length of a posting at a particular work location, the intention of the parties to the effect that the assignment is temporary should be clearly demonstrated by other means to determine whether subsection 6(6) applies to the situation.