{"id":133474,"date":"2024-02-03T00:55:44","date_gmt":"2024-02-03T05:55:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/immigration.ca\/?p=133474"},"modified":"2024-02-03T00:55:44","modified_gmt":"2024-02-03T05:55:44","slug":"sudbury-businesses-want-rnip-to-be-permanent-immigration-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/immigration.ca\/fr\/sudbury-businesses-want-rnip-to-be-permanent-immigration-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Sudbury Businesses Want RNIP To Be Permanent Immigration Program"},"content":{"rendered":"

Businesses in the biggest city in northern Ontario are worried the pending end of the\u00a0Rural and Northern Immigration Pilot<\/a>\u00a0(RNIP) this year will make it harder for them to recruit the employees they need and they want Ottawa to make the immigration program permanent.<\/p>\n

In an open letter to local Members of Parliament, Viviane Lapointe and Nickel Belt Marc Serr\u00e9, the Greater Sudbury Chamber of Commerce urged that the RNIP become a permanent program of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC)<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you talk to any business owner and our members, a big challenge they\u2019ve had over the last few years is finding talented labour and skilled labour and the \u2026 program is something that facilitates that,\u201d Geoffrey Hatton, chair of that chamber of commerce and president and CEO of Spectrum Telecom Group, reportedly told CTV News<\/i>.<\/p>\n

\u201cTwenty per cent of our staff (are) international hires, so it’s a big impact for us.\u201d<\/p>\n

In the first 11 months of 2023, the RNIP allowed 2,475 foreign nationals become new permanent residents of Canada, putting the program on track to welcome 2,700 new permanent residents by the end of that year.<\/p>\n

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That\u2019s more than double the 1,345 new permanent residents the\u00a0RNIP\u00a0welcomed to the participating communities which are spread out throughout Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta and British Columbia in 2022.<\/p>\n

Lapointe is bullish on the program.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy northern colleagues and I have advocated for RNIP to become a permanent program,\u201d she reportedly said. \u201cWe\u2019ve seen first-hand the importance of this program and how it is a driver of economic prosperity for our communities.<\/p>\n

\u00ab\u00a0I am very encouraged by the results so far and all the expressions of support from the local community for the program and expect to hear more about the future of the program soon.\u201d<\/p>\n

The findings of a Northern Policy Institute report, Community Immigration Pilot Making Economic ‘Cents’: How the Rural and Northern Immigration Pilot is Growing the Local Economy in Thunder Bay<\/i>, highlight the importance of that immigration program to rural and northern communities.<\/p>\n

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