Population Base: Immigration and Atlantic Canada

population base: M-39 proposes that the Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration undertake a study on immigration to Atlantic Canada, according to The Chronicle Herald. It would look at issues surrounding population retention and immigration such as the challenges associated with an aging and diminishing population base, the retention of current residents and the challenges of retaining new immigrants, how to increase immigration to the region as well as an analysis of the Atlantic immigration pilot program which will see an additional 2,000 federal stream immigrants come to the region this year. The motion, M-39, was put forward in September by Alaina Lockhart, New Brunswick MP Liberal for Fundy Royal. The committee would report its findings within one year. The Atlantic provinces have had a much lower rate of immigration than the rest of the country, and the negative repercussions of this are very obvious. During two hours of debate on the motion, MPs from both sides of the house expressed their support. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.