October Show: Refugees and Nomination Program

october show: The total included an influx of Syrian refugees, along with provincially nominated families and entrepreneurs, according to CTV. The province says it is also expecting another 2,150 people under the provincial nomination program this year, but it doesn't indicate how many more refugees may arrive. The province's Immigration Department says preliminary figures for last year to the end of October show 4,835 newcomers -- including about 1,500 refugees -- arrived in Nova Scotia, saying it's the highest number in decades. However, Don Mills, a pollster who has supported a business push to increase immigration in the province, said he sees the figure as an improvement that is still short of what the province needs to replace an aging workforce, and notes the boom in refugees may decrease. But we have to ramp it up even quicker. We're going on in the right direction, he said in an interview. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.