News Release: Population and Mac Lauchlan

news release: The government's previous target was 150,000 for this year, which it should come close to reaching, according to CBC. Census brings P.E.I.'s 150K population goal into questionP.E.I. population growing quickly, but so is out-migration If we hope to sustain our prosperity and quality of life, we need to square-up to our opportunities and challenges related to population, said Premier Wade Mac Lauchlan in a news release. The target is 160,000 people by the end of 2022. Focus on rural communities The plan will focus on growing the population in rural communities across the Island. People are finding new ways to do things. That's ultimately what it's about, is to see that for communities to do well, there have to be people, there have to be opportunities, there have to be businesses that are starting, he said. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.