Stacey Belding

I am pleased to have been added as a member of the team of Hon. Consul Edda Pangilinan at the Consular Service day held every other Saturday at the office of MLA Kevin Lamoureux. I am available during that time to provide free immigration advice to Filipinos in Winnipeg.

Read about it in Ang Peryodiko newspaper.

I recently published a 2 part series on the Manitoba Provincial Nominee Program in Ang Peryodiko newspaper.

Read part one, part two.

Find out more about the MPNP program on my news blog and website.

I was pleased to have been recently invited to contribute a regular column regarding Canadian immigration in Ang Peryodiko, The Newspaper for Overseas Filipinos.

My introductory article provided an overview of changes to Canadian immigration rules and programs.  Most recently I discussed changes to the Federal Skilled Worker program.

I strongly believe that prospective immigrants to Canada will benefit from becoming more educated about the process, even where they choose to retain the services of an immigration professional.

I recently wrote an article for Ang Peryodiko newspaper about our Fall tour of the Parklands with the Honorary Consul of the Philippines.  Read the article here:  P. 1, P. 2

In December 2008, I accompanied the Honourary Philippine Consul Edda Pangilinan on a visit to Buhler Versatile Inc. as part of the Consul’s objective of meeting with companies employing Filipinos in Winnipeg.

Buhler Industries employs 835 people throughout North America. The Buhler Versatile operation has 308 employees, including approximately 60 Filipino-Canadians working for the company according to Doug White, Operations Manager.

Ang Peryodiko newspaper covered our visit.

On November 13th, 2008, I had the pleasure of meeting the Honourable Jason Kenney at the Canadian Club of Winnipeg, prior to his address to an enthusiastic crowd about the future of immigration.

Read the full news release from Citizenship & Immigration.

The full text of Minister Kenney’s speech is available here.

On October 26th I was a guest on Radyo Natin Guimba along with jobCan’s Fely Silvestre and jobCan flooring installer recruits from the Philippines to talk about their experiences in Canada, the current economic situation, and jobCan news.

We were previously guests on Radyo Natin Guimba during our July tour of the Philippines. We are also thankful to them for co-sponsoring our free immigration information sessions along with the mayor of Guimba.

On November 1st, 2008 I was a guest on Radio Apna Sangeet along with Rajan Sharma, an immigration lawyer we were pleased to recently welcome to Carroll Fisher Belding, to talk about Canadian immigration programs. Radio Apna Sangeet is a popular radio station broadcasting in Canada and India.

Rajan Sharma, an active member of the local Indian community, has graduate and law degrees from India and Canada and speaks four languages:  English, Punjabi, Hindi and Urdu. He also practices residential and commercial real estate and corporate/commercial law.

We visited the Parklands region of Manitoba for a excellent series of meetings and a tour arranged by the MLA for Minnedosa, Leanne Rowat.

We accompanied the Honorary Consul of the Philippines for Winnipeg, Manitoba Mrs. Edda Pangilinan to meet with representatives from the municipalities of Russell, Roblin, Swan River, and Dauphin along with various employers, health authorities, schools, chambers of commerce, immigration service providers and other community members.

The purpose of the meetings was to provide the Consul with an overview of what the region and its communities have been doing to attract and retain newcomers as well as to learn more about opportunities to attract newcomers from the Philippines to the region. I attended along with jobCan’s VP of Canadian Workforce Solutions, Trudy Turner, to provide expertise on the immigration and foreign recruitment process.

See the pictures from our memorable visit!

Check out my article in the new issue of the Manitoba Heavy Construction Association’s Annual Magazine, entitled Sponsoring workers to Manitoba.