Federal Government: Immigration

The Council Of The Federation Meeting Dept: What, then, would prevent the federal government from agreeing to a united call, issued at the Council of the Federation meeting of premiers last week in Halifax, to give the provinces more autonomy over immigration, according to The Chronicle Herald. Immigration has simmered along as a sort of motherhood issue in many provinces. For the most part, provinces are keen to attract more immigrants, and education about the positive economic impacts of immigration has been part of the program and the provinces are not only all on the same page, they aren t even asking for money. The provinces want more say over the numbers of immigrants they are permitted to draw, the job skills they will bring and where they will locate. Quebec, under a separate immigration accord with Ottawa, already has broad powers to make its own decisions on many immigration matters. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.