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Department of Immigration, Population Growth and Skills

Department of Immigration, Population Growth and Skills

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The Department of Immigration, Population Growth and Skills is a provincial government department in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. The department is headed by a member of the provincial cabinet, typically a Member of the House of Assembly, who is chosen by the premier and formally appointed by the Lieutenant-Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador. The current Minister of Immigration, Population Growth and Skills is Gerry Byrne.

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The department was created in October 2011 as the Department of Advanced Education, Skills, and Labour, by the government of Kathy Dunderdale, and incorporates most of the former Department of Human Resources, Labour and Employment as well as the advanced studies component of the Department of Education.[1][2] In 2020, the department was reconfigured as Immigration, Skills and Labour.[3]

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  Progressive Conservative Party of Newfoundland and Labrador
  Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador
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  1. [1]
    "Premier Dunderdale Appoints New Cabinet, Announces Departmental Restructuring". Government of Newfoundland and Labrador. 28 October 2011. Retrieved 5 December 2011.
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    "On Point: Burke on new department". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. 29 October 2011. Retrieved 5 December 2011.
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    "Newfoundland and Labrador's new premier doesn't clear the deck, but he certainly shuffled it | SaltWire".
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