市长们敦促渥太华保持较高的移民目标,以刺激安大略省北部的经济。 Mayors urge Ottawa to keep high immigration targets to boost Northern Ontario's economies.

安大略省北部最大城市的市长们正在逼迫联邦政府维持或增加移民目标,认为减少移民目标将损害当地经济和人口增长。 Mayors of Northern Ontario's largest cities are pressing the federal government to maintain or increase immigration targets, arguing that reducing them will harm local economies and population growth. 他们列举了现已关闭的农村和北方移民试点方案在填补技术职位方面所取得的成功。 They cite the success of a now-closed rural and northern immigration pilot program in filling skilled positions. 相反,联邦政府计划到2027年将移民目标从500 000人减少到365 000名新的永久居民,以减轻对大城市服务的压力,但这可能会对北部地区产生不利影响。 In contrast, the federal government plans to reduce immigration targets from 500,000 to 365,000 new permanent residents by 2027 to ease pressures on services in larger cities, but this could negatively impact the northern regions.