{"id":785070,"date":"2026-07-07T01:42:45","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T01:42:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/785070\/"},"modified":"2026-07-07T01:42:45","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T01:42:45","slug":"ottawa-unveils-plan-to-strengthen-francophone-immigration-in-manitoba","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/785070\/","title":{"rendered":"Ottawa unveils plan to strengthen francophone immigration in Manitoba"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>To attract and retain French-speaking newcomers in Manitoba, the federal government is investing more than $1.3 million.<\/p>\n<p>The money will go towards new initiatives and an extended pilot program for eligible international students.<\/p>\n<p>Funding will be distributed over two years through the Francophone Immigration Support Program.<\/p>\n<p>Officials say it will promote Manitoba\u2019s francophone communities to prospective newcomers, support credential recognition for internationally educated health-care workers, and develop digital tools to help streamline immigration and workforce integration.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is something that we need to work on and keep working on with all, everybody in the system,\u201d said Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Lena Metlege Diab.<\/p>\n<p>Diab also announced a one-year extension of the Francophone Minority Communities Student Pilot through August 2027. The program gives eligible French-speaking international students studying in francophone communities outside Quebec access to settlement services and a pathway to permanent residence after graduation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is also important that I am extending the pilot that was started because, quite frankly, there isn\u2019t sufficient information because it took a bit longer to launch,\u201d Diab said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve heard from the universities involved, and they are across the country, who really are keen and are really wanting to give this their all.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The announcement comes as Canada continues reducing its overall immigration targets.<\/p>\n<p>Diab says francophone immigration remains a priority, noting Canada exceeded its goal for French-speaking permanent resident admissions outside Quebec in 2025, reaching 8.9 per cent for the fourth consecutive year.<\/p>\n<p>\t\tKeep it Factual<\/p>\n<p>Add CityNews Winnipeg as a trusted source on Google to see more local stories from us.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=winnipeg.citynews.ca\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"add-trusted-source-badge\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/google-trusted-badge.png\" alt=\"Add as a preferred source on Google\" width=\"198\" height=\"63\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"To attract and retain French-speaking newcomers in Manitoba, the federal government is investing more than $1.3 million. The&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":785071,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194295],"tags":[49,48,20739],"class_list":["post-785070","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ottawa","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-ottawa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/785070","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=785070"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/785070\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/785071"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=785070"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=785070"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=785070"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}