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Population Growth Secretariat
Financial Management Institute of Canada Fredericton Chapter
May 2009
Source: LMAB, Statistics Canada Annual Demographic StatisticsSource: LMAB, Statistics Canada Annual Demographic Statistics
Components of Population Change (Historical) Components of Population Change (Historical) Since the 70Since the 70’’s, births in NB have been declining, while deaths have been clims, births in NB have been declining, while deaths have been climbing, but the bing, but the
one thing that has impacted population change the most has been one thing that has impacted population change the most has been interprovincial migration interprovincial migration
flows flows
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Births Deaths Net-Migration Immigration Total Growth
• Our population is aging
• Current population estimate for New Brunswick (as of July 1, 2006) – 749,168
• Births have been declining
• Over next 20 years, NB’s population expected to decrease by 25,000
Population Change
Population Growth Secretariat • Public Consultation, Research
• Action Plan on Self-Sufficiency
• Population Growth Strategy “Be Our Future”
– 43 Recommendations
New Brunswick’s Broad Approach to Population Growth
• Increasing and Targeting Immigration
• Increasing Supports for Settlement Services
• Promoting Diversity and Multiculturalism
• Retaining Youth through Engagement and Developing Linkages
• Repatriating Former New Brunswickers
• Attracting Other Canadians
• Promoting Family-Friendly Policies
• Marketing New Brunswick to the World
Population Growth Secretariat Immigration Branch
Presented by Mario Boisvert
Immigration Team • Tony Lampart ……………………… Executive Director
• Beverly Woznow ………………….. Senior Manager
• Tammy Caseley …………………… Manager
• Bogdan Georges Itoafa…………… Manager
• Lindsay Bell …………………….…. Program Officer
• Lilian Wo…………………………….. Program Officer
• Renu Dhayagude ………………….. Program Officer
• Michael Theriault ………………….. Program Officer
• Mohsen Masoori………………....… Program Officer
• Lilian Wo…………………………….. Program Officer
• Mario Boisvert……………………… Program Officer
• Paulette St-Germain………………. Senior Processing Officer
• Paula Den Hollander………………. Processing Officer
• Karen Lipsett ……………………… Processing Officer
• Rachel Gervais ……………………. Administrative assistant
PQA - Immigration
Responsibilities
• Work with employers and government stakeholders to determine skill shortages
• Pre-screen entrepreneurs for business experience and resources
• Review and evaluate applications
• Prepare nominations
• Submit complete immigration applications and Nomination Certificates to overseas visa posts
• Evaluate program
Immigration ……… CIC/PNP
Citizenship and Immigration
Canada - Immigration
• Skilled Worker Class: Canada values the skills and experiences that foreign professionals and workers bring with them.
• Business Class: Investors
Entrepreneurs
Self-employed persons
• Family Class:
Family class immigration reunites families in Canadian homes.
• PNP:
Provincial Nominee Program
Citizenship and Immigration Canada - Visas
• Work Visa Every year over 90,000 foreign workers enter Canada working
temporarily to help Canadian employers address skill shortages in Canada.
• Study Visa More than 130,000 students come to study in Canada every
year. • Visit Visa Every year more than 35 million people visit Canada. Canada
welcomes these visitors as tourists, students or temporary workers.
Our Tools
•Canada-New Brunswick Agreement on Provincial
Nominees
• Negotiated in 1999
• Renewed in 2005
• Partnership in selecting immigration applicants for New
Brunswick
• CIC-BNB Agreement on Postgraduate Employment or
Foreign Students 2003
• CIC-NB Agreement on Off-Campus Work 2004
Provincial Nominee Program (PNP)
Two categories of applicants:
1. Job Offer applicants - employer driven PILOT PROJECT - Community support for skilled workers
2. Community Sponsorship
3. Business Plan applicants - start-up, partnership
or purchase
Job Offer applicants - Criteria
• Guaranteed offer of permanent employment
• Work for a New Brunswick employer
• Work normally done in New Brunswick
• Employer provides competitive wages and
working conditions
• Worker in an area of skill shortage
Job Offer applicants - Process
• Employer makes a job offer
• Employer requests a labour market opinion and
obtains authorization to hire a foreign worker
(Service Canada)
• Candidate applies for work permit (CIC)
• Candidate applies to NBPNP for permanent
status if employer and employee wish to make
the job “permanent”
• To make application under the Community Support for
Skilled Workers Pilot Project communities must have less
than 6,000 residents and have met or exceeded the
requirements of the Community Support for Skilled
Workers Pilot.
Criteria for immigrant applicants
Applicants must meet all requirements of the New
Brunswick Provincial Nominee Program for skilled
workers with one exception; they are not required to have
a guaranteed offer of full time employment from a New
Brunswick employer.
Criteria for communities
• The Community organizes a meeting with the Population
Growth Secretariat - Immigration Branch
• The Community makes written application for Qualified
Community Status.
• Population Growth Secretariat reviews the application for
Qualified Community Status and issues a letter of acceptance
or refusal.
• The Qualified Community will identify a Community Liaison
Coordinator.
• The community identifies a potential immigrant and submits to
Population Growth Secretariat its recommendation and
commitment to sponsor.
Step-by-step process (1 of 2)
• The potential immigrant submits an application for permanent
residence under the New Brunswick Provincial Nominee
Program.
• Population Growth Secretariat reviews the Provincial Nominee
Program application and issues a letter of acceptance or
refusal.
• When accepted, an applicant is issued a nomination certificate.
• The successful applicant receives permanent residence status,
lands and takes up residence in New Brunswick.
Step-by-step process (2 of 2)
Business Plan applicants - Criteria
• Experience in owning or managing a business
• Financial resources for business development and family
settlement
• Be actively involved in the business
• Link between previous experience and business plan
• Basic knowledge of English or French
• Joint ventures or partnerships with existing New
Brunswick companies are often desirable options
Business Plan applicants -Process
• Submit the completed preliminary Evaluation form
• Interview in New Brunswick (Exploratory visit)
• Submit an Application for Immigration, including a
business plan
Immigration Application
• New Brunswick nominates applicants on the
basis of job offer or business plan, experience
and net worth
• Canadian Visa Post screens applications for
medical, security and criminal background
• Canadian Visa Post makes the final decision on
immigration and issues a permanent resident
visa
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Principal Applicants Total Immigrants
60%
40%
Entrepreneurs
Skilled Worker
New Brunswick PNP Nominations
April 30/2009
134/520
Source of nominees to date
Europe Austria
Belgium +
Bosnia
Bulgaria
Finland
France +
Germany +
Hungary
Iceland
Ireland
Italy
Kosovo
Netherlands +
Romania +
Russia
Switzerland
UK +
Ukraine
Asia/Pacific Bangladesh
China +
India
Iran
Japan
Korea +
Madagascar
Malaysia
New Zealand
Pakistan
Philippines
Sri Lanka
Taiwan *
Turkey
Vietnam +
Middle East Israel
Jordan
Lebanon *
Palestine
Saudi Arabia
Syria
Americas Brazil
Chile
Columbia
Cuba
Jamaica
Mexico
Peru
Trinidad & Tobago
USA
Africa Cameroon *
Egypt *
Ghana
Guyana
Ivory Coast
Kenya
Morocco +
Nigeria
Senegal
South Africa
Tunisia *
Zimbabwe
Active +
Some activities *
Population Support Division
• Settlement and Multiculturalism
• Repatriation
• Retention
Settlement & Multiculturalism • Strategic Settlement Plan
• Francophone Strategic Settlement Plan
• Immigrant Settlement Support Funding Program ($870,000 in new funding)
• Multicultural Grants Program ($200,000)
• Immigrant Entrepreneur Support Program (under development)
• New Orientation Manual for Newcomers (in pre-production)
• Public Awareness Campaign (under development)
Repatriation & Attraction
• Workforce Development
• Outreach and Attraction
• Strategic Initiatives
National Job Fair & Training Expo, Toronto
NAFSA (international
student conference and
recruitment fair)
Washington, DC
Repatriation & Attraction
• Youth Summit • Youth Engagement Funding
Program • Youth Engagement Action Plan • Atlantic Population Table MOU
(Awareness and Retention Stream)
Retention Youth Engagement and Developing Linkages
Retention Some Promising Practices…
• 21inc. (www.21inc.ca); • Fusion Saint John Inc. (www.fusionsj.com); • Northwest Graduates’ Data Bank (www.bdno.ca); • School District 2 Mentorship Project; • NBjobs.ca • 22 projects funded under the Youth Engagement Funding Program (YEFP) in 2008-2009
Marketing
• Build awareness of NB’s demographic challenges;
• Promote and market New Brunswick to the world.
Population Growth Secretariat
HSBC Place
520 King Street, Suite 830
P.O. Box 6000
Fredericton, NB
E3B 5H1
Immigration Division
Phone: (506) 453-3981
Fax: (506) 444-6729
www.gnb.ca/population
Population Support Division
Phone: (506) 453-2491
Fax: (506) 453-3899