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Immigration And Refugee Protection Act: Market Demand

Immigration Minister Jason Kenney Dept: Kenney said the government will start by introducing legislation to amend the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act to give him more power and flexibility to create, change or cancel specialized programs according to market demand and proven effectiveness, according to Vancouver Sun. Kenney also said he would begin consulting stakeholders and provincial and territorial colleagues on how best to reform the current investor program which critics say is poorly designed, to the detriment of Canada and canada will take the first steps toward revamping its popular but out-of-date Immigrant Investor Program, Immigration Minister Jason Kenney said Friday following a roundtable discussion with financiers in Victoria. One of those programs, he suggested, could focus on quickly attracting new investors to Canada. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.