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Prince Edward Island – Immigration not enough
Immigration has slowed the rate of aging of the P.E.I. population over the last five years, but it is still likely that 50 per cent of the population will be older than 45 by 2019. The good news is that this means the unemployment rate is likely to fall dramatically over the next decade, as … Continue reading
PEI – Out-migration at record level
In 2012-13, P.E.I. experienced a net loss of close to 1,100 Islanders to inter-provincial migration, according to data from Statistics Canada. This is the largest loss of P.E.I. residents to other provinces in more than 30 years. Tourism and business representatives from across the province have expressed concerns about the out-migration of workers, also attributing … Continue reading
Canada Jobs Grant in PEI – NGO funding will be cut 40 per cent in new deal says Primer
P.E.I. Premier Robert Ghiz says a new agreement reached on the Canada Jobs Grant will mean community organizations that receive funding through existing skills programs will be cut by 40 per cent. The provinces reached an agreement in principle regarding the contentious new national job training program. But Ghiz says the provinces had to agree … Continue reading
Employment Insurance ‘Reform’ in PEI / Far fewer unemployed getting it
The percentage of unemployed people collecting employment insurance on P.E.I. fell dramatically in 2013. Reforms to the EI system by the federal government came into effect one year ago Monday. Figures from Statistics Canada show that through 2012 an average of 95.6 per cent of the unemployed on P.E.I. were receiving employment insurance. During the … Continue reading
Canad Job Grant for PEI / The program will not work says Ghiz
“The Canada Job Grant does not appear to work for us,” Ghiz said in a statement to The Guardian Thursday Continue reading
P.E.I. | Cuts to come in public sector jobs
The P.E.I. government plans to remove 300 jobs from its payroll in the upcoming budget, CBC News has learned, and hopes to cut most of those positions through attrition. Premier Robert Ghiz has confirmed the downsizing is coming. “While you may not love coming in and delivering a budget along these lines it’s still your … Continue reading
Canada’s pattern of immigration spreads east and west – The Globe and Mail
What is rapidly changing is the distribution of new immigrants within Canada. From 1991 to 2006, Ontario attracted 54.5 per cent of the immigrant population (using Census data for those years). During that same period, the Maritime provinces attracted less than 1 per cent of immigrants, even though the region’s population was more than 5.5 … Continue reading
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