{"id":97605,"date":"2022-03-31T16:13:35","date_gmt":"2022-03-31T20:13:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/immigration.ca\/new-manitoba-immigration-advisory-council-already-eyeing-policy-improvements"},"modified":"2022-03-31T16:13:35","modified_gmt":"2022-03-31T20:13:35","slug":"new-manitoba-immigration-advisory-council-already-eyeing-policy-improvements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/immigration.ca\/fr\/new-manitoba-immigration-advisory-council-already-eyeing-policy-improvements\/","title":{"rendered":"New Manitoba Immigration Advisory Council Already Eyeing Policy Improvements"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\">Members of Manitoba\u2019s newly-created Immigration Advisory Council are already rolling up their sleeves and getting ready to find ways to improve the Prairie province\u2019s immigration policies and procedures.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The advisory council, headed by World Refugee Council chair Dr. Lloyd Axworthy and Manitoba Immigration Minister Jon Reyes, includes 20 other Manitobans and was formed in late February. <span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p class=\"p1\"><b>Read More<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/immigration.ca\/fr\/manitoba-sets-up-advisory-council-to-help-revamp-provincial-nominee-program\">Manitoba Sets Up Advisory Council To Help Revamp Provincial Nominee Program<\/a><\/span><span class=\"s2\"><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/immigration.ca\/top-10-most-in-demand-jobs-in-manitoba-boosted-by-covid-19\"><span class=\"s3\">Top 10 Most In-Demand Jobs in Manitoba Boosted By COVID-19<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/immigration.ca\/how-to-immigrate-to-canadian-province-of-manitoba\"><span class=\"s3\">How to Immigrate to Canadian Province of Manitoba<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cThis group is made up of individuals with expertise related to immigration services, governance, economic development, analysis, project management and community integration,\u201d said Axworthy. \u201cI know they will provide clear recommendations and concrete actions to the Manitoba government later this year and I\u2019m excited to begin this work.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The council\u2019s job is to:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"ul1\">\n<li class=\"li1\">promote Manitoba and attract more immigrants and business investors to the province;<\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\">streamline the Manitoba Provincial Nominee Program, especially with regards to setting the right balance between the province\u2019s regional labour market, economic development and community needs, and;<\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\">foster Manitoba\u2019s settlement and integration programs and services, as well as foreign credential recognition programs, to encourage labour market attachment, improve foreign credential recognition and bolster immigrant retention.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 class=\"p1\">Immigration To Manitoba Seen As Key To Economic Development<\/h3>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cAs we recover from the pandemic, we need to encourage economic growth, invest in education, training and job creation and support investment, and immigration is one part of this bold plan,\u201d said Reyes.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cI look forward to working with the council as we review the current system and recommend creative new ways to welcome people to our province and create a place where people want to come to work, live, prosper and put down roots for their families.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The Immigrant Advisory Council is expected to produce a final report by the end of the year.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p class=\"p1\"><b>Watch Video<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kosXiqfsKCg\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cManitoba is and will continue to be a welcoming new home for all newcomers, including immigrants, refugees and their family members, and a destination of choice for international students,\u201d said Reyes.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cThis important work will ensure we\u2019re better able to attract and retain newcomers to help build our economy for the future.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">In February, Manitoba Premier Heather Stefanson said the council\u2019s work would ensure Manitoba continues to welcome all newcomers, including refugees and international students, and the province becomes more of a destination for immigration and business investors.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Under the Manitoba Provincial Nominee Program (MPNP), the province selects candidates for immigration based on its specific economic needs through four streams:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"ul1\">\n<li class=\"li2\"><span class=\"s2\">the <a href=\"https:\/\/immigration.ca\/fr\/immigration-manitoba#sm\"><span class=\"s3\">Skilled Worker in Manitoba Stream<\/span><\/a>;<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li2\"><span class=\"s5\"><a href=\"https:\/\/immigration.ca\/fr\/immigration-manitoba#so\"><span class=\"s6\">Skilled Worker Overseas Stream<\/span><\/a><\/span><span class=\"s2\">;<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li2\"><span class=\"s5\"><a href=\"https:\/\/immigration.ca\/fr\/immigration-manitoba#ie\"><span class=\"s6\">International Education Stream<\/span><\/a><\/span><span class=\"s2\">, and;<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li2\"><span class=\"s5\"><a href=\"https:\/\/immigration.ca\/fr\/immigration-manitoba#bi\"><span class=\"s6\">Business Investor Stream<\/span><\/a><\/span><span class=\"s7\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"p1\">The program\u2019s aim is to be flexible to Manitoba\u2019s labour market and broader economic priorities. Those priorities are communicated to candidates via a regularly updated list of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/immigration.ca\/fr\/manitoba-immigration-demand-occupations\"><span class=\"s3\">In-Demand Occupations<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"p1\">Manitoba Immigration Rebounded Last Year From COVID-19 Slump<\/h3>\n<p class=\"p1\">During the first year of the Covid-19 pandemic, immigration to Manitoba slowed to a trickle, falling by almost 54.4 per cent from 18,910 new permanent residents in 2019, the last full year before the pandemic, to only 8,630 new permanent residents in 2020.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Since then, immigration to Manitoba has largely rebounded, rising by almost 91.9 per cent to hit 16,560 new permanent residents last year. That\u2019s only 12.4 per cent shy of the pre-pandemic levels.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Manitoba\u2019s PNP, which the Immigrant Advisory Council is now scrutinizing, was responsible for 10,315 new permanent residents to the province last year, or almost 62.3 per cent of the total number of newcomers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Last year, roughly 21 per cent of immigrants to Manitoba chose to settle outside the Winnipeg capital region with the top regional destinations being Brandon, Neepawa, Steinbach, Winkler, Thompson and Portage la Prairie.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Most of those newcomers who came to find work landed jobs as transport truck drivers, food-counter attendants, food service supervisors, cooks and other customer service representatives.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Manitoba, which has historically had a small but significant francophone population, also saw more than 2,000 French-speaking immigrants arrive since 2015 with 1,400 of them being provincial nominees.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cManitoba was a pioneer with the provincial nominee program and has always been at the forefront of implementing innovative changes to Canada\u2019s immigration system,\u201d said Stefanson.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cWhile we\u2019re very proud of these results, we know there are different areas of the labour market that need people with very specific skills to enable them to grow further,\u201d she said. \u201cThe advisory council will be reviewing the current Manitoba Provincial Nominee Program criteria and offer suggestions to help streamline processes to get people to Manitoba and have them join the workforce and their communities as soon as possible.\u201d<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Members of Manitoba\u2019s newly-created Immigration Advisory Council are already rolling up their sleeves and getting ready to find ways to improve the Prairie province\u2019s immigration policies and procedures.\u00a0 The advisory council, headed by World Refugee Council chair Dr. Lloyd Axworthy and Manitoba Immigration Minister Jon Reyes, includes 20 other Manitobans and was formed in late&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":97598,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4859,17044,10558],"tags":[71544,57386,67699],"class_list":["post-97605","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lactualite-canadienne","category-manitoba-fr","category-provincial-news-fr","tag-immigration-advisory-council-fr","tag-manitoba-immigration-fr","tag-provincial-nominee-program-fr","category-4859","category-17044","category-10558","description-off"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/immigration.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97605","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/immigration.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/immigration.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/immigration.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/immigration.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=97605"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/immigration.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97605\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/immigration.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/97598"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/immigration.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=97605"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/immigration.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=97605"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/immigration.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=97605"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}