Federal Budget

Canada Dept: OTTAWA - Almost 300,000 people who applied before 2008 to come to Canada are being told they'll need to try again, according to Winnipeg Free Press. Federal Budget 2012 Finance Minister Jim Flaherty answers questions in the lockup prior to the release of the federal budget in Ottawa Thursday. Their applications are being returned and $130 million worth of fees being refunded as the government seeks to eliminate a backlog they say has been standing in the way of major reform to the immigration system. Federal Budget (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.