Filling Labour Market Shortages: The Manitoba Provincial

Nominee Program

Deb Fehr Barkman, DirectorImmigration Promotion and Recruitment Branch

Manitoba Labour and ImmigrationFebruary 2007

Overview

• Manitoba’s Immigration Directions

• Manitoba Provincial Nominee Program

• Facilitating Temporary Foreign Workers to Manitoba

• Manitoba’s New Initiatives

Manitoba’s Immigration Directions

• 1996 – Canada-Manitoba Immigration Agreement

• 1998 – Provincial Nominees and Settlement Services

• 2003 – Manitoba Action Strategy for Economic Growth – 10,000 immigrants

• 2006 – Manitoba seeks 20,000 immigrants/year by 2016

Immigration To Canada by Destination Province 2006 (preliminary)

0

20,000

40,000

60,000

80,000

100,000

120,000

140,000

Ontario Quebec British Columbia Alberta

Manitoba Saskatchewan Nova Scotia New Brunswick

Prince Edward Island Newfoundland North West Territories Yukon

Unknown

Source: Citizenship and Immigration Canada Prepared by Manitoba Labour and Immigration

Manitoba Immigration Levels

01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,0008,0009,000

10,0001

99

8

19

99

20

00

20

01

20

02

20

03

20

04

20

05

20

06

pre

Family Class RefugeesFederal Economic Class Provincial Nominees

7,4

27

6,4

92

4,6

21

4,5

88

3,7

11

4,6

44

3,0

14

8,0

97

9,9

89

Source: Citizenship and Immigration Canada Prepared by Manitoba Labour and Immigration

Shifting Trends

Source: Citizenship and Immigration Canada

0500

1,0001,5002,0002,5003,0003,5004,0004,5005,000

20

00

20

01

20

02

20

03

20

04

20

05

20

06

(p

re)

Winnipeg Regional

0

500

1,000

1,500

2,000

2,500

3,000

3,500

20

00

20

01

20

02

20

03

20

04

20

05

20

06

(p

re)

Winnipeg Regional

Federal Immigration Streams Provincial Nominees

Prepared by Manitoba Labour and Immigration

Manitoba Immigration by Top Source Countries

0

1,000

2,000

3,000

4,000

5,000

6,000

7,000

8,000

1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006(pre)

Philippines Germany India China, Korea, Republic of

Ethiopia Israel U.S.A. England Ukraine

Pakistan Afghanistan Argentina

Source: Citizenship and Immigration Canada Prepared by Manitoba Labour and Immigration

Manitoba Provincial Nominee Program (MPNP)

The Provincial Nominee Program is a tool to facilitate application processing due to:

• Ability to expedite processing• Meet regional needs• Provide flexible and dynamic responses

How does the Provincial Nominee Program work?

• Partnership with Families, Communities, Employers and Post-Secondary Institutions• Applicants with Strong Connections to Manitoba• Diversity of Immigration Streams

• Entrepreneurs and Farmers• Employers and Temporary Workers • Family Supported Skilled Workers • International Students • Strategic Initiatives with Industry, Regional and Ethno-cultural Communities

What is Manitoba’s Role in the Recruitment of Temporary Foreign Workers?

Temporary Foreign Workers:• Meet immediate employer needs

Provincial Nominee Program:• Meet long term labour market needs• Contribute to community development• Positively affect demographics

Choosing Canada’s Foreign Worker or the Manitoba Provincial Nominee Program

Temporary Foreign Workers:• Address immediate labour market needs• Not prepared to make a permanent job offer

Provincial Nominees:• Part of a long term human resource plan• Permanent job offers• Direct role in screening and selecting workers

MPNP Accessible to Temporary Foreign Workers

Candidates are eligible to apply to the MPNP if they:

• Have worked in Manitoba for a minimum of six months• Have a valid work permit• Have a permanent full time employment offer

New Initiatives

• Recruitment of Temporary Foreign Workers Abroad (i.e. partnership with German Federal Employment Service (ZAV))

• Canada – Manitoba Working Group on Temporary Foreign Workers

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