Shared under both the economic development and community development mandate areas, growing the population and retaining newcomers will be a key concern under the RSC’s workforce development and labour force growth strategy. Restigouche RSC is playing a supporting role within the region; ONB is the provincial government agency responsible for international recruitment and immigration, and WorkingNB focuses on workforce development and domestic recruitment. Further to this, there are several existing agencies funded by the federal and provincial governments in every region that work on newcomer retention, including the local immigration partnerships (LIPs). Given this existing ecosystem, the RSC is working on population growth and newcomer retention to activities within our mandate areas that are regional in scope. Newcomer retention is a key lens applied by the Restigouche RSC in delivering in other key mandate areas such as regional transportation, housing, and the additional social focus.