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Immigrants are increasingly choosing to stay in Quebec, according to a new report from Statistics Canada, but the same isn't true in the Atlantic region, which continues to lose newcomers to the rest of the country. Out of all the immigrants admitted into Quebec in 2021, almost 94 per cent of them were still in the province one year later — a jump of 8.8 percentage points compared with the 2018 cohort of newcomers. The largest increase of newcomers choosing to stay in Quebec was in the economic category, the StatCan report said. Catherine Xhardez, assistant professor of political science at Université de Montréal, said the StatCan report is welcome news for Quebec because unlike in the rest of the country, the provincial government controls its economic immigration stream. "It's also a question of competition. You want the best and brightest to stay because if you invest in them, if you select them, you do not want them to go to Ontario," said Xhardez, who also directs ERIQA, a research group that studies immigration to Quebec. Quebec pauses key immigration programs for permanent residents Quebec suspends foreign recruitment missions until mid-2025 Decades ago, when the Quebec unemployment rate was much higher than the current 5.7 per cent, immigrants were leaving the province at a much higher rate, Xhardez pointed out, saying job opportunities and social programs are key to keeping newcomers. "It really depends on living conditions and opportunities for migrants. That is the biggest factor for people moving from one province to another province," she said. With the latest data already a few years old, Xhardez admits that changes in Quebec's political climate — the government regularly blames immigration for threatening the French language — and the province's recent decision to freeze several immigration programs may impact future immigration trends. Such actions may have the effect of driving immigrants away, she said, especially considering other provinces also target francophones. Lowest retention rates in Atlantic Canada Quebec isn't the only province to have high immigrant retention rates. Ontario leads the country — 94.6 per cent of newcomers admitted to the province in 2021 were still there one year later. In British Columbia it was 91.7 per cent and in Alberta is was 89.5 per cent. However, Atlantic Canada offers a stark contrast. The four provinces recorded decreases in one-year retention rates for immigrants admitted in 2020 compared with 2021. Newfoundland and Labrador recorded a 14.1 percentage point drop, Nova Scotia saw a 11.7 percentage point decrease, the drop in Prince Edward Island was 8.9 percentage points, and in New Brunswick it was 2.2 percentage points. "Immigrants who left their intended Atlantic provinces were increasingly likely to settle in Ontario," the report said. Meanwhile, the statistics agency also looked at five-year retention rates, analyzing how many immigrants admitted in the country between 2013 to 2017 were still in their intended provinces five years later. "Among immigrants admitted from 2013 to 2017, those who intended to live in Ontario, British Columbia, Alberta and Quebec were the most likely to reside in the same province five years after their admission," the report said. Five-year retention rates were highest in Ontario at 93.5 per cent, B.C. at 87.5 per cent, Alberta at 87.3 per cent and Quebec with 79.7 per cent. P.E.I. immigrant retention improves, but still Canada's worst by far Sask. sees drop in percentage of immigrants who choose to stay long-term Once again, the retention rates in Atlantic Canada were among the lowest in the country. In Nova Scotia, 61.7 per cent of immigrants admitted in 2013 were still in the province five years later, rising to 62.1 per cent for the cohort of newcomers who came in 2017. In New Brunswick, 51.7 per cent of immigrants admitted in 2017 were in the province five years later, a rise of 3.9 percentage points compared with the cohort who came in 2013. For the cohort of immigrants who arrived in 2017, 45.6 per cent of them were still in Newfoundland and Labrador five years later; 25.7 of them were still in Prince Edward Island. Lack of meaningful jobs, support to blame Those figures come as no surprise to Tony Fang, economics professor at Memorial University of Newfoundland, who said "lack of meaningful employment or perceived lack of it" was primarily to blame. "That's the number one reason why they don't stay in the region," he said in an interview Monday. "The second is family ties. The third reason is a lack of community support," he said, explaining that close-knit communities in the region can be difficult for newcomers, making them sometimes feel like outsiders. Newcomers can more easily find their cultural communities and families in big cities like Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver, Fang said, adding that the region would do well to accept larger numbers of immigrants at once, as Newfoundland and Labrador did with Ukrainian and Syrian refugees. And while immigration may be outpacing housing and social services in the country, he said the Atlantic region desperately needs newcomers to boost its economic development. "We have the oldest population. We have the most severe labour demographic deficits. We have more severe skilled labour shortages, so immigration certainly has more positive impact for Atlantic Canada," Fang said."Home Alone" director Chris Columbus nearly helmed another iconic Christmas movie, but he said that a "surreal" pair of meetings with star Chevy Chase made him quit the film. Columbus, 66, shared in an interview with that he had originally signed on to direct "Christmas Vacation," but he and Chase ended up getting along about as well as Clark Griswold and Uncle Lewis. "I was signed on ... and I met Chevy Chase," Columbus said. "Even given my situation at the time, where I desperately needed to make a film, I realized I couldn’t work with the guy. “Tale as old as time!” he continued. “I was one of the many who couldn’t work with him. And I called John and I said, ‘This is really hard for me, but I can’t do this movie with Chevy Chase.’” TODAY.com reached out to Chase for comment but did not immediately hear back. Columbus said he and legendary producer John Hughes had the same agent, which resulted in Columbus being sent the script for "Christmas Vacation." The director had begun shooting exterior shots in Chicago for the 1989 movie when he had meetings with Chase that derailed his participation. "My first meeting with him, I sat down with him," Columbus said. "It was just the two of us. He to know I was directing the movie. I talked about how I saw the movie, how I wanted to make the movie. He didn’t say anything. I went through about a half hour of talking. He didn’t say And then he stops and he says—and this makes no sense to any human being on the planet, but I’m telling you. I probably have told this story. "Forty minutes into the meeting, he says, 'Wait a second. You’re the director?' And I said, 'Yeah...I’m directing the film.' And he said to me the most surreal, bizarre thing. I still haven’t been able to make any sense out of it. He said, 'Oh, I thought you were a drummer.' I said, 'Uhh, okay. Let’s start talking about the film again.' After about 30 seconds, he said, 'I got to go.'" Columbus said Chase met with Hughes, and they set up a second meeting at dinner with Hughes in attendance. "I was basically nonexistent," Columbus said. "It was Chevy and Hughes, and they talked about everything except 'Christmas Vacation.' We spent two hours together, and I left the dinner and I thought, 'There’s no way I can make a movie with this guy. First of all, he’s not engaged. He’s treating me like s---. I don’t need this. I’d rather not work again. I’d rather write.'" The interaction has left Columbus puzzled nearly 40 years later. "I guess that sense of humor was funny in the early ’70s," he said. "It’s so surreal ... Who says anything like that to anybody? It makes no sense. So to tell that story almost makes no sense, but it actually happened. I thought, 'This was how we’re going to work together? I’m going to be on set and he’s not listening.' "I called John and said, 'I can’t do this,'" he continued. "'John, I need this job desperately, but I know I will not make a good movie with this guy and I will let you down.' And he said, 'I understand. Completely understand.'" Jeremiah S. Chechik ended up directing "Christmas Vacation," which was the third edition of the "National Lampoon's Vacation" series, all of them starring Chase. However, leaving "Christmas Vacation" led Columbus right to another holiday classic. "The next weekend, I got script from John—and it’s 'Home Alone,'" he said. "'Home Alone,' for me, was even more personal, a better script. And I thought, I can really do something with this, and I don’t have to deal with Chevy Chase. That was it." Columbus went on to direct "Home Alone 2: Lost in New York," "Mrs. Doubtfire" and a pair of "Harry Potter" blockbuster movies. He is a producer on the upcoming vampire film "Nosferatu," a remake of the 1922 silent classic of the same name. Scott Stump is a trending reporter and the writer of the daily newsletter This is TODAY (which you should ) that brings the day's news, health tips, parenting stories, recipes and a daily delight right to your inbox. He has been a regular contributor for TODAY.com since 2011, producing features and news for pop culture, parents, politics, health, style, food and pretty much everything else.mgba mod apk 。

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Trump's picks for key positions in his second administrationAmerican Airlines has cut some international flights from major US airports next year and delayed others, blaming Boeing for the hold up. A number of new long-haul routes can’t go ahead yet because Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner jets are delayed, The Points Guy first reported . “As a result of ongoing Boeing 787 delivery delays, American is adjusting service on certain routes in spring 2025 to ensure we are able to re-accommodate customers on affected flights,” the airline said in a statement. “We’ll be proactively reaching out to our impacted customers to offer alternate travel arrangements and remain committed to mitigating the impact of these Boeing delays while continuing to offer a comprehensive global network.” American Airlines is awaiting delivery of 25 of the 787 Dreamline jets, according to Boeing orders and delivery figures . American Airlines services between Miami International Airport and Ministro Pistarini International Airport, near Buenos Aires, are being cut from three daily to two. Flights from Chicago O’Hare International Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle have been on hold since September and won’t be restarting until May. They were scheduled to resume in April. At Miami, flights to the Parisian airport will be temporarily suspended in May. The airline stressed that routes to the destinations would not be canceled due to Boeing delays, but the flights would be starting later than planned. The Independent has contacted Boeing for comment. This morning American Airlines grounded its flights for around an hour across the U.S. on Christmas Eve amid one of the busiest travel periods of the year. The technology issue impacted systems needed to release flights, causing a ground stop that lasted approximately one hour. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) posted a nationwide groundstop order for all American flights at the request of the airline, an advisory notice shows, which has since been lifted. Passengers aired their woes on social media about the delays to their Christmas Eve travel plans due to the temporary halting of American Airlines flights. One X user wrote that they had been required to deplane at Pittsburgh International Airport, to which the airline responded: “We’re doing our best to get things back on track. Please accept our sincere apologies for any inconvenience this has caused.” Another passenger wrote: “Heck of way to start Christmas. Hey, American Airlines just tell us whether we should go home or not. Please don’t make us wait in the airport for hours.” A video posted from Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport showed a large crowd waiting in the gate area with an announcer saying that its “system is down” so they could not get the crew on the plane nor board any customers. FlightRadar24, a flight data tracking site, said on X that while the ground stop has now been canceled, “it will take some time for flights to get back to normal.” It added that there are 420 active American Airlines flights as of 8:32 a.m., whereas at the same time last week, there were 620.

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