Immigrant Entrepreneurs: Entrepreneur

Citizenship And Immigration Minister Jason Kenney Dept: Kenney has launched consultations with industry associations about the possible program and ways to link immigrant entrepreneurs with private-sector groups, according to CBC. "We need to proactively target a new type of immigrant entrepreneur who has the potential to build innovative companies that can compete on a global scale and create jobs for Canadians," Kenney said in a news release and canada is looking at opening a special immigration stream for entrepreneurs with good startup ideas, Citizenship and Immigration Minister Jason Kenney said today. If it goes ahead, the program would run for five years and be limited to 2,750 applications a year. If that tryout is successful, Citizenship and Immigration Canada could introduce it formally through regulatory changes. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.