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MPNP nominations reach record high in 2022
Results from the 2022 Manitoba Provincial Nominee Program (MPNP) have exceeded expectations in attracting record numbers of skilled immigrants.
Nominations issued by the MPNP reached 6,367 in 2022, the highest number since the program was established in 1998 according to Labour and Immigration Minister Jon Reyes. He noted that more than 184,000 nominees and their families have immigrated to Manitoba from all over the world since the program began.
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The Manitoba government recently announced that a “delegation is heading to the Philippines next month on a recruitment drive to pave the way for hundreds of qualified internationally educated nurses (IENs) and other health-care providers to move and work here.” The mission will visit the cities of Manila, Cebu, and Iloilo. Advocates for the plan cite the large Filipino community in Manitoba and strong bilateral ties with the Philippines as being “selling points” for Philippine-based nurses and other practitioners. The history of Manitoba recruiting Filipino nurses has also been suggested as a reason to justify this mission to the Philippines. However, a lot of questions remain.
The first, and most obvious in my mind, is what about all the Filipino IENs already here? Those who have been trying to get their credentials and work experience recognized so they can work in province. Why can’t we tap their skill and education? Why is there the need to go on a costly overseas mission to screen a new wave of Philippine nurses? It’s not a matter of whether or not more Filipinos would be welcomed in the community –they would be and with open arms. But what about those already here who have been forced into other professions? The Manitoban government has the opportunity to help those already here reintegrate into their profession. In my research on the Filipino community in Winnipeg, I’ve heard many stories of Filipino nurses being forced into other career paths, leaving the province
