Atlantic Technology Centre: Department Of Innovation

Hal Perry Dept: The Opposition discovered last month the secretariat had been shut down when it asked for a meeting to discuss the services it offered. The office at the Atlantic Technology Centre in Charlottetown is empty, and employees are now working down the street at the department of Innovation and Advanced Learning, according to CBC. "We have one of the worst records in the country for retaining immigrants." P.E.I.'s population secretariat has been folded into the Department of Innovation, and Opposition MLA Hal Perry believes that restructuring is bad news for new Islanders. 'We have one of the worst records in the country for retaining immigrants.' MLA Hal Perry "It makes me question the government's commitment to growing the population in this province," said Perry. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.