Hopes And Dreams Dept: The aim of the proposed agency is to protect immigrants from shoddy or dishonest operators, Kenney said, according to The Star. Ottawa has faced a barrage of complaints over the years about so-called ghost consultants, who provide bad or fraudulent advice and counterfeit documents, or take cash up front and a new regulatory body for immigration consultants is in the works as part of the federal government s crackdown on scam artists who prey on would-be newcomers to Canada, Immigration Minister Jason Kenney announced Friday. There are people who sometimes seek to unethically make a profit by exploiting the hopes and dreams of newcomers, Kenney said. These unlicensed, unregistered, unscrupulous consultants give the profession a black eye by taking thousands of dollars from individuals often in cash and all too often providing nothing in return. As
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