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Citizenship and Immigration committee  I would agree, but it's really important that the city be involved and that they add staff and do things that are really trying to help on an individual basis. The cities have to go out there as well. It's not all going to be reliant on industry. The last thing is that universit

October 19th, 2017Committee meeting

Charles Leger

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I think our experience with the pilot so far has shown that there are multiple components in this approach, certainly in the support and the processes you touched on, the settlement process and so on. I'm involved with the Multicultural Association of the Greater Moncton Area, an

October 19th, 2017Committee meeting

Charles Leger

Citizenship and Immigration committee  We've had a lot of success with job fairs, where we've initiated opportunities for employers to meet recent immigrants and try to find a match. I think that's really important as well, because as a community, one of our challenges is our own population embracing what's happening

October 19th, 2017Committee meeting

Charles Leger

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I think what we're really seeing is a fair amount of immigration already in Moncton. In the case of the international students at the University of Moncton, probably the predominant factor for us is some language assistance so that we could offer individuals who graduate from loc

October 19th, 2017Committee meeting

Charles Leger

Citizenship and Immigration committee  To maximize our efforts, we wish to propose the following recommendations. Having an on-site Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada, or IRCC, office in New Brunswick's largest city would provide immigrants and their families a direct contact that is badly needed. An on-sit

October 19th, 2017Committee meeting

Charles Leger