Thunder Bay will be welcoming more immigrants as part of a new 5-year pilot project.
It was announced yesterday.
Thunder Bay Superior North MP Patty Hajdu says the pilot is crucial for the city and region to continue to grow.
“This allows communities to work directly with employers, and with applicants, to start to fill some of those labour gaps with people who want to live, stay, and grow their families in Northwestern Ontario.”
Over the summer, the federal government will work with the city to identify what kind of workers it wants to attract.
Hajdu says there’s no set number of workers we will be welcoming, noting it depends on the amount of interest.
“Employers can approach the Rural Immigration Working Group to propose who they’d like to bring in,” she explains. “Alternatively, people who want to live here who are studying and have found employers that will hire them can also approach the group.”
The federal pilot project is also intended to help immigrants settle in rural and northern communities.
The other communities chosen for the project are Sault Ste. Marie; Sudbury; Timmins; North Bay; Gretna-Rhineland-Altona-Plum Coulee, Manitoba; Brandon, Manitoba; Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan; Claresholm, Alberta; West Kootenay, British Columbia; and Vernon, British Columbia.
