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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