Manitoba’s finance minister is hinting that tomorrow’s budget will include additional support for immigration and settlement services as the province prepares to welcome thousands of Ukrainian refugees.Friesen instead presented the Ukrainian Canadian Congress of Manitoba with shoeboxes filled with personal hygiene items for people forced to flee the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Manitoba previously provided $800,000 for humanitarian aid and it developed a group to co-ordinate the planning and preparations to welcome Ukrainians.“Budget 2022 has fully contemplated the arrival of Ukrainians in Manitoba. Whatever number that is in our books, we must expend to see the arrival, the settlement and the support of Ukrainians. We will invest that money,” he said.
He said he expects to see thousands of Ukrainians settle in Manitoba. The government has previously said it will accept whoever wants to settle in the province. The Manitoba chapter of the Ukrainian Canadian Congress has been spearheading efforts to welcome Ukrainians. The volunteer-based group has arranged for families to help refugees once they arrive.
Why more immigration support? Could this mean more immigants? Perhaps to replace the dead ones who took the mRNA shot?