Provincial Nominee Program: Investor Section

New Revelations Dept: Midway through the campaign three former provincial government workers came forward with accusations of government officials accepting bribes from potential immigrants. They passed the allegations on to federal Immigration Minister Jason Kenney, who referred them to the RCMP and Canadian Border Services, according to CBC. The immigrant investor section of P.E.I.'s Provincial Nominee Program ran for years with few people even being aware of its existence. In exchange for $200,000, a portion of which would be used as an investment in an Island business, people wishing to come to Canada could get a chance to immigrate to Prince Edward Island. Similar programs were running in other provinces and immigrant investment and the Provincial Nominee Program looked to be a tired issue when the writ was dropped for P.E.I.'s Oct. 3 election, but new revelations brought it to the forefront of the campaign. The women's accusations brought new life to an old scandal, and put the Liberals on the defensive for the first time in the campaign. A long-standing program Rob MacEachern was the first to blow the whistle on PNP. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.