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Helping Kingston Attract Talent And Investment McGuinty Government Supports Local Economy

FEBRUARY 26, 2010

NEWS



Kingston is launching a new website to encourage investment and attract talent.



Newcomers and potential immigrants will get the information they need to live, work and invest successfully in the community through www.immigrationkingston.ca . The site provides practical information and resource links about the region on such topics as:



  • finding a home or daycare
  • getting a job or career planning
  • locating a school or university
  • starting a business or investing


The new website is one of twenty-one municipal websites designed to help regions across the province promote themselves around the world. All the websites will be linked to ontario.ca/immigration, which provides information to newcomers.



Municipal portals are part of a $10 million investment, over five years, through the Canada-Ontario Immigration Agreement.

QUOTES

“This website will provide our community with the opportunity to promote itself to newcomers and potential immigrants from around the world as a great place to live, work and invest.”

---- John Gerretsen, MPP Kingston and the Islands



“We want to attract more new Canadians to Kingston to help grow our knowledge-based community, fill worker gaps in our health-care and skilled-trades communities, and generally grow our economy.”

---- Harvey Rosen, Mayor of Kingston

“My ministry is pleased to support this municipal immigration website, which will help to attract skilled newcomers and investment to Kingston,”

---- Dr. Eric Hoskins, Ontario Minister of Citizenship and Immigration



QUICK FACTS

§ Ontario receives over 40 per cent of all newcomers to Canada.

§ Two-thirds of newcomers have post-secondary education or training.

§ Between October 2008 and October 2009, 18.6 per cent fewer newcomers were employed in Ontario versus 2.9 per cent Canadian-born workers.

§ The Canada-Ontario Immigration Agreement was signed in 2005 by the federal and Ontario government’s to provide newcomers with more and better settlement and language training services.



LEARN MORE

Learn more about living and working in the province of Ontario.



FOR MORE INFORMATION:



Contact:

Office of John Gerretsen, MPP, Kingston and The Islands

613-547-2385