{"id":36950,"date":"2017-06-21T12:50:51","date_gmt":"2017-06-21T12:50:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/immigrationca.staging.wpengine.com\/municipal-nominee-program-help-new-brunswick-immigration\/"},"modified":"2020-02-07T00:16:22","modified_gmt":"2020-02-07T05:16:22","slug":"municipal-nominee-program-help-new-brunswick-immigration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/immigration.ca\/fr\/municipal-nominee-program-help-new-brunswick-immigration\/","title":{"rendered":"Could A Municipal Nominee Program Help New Brunswick Immigration?"},"content":{"rendered":"

June 21, 2017 – A key stakeholder has called for a municipal nominee program to be introduced to give cities more control over New Brunswick immigration<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"CouldAlex LeBlanc, executive director of the New Brunswick Multicultural Council, says the integration of immigrants happens in towns and cities, meaning it made sense for immigration decisions to happen there too.<\/p>\n

\u00ab\u00a0Where immigration is controlled at a federal level, integration happens at a local level,\u00a0\u00bb said LeBlanc. \u00ab\u00a0Really, it’s our cities, it’s our communities that are the brokers for inclusion.\u00a0\u00bb<\/p>\n

LeBlanc\u2019s idea is for a municipal program to run alongside the current provincial program. He wants to see skilled workers and business immigrants given expedited processing to bring them in where needs are greatest.<\/p>\n

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The current provincial nominee programs<\/a> allow Canadian provinces limited control over immigration, except in the case of Quebec. Quotas are set at federal level for how many immigrants the provinces can bring in.<\/p>\n

\u00ab\u00a0We could use the same structure that we have in place now with the provincial nominee program, but perhaps receive an additional allocation from the federal government which is earmarked to pilot a municipal approach,\u00a0\u00bb Le Blanc said.<\/p>\n

\u00ab\u00a0Then it will be up to the cities to allocate any kind of resource staff time to do some of this work.\u00a0\u00bb<\/p>\n

He added that if cities were given those greater responsibilities, they would be more inclined to make sure the immigrants were integrated quickly on arrival.<\/p>\n

\u00ab\u00a0Give cities the responsibility of selecting people, in partnership with employers, and then give cities a greater role in the integration and retention process,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

New Brunswick has been successful in bringing in 625 immigrants on an annual basis to directly answer workforce needs.<\/p>\n

Now LeBlanc is calling for a pilot project to see what impact a city-level program could have.<\/p>\n

Aging Population<\/h3>\n

He points to figures which show that despite New Brunswick making up 6.6 per cent of Canada\u2019s population, only 3.1 per cent of Canada\u2019s total immigrants come in to the province.<\/p>\n

The province, as well as the wider Atlantic region including Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island, are struggling with an aging population, with immigration the major tool to tackle the problem.<\/p>\n

To respond to the growing need, the federal government recently launched the Atlantic Immigration Pilot<\/a> (AIP), which aims to bring in 2,000 new skilled immigrants to the region per year for three years.<\/p>\n

But this is run at federal level in partnership with the provinces. LeBlanc argues such programs need to be operated at a much more local level.<\/p>\n

The Atlantic Immigration Pilot has immigration programs for intermediate and high-skilled workers, plus international graduates.<\/p>\n

A key part of the AIP is a settlement plan which gives new immigrants information on where they will be living and how to access services.<\/p>\n

Atlantic Immigration Pilot: The Programs<\/h3>\n
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  1. Atlantic High-Skilled Program<\/li>\n
  2. Atlantic Intermediate-Skilled Program<\/li>\n
  3. Atlantic International Graduate Program<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    The work experience, education, and job offer a candidate needs will depend on whether they are applying as a worker or an international student graduate. The other requirements are the same for both.<\/p>\n

    Work Experience<\/h3>\n

    Workers<\/b><\/p>\n

    You must have worked for at least one year (1,560 hours total\u00a0or\u00a030 hours per week) within the last three years. It can be full-time, non-continuous, or part-time, as long as it adds up to 1,560 hours.<\/p>\n

    The work must be:<\/p>\n