Provincial Election Campaign: Nominee Program

Liberal Leader Dept: During the provincial election campaign's only televised debate Thursday night, the Liberal leader took the opportunity to defend the program, saying it benefited the entire province. "We believe in helping each and every Islander regardless of what their political beliefs are." CHARLOTTETOWN - Premier Robert Ghiz of Prince Edward Island says he welcomes any investigation of the province's immigration nominee program, which has emerged as an election campaign controversy after a former government employee alleged it was marred by bribery. "We made sure that any program that we offered, we offered it equally across Prince Edward Island," Ghiz said. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.