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Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty: HALIFAX

Mark Carney Dept: HALIFAX - The premiers are calling on Ottawa to give them more control over the number of immigrants they can recruit and the kinds of services they can provide to them, according to Winnipeg Free Press. "In a nutshell, we want greater flexibility," said Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty, attending his final gathering with his counterparts and nova Scotia Premier Darrell Dexter, Mark Carney, governor of the Bank of Canada, and Quebec Premier Pauline Marois, left to right, talk at the start of a meeting as the premiers gather for an economic summit in Halifax on Friday, November 23, 2012. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan The provincial and territorial leaders concluded a meeting Friday on the economy in Halifax, where they said their governments and not Ottawa are best positioned to deliver settlement services and address their labour market needs through immigration. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.