News - Immigrant

The Manitoba government has renewed its ongoing support for an innovative program helping newcomers integrate into the labour market and achieve success.

A new microloans program called Recognition Counts! Micro Loans for Skilled Immigrants will help skilled immigrants put their education to work more quickly by helping remove barriers to getting Canadian certification.

Twenty-one newcomers to the Steinbach area attended an information session at the Steinbach Chamber of Commerce office on November 10, 2011 to learn about how to start their own business here in Southeast Manitoba.

The province is launching a new resource that will help newcomers better prepare to take the citizenship test.

Today, the Honourable Rob Moore, Minister of State (Small Business and Tourism), welcomed last week’s launch of the Newcomer Entrepreneur Program for young, newly arrived immigrants to Canada.

Employees would have the right to take time off work to attend their Canadian citizenship ceremonies under proposals introduced in the legislature by Labour and Immigration Minister Jennifer Howard.

The province’s successful immigration program has attracted the highest number of new Manitobans since the start of modern record keeping in 1946, Premier Greg Selinger announced.

The six-month-old Worker Recruitment and Protection Act (WRAPA), the first such legislation in Canada, has proven effective in protecting vulnerable immigrants and in supporting employers who want to recruit foreign workers, Labour and Immigration Minister Nancy Allan announced.

Labour and Immigration Minister Nancy Allan, minister responsible for the status of women, today unveiled the new Living in Manitoba: A Resource Guide for Immigrant Women.