Citizenship and Immigration committee  Natural resource-based companies are mostly located in rural Atlantic Canada, so something could be done to promote the natural resource-based industries, like the agricultural and the fish industries. They are important there. Already there are some incentives provided for peopl

Citizenship and Immigration committee  We have found that there has been an increasing trend towards that.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes, retaining international students, as well as immigrants, has been a challenge for the region. Governments have introduced different programs to retain international students. The Nova Scotia government has a graduate stream in the PNP program. The government itself has adopt

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you for inviting me here. I have prepared my presentation according to the document the committee sent to me. I am associated with the economics department at Saint Mary's University in Halifax and also with the Atlantic Research Group on Economics of Immigration, Aging a