by Jim Mattern
The latest Action Saskatchewan report card shows the provincial population is continuing to grow. The report card, generated by Saskatchewan Trends Monitor and the Saskatchewan Chamber of Commerce indicates more people moved into Saskatchewan during the last quarter of 2006 and the first quarter of 2007. Statistics Canada estimates 20-thousand people moved to Saskatchewan from other provinces in 2006. Chamber President Dave Dutchak says international immigration accounted for a small portion of the increase, but the main reason was interprovincial immigration. Dutchak says the Chamber would like to see 1.8 per cent growth per year. He says that would bring the population to 1.5 million by 2030 and restore the losses that have occurred since the mid-1970's.
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