Hello,
I am working for a small foreign company that has a customer in canada. My role makes it necessary that I work on site at the customer most of the time. That classifies me temporarily as a business visitor, but the engagment is very long.
I am not seeking to be employed by a canadian company, but want to continue for the foreign company. I get paid outside of canada, but I expect to stay more that 180 days a year in canada and therefore have probably to pay taxes in canada.
I also considered that my company could open a susidiary in canada, but did not find an easy way to do this.
Is there any standard way to deal with this? I seen something about "Service Canada Confirmation", but did not find resources what that is exactly and how to get it.
Thanx.

Meetings conducted in Canada can often be permitted under the business visitor provisions. This would assume a number of factors, including the primary source of your remuneration (your employer abroad pays your salary, but is some portion of that salary derived as a result of the work being done in Canada?).

If your employer has been contracted to provide the service that you are performing, then your primary source of remuneration would be considered to be from within Canada. In such a case, a work permit is required. A Service Canada Confirmation is the general requirement for eligibility for a work permit, but there are exemptions from such. The details of the work that you are doing and the details of your own qualifications would determine your eligibility for any such exemption.