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Charlottetown Prince Edward Island: Prince Edward Island

Nominee Program Dept: Maria MacDonald said Monday she became concerned after reading media reports last week that the governing Liberals had released two emails sent by Svetlana Tenetko to Innovation Minister Allan Campbell, according to Winnipeg Free Press. The Liberals distributed the emails to the media in a news release last Thursday after Tenetko alleged that senior P.E.I. immigration officials were bribed in order to fast-track applications under the province's immigration nominee program. The federal Immigration Department has referred those allegations to the RCMP, who are reviewing them and cHARLOTTETOWN - Prince Edward Island's privacy commissioner is considering an investigation after the Liberal party released emails from a former government employee that were sent to a cabinet minister. "I am considering whether to launch an investigation and part of my consideration is the effect on the applicants," MacDonald said in an interview. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.