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Carol Bellringer: Bonnie Mitchelson

Manitoba Business Dept: Auditor Carol Bellringer: office is investigating, according to Winnipeg Free Press. The loophole, revealed in immigration statistics, has caught the eye of the provincial auditor general. Some immigrants are paying a $75,000 deposit to enter Manitoba under the business class and then not fulfilling their obligation to invest a minimum of $150,000 into a Manitoba business. They default their $75,000 deposit and still receive permanent residency status and tory Bonnie Mitchelson: Program record abysmal Enlarge Image Foreign investors are using their deep pockets to achieve landed immigrant status in Manitoba, but aren't holding up their end of the bargain under the provincial nominee program for business. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.