Skills Training Pat Bell: Provincial Nominee Program

Success Rate Dept: "Typically we would expect a success rate of about two-thirds of individuals completing all their obligations. The fast-track program has been disappointing at just under 20 per cent," Bell told reporters Friday, according to Vancouver Sun. The fast-track program is part of the Provincial Nominee Program, which allows the B.C. government to nominate candidates it thinks should receive accelerated permanent residence and minister of Jobs, Tourism and Skills Training Pat Bell confirmed Friday that his government suspended a program that fast tracks permanent residence applications for business immigrants over concerns about the success rate of those applying. "I think it's prudent to suspend it at this point now that we've flagged what we think could be a problem." (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.