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Jeanette Arsenault: Cavendish Figurines

Jeanette Arsenault Dept: Earlier this week the province released the list of more than 1,300 companies that received money through the immigrant partner program, complying with a court order in a case initiated by the , according to CBC. Jeanette Arsenault, co-owner of Cavendish Figurines, applied for immigrant investor money in 2003 to help pay for an expansion. She said her company followed all the rules and a P.E.I. business owner is coming to the defence of her company's use of immigrant investment money through the Provincial Nominee Program, and of the program itself. Cavendish Figurines was able to expand with the help of the Immigrant Partner program of the Provincial Nominee Program, says Jeanette Arsenault. The government had argued negative publicity around PNP involving allegations of political patronage would harm the companies involved. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.