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May 29th, 2017Committee meeting

Donald Arseneault

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I don't believe it will. We're not forgetting New Brunswickers. If anything, we're investing more today than we've ever done. In terms of investing in New Brunswickers, we understand that we need to provide them with opportunities. We have pilot projects all across our province

May 29th, 2017Committee meeting

Donald Arseneault

Citizenship and Immigration committee  It's 9%, give or take.

May 29th, 2017Committee meeting

Donald Arseneault

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I've talked a lot. I figure....

May 29th, 2017Committee meeting

Donald Arseneault

Citizenship and Immigration committee  On your initial question, there's no money tied to the Atlantic immigration pilot. That's why our government put forward $2.5 million in the last budget to assist the work that we're doing on this pilot. What we're looking for from the federal government is to look and understa

May 29th, 2017Committee meeting

Donald Arseneault

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes, although I would support it, it's not my decision to make.

May 29th, 2017Committee meeting

Donald Arseneault

Citizenship and Immigration committee  That is a very good question. We are trying to match the right immigrants to specific regions. Over the years, we have noticed one thing. We tried to recruit immigrants from all over. However, like it or not, New Brunswick is a rural province with a very small population, especi

May 29th, 2017Committee meeting

Donald Arseneault

May 29th, 2017Committee meeting

Donald Arseneault

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Continue to support the pilot project on immigration. This is something that we've been talking about for many years. I used to be the minister of this portfolio back in 2009. On the aging demographics in New Brunswick, this is not the first time we've talked about this. We've ta

May 29th, 2017Committee meeting

Donald Arseneault

Citizenship and Immigration committee  That's a very pertinent question, and it's a tough one, too, because temporary foreign workers do fill a very important gap in various economic sectors, especially the tourism, fishery, and agriculture sectors, which are more seasonal work. We have to recognize that, and I can gi

May 29th, 2017Committee meeting

Donald Arseneault

Citizenship and Immigration committee  No, I think you're saying that.

May 29th, 2017Committee meeting

Donald Arseneault

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Currently you cannot work in fracking in New Brunswick.

May 29th, 2017Committee meeting

Donald Arseneault

Citizenship and Immigration committee  There is a moratorium that was approved by the majority of New Brunswickers.

May 29th, 2017Committee meeting

Donald Arseneault

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Well, look, I would not go to the statement you make that there's no industry in New Brunswick, just like the comment in the previous panel saying there are no jobs in New Brunswick. I think we've made it very clear. If you go on NBjobs, you'll have over 3,500 jobs on any given

May 29th, 2017Committee meeting

Donald Arseneault

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Again, you make it seem like there are no opportunities for employment in New Brunswick.

May 29th, 2017Committee meeting

Donald Arseneault