Population Growth Rates and Greater Halifax Partnership

Greater Halifax Partnership: The Greater Halifax Partnership said Thursday that the city population grew by four tenths of one per cent in 2013, a rate slower than most Canadian cities and half the normal rate of growth, according to Times Colonist. Chief economist Fred Morley says keeping population growth rates high through retaining immigrants and new university graduates is key to supporting business and to growing the tax base and A new study says while Atlantic Canada largest city is growing, population rates in Halifax remain marginal because more people are moving elsewhere. "If our population declines, our fiscal sustainability is threatened," the report states. "We've seen this happen first-hand in communities across the province. In addition, weak population numbers threaten most outcomes across the range of indicators." (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.