Mario Audino: Italian Canadian League Of Manitoba

Mario Audino Dept: OTTAWA -- Europe's crisis may be Manitoba's economic ticket. A consortium of Winnipeggers of Mediterranean heritage is working with the provincial government on an immigration push in some of the most economically challenged countries in southern Europe, according to Winnipeg Free Press. "This would help us in many, many respects," said Mario Audino, public relations officer for the Italian Canadian League of Manitoba. "Over the last 25 years there have been very few immigrants from Italy." Mario Audino The Mediterranean Immigration Initiative will launch in 2013, seeking workers with specific skills from Italy, Greece, Spain and Portugal. The strategy will use the Manitoba Provincial Nominee Program, which allows the province to identify and recruit workers to fill specific needs in Manitoba. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.