Charla Robinson, president of the Thunder Bay Chamber of Commerce, said Thunder Bay has experienced a shrinking population due to aging and lack of growth in the last 20 years.
THUNDER BAY — A joint effort by local, provincial, and national organizations to advocate for making the Rural and Northern Immigration Pilot program permanent has paid off.
"This program is a positive thing for our community in helping to grow our community population, address our labour shortages and bring in that skilled workforce that we so desperately need, especially as we move into the growing economy around mining and resources," Robinson said. "We have made that point very strongly to the federal minister , and our local and Northern Ontario members of parliament are making the message very clear that we believe that any community that has the should be exempted from the student cap because you're undercutting a program that's been successful that you've now decided you want to make permanent."
The chamber works closely with the Thunder Bay Community Economic Development Commission, which leads and delivers the immigration pilot program.
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