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international immigration: The Ivany commission, a landmark study on the province economy, has called for Nova Scotia to more than double its annual immigrant figures, to 7,000 a year as a way to cope with depopulation, according to CTV. Similar calls for increased immigration are being heard in New Brunswick, with warnings issued last year that the province death rate is not outpacing its births and Premier Brian Gallant petitioning Ottawa for more immigrants. That over half of the number of immigrants the province usually attracts in international immigration in a single year -- and helps the province push to reverse its projected population decline. According to the federal Immigration Department website on refugees, that province is expecting about 1,000 Syrians this year. Newfoundland and Labrador has a similar number expected. In Prince Edward Island, the province is expecting 250 refugees this year, about a quarter of its annual immigration last year. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.