October Show: Province and Nomination Program

october show: The total included an influx of Syrian refugees, along with provincially nominated families and entrepreneurs, according to CTV. A news release from the province today says that the province is also expecting to accept another 2,150 people under the provincial nomination program this year. The province's Immigration Department says preliminary figures for last year to the end of October show 4,835 newcomers -- including refugees --arrived in Nova Scotia, the highest number since the war. The Ivany Report, an economic blueprint for the province, has urged the province to increase immigration due to a declining birth rate and out migration. The report urged the province to attempt to attract up to 7,000 immigrants a year by 2024 and to embrace a greater ethnic and racial diversity in the makeup of the newcomers. It has predicted that within 15 years there will be 100,000 fewer people of working age in the province, and Nova Scotia cannot count on its natural birth rate to replace the workforce. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.