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Bram Strain, president of the Business Council of Manitoba, has been advocating for more immigrants and fewer regulatory burdens in Manitoba. Strain joined peers from the Saskatchewan Chamber of Commerce, Business Councils of British Columbia and Alberta at the Western Business Coalition, which he helped form last year. The coalition met with federal ministers in Ottawa to push for an increase in the provincial nominee program numbers across multiple sectors.

This year, Manitoba has an allocation of 8,000 nominees, down from 9,500 in 2024. Strain aims for Manitoba’s workforce to be 70 percent domestic, with the remaining 30 percent coming from immigration and job growth. The coalition supports the Liberal government’s proposed Building Canada Strong Act, which aims to fast-track major project approvals and cut review times.

Strain emphasizes the need to remove redundancies in the regulatory process by reducing federal regulatory requirements by 25 percent over three years.