Ottawa is slashing the number of people P.E.I. can nominate for permanent residency in 2025 by half — a move that's left foreign workers and business on the Island uncertain about the future.

Provincial officials say the federal government has dropped P.E.I.'s allotment of nominees through the Provincial Nominee Program and the Atlantic Immigration Program to 1,025 this year.

The news comes after P.E.I. voluntarily reduced its provincial nominations last year, issuing just 1,590 nominations out o…