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

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• 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

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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