The first ever Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Immigration Agreement was signed by Canada’s Minister of Immigration John McCallum and Newfoundland’s Minister of Advanced Education and Skill, Gerry Byrne, in St. John’s, Newfoundland, this week. This agreement intends to improve connections between the provincial and federal governments in order to encourage immigration to Newfoundland and Labrador.
This latest development follows in the wake of other announcements of upcoming changes to immigration programs in Atlantic region with the overall goal of attracting skilled immigrant and refugee workers to the region. McCallum, who has dedicated recent days to promoting the Liberal Party campaign promises for immigration in the Atlantic region, recognised that “the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador has ambitious immigration objectives and this historic agreement will play a key role in supporting those objectives.”
