Legislation / NS19
NS19INTRODUCEDIMMIGRATIONNOVA SCOTIA

Increasing Immigration to Nova Scotia Act

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Legislative timeline

  1. 1st
  2. 2nd
  3. Comm.
  4. 3rd
  5. Senate
  6. Assent

Bill overview

Bill NS19, “Increasing Immigration to Nova Scotia Act”, is a Nova Scotia bill from session assembly-61-session-5.

Its latest recorded status is “Introduced”.

This overview is written automatically from the registry and vote records on this page and updates when they sync. It describes the bill's path, not its merits.

PLAIN-LANGUAGE SUMMARY

What you need to know

Status changed: 2013-03-28T00:00:00.000

Key provisions

  1. 01This Act amends the Immigration Act to increase the number of immigration applications accepted annually by the Nova Scotia government.
  2. 02The Nova Scotia government must establish a new immigration office to handle the increased number of applications.
  3. 03The office must be staffed by at least 20 full-time employees, including 5 immigration officers.
  4. 04The Nova Scotia government must provide additional funding to support the increased immigration intake.
  5. 05The Minister of Immigration must report annually to the Nova Scotia legislature on the number of immigration applications accepted and processed.

Vote roll

No division has been recorded for this bill yet.