1.  Melissa Ventura Labour Market Access Manager New Canadians’ Centre of Excellence Inc.

2. Key Highlights The attraction of investors to our region The future of our labour force

3. Canada – Permanent residents by category, 2007 ‑ 2011

4.  Canada is a safe place to invest  Under the guidelines, each Investor was required to have $1.6 million  Windsor Essex – Proportional share  Job creation  In July 2012, the Federal government closed the Investor file  Job Creation – 5 = 100 Attraction of Investors

5. Possible Solutions  Focus on assisting Federal Government with increasing the number of investors to Canada  Vast economic impact  Smaller 2 nd and 3 rd tier communities such as Windsor-Essex

6.  Formation of a partnership between NCCE Inc. & WERCC  Proposed Pilot Project Attraction of Investors

7.  Skills Challenge  Importance of immigration to boost economy  Employer Role  Develop strategies The future of our labour force

8.  Employer Connections Pilot Project (Windsor/Essex/ Leamington/Chatham-Kent)  Partners in Peel and Thunder Bay  Awareness & strategy development The future of our labour force

9. Thank you For more information on the Employer Connections Pilot Project please contact: Melissa Ventura Labour Market Access Manager New Canadians’ Centre of Excellence Inc. mventura@ncce1.org or 519-258-4076