Olive Crane: Olive Crane

Crane Dept: Crane resigned her position as party leader in December, effective Thursday, in her final interview as leader, Crane told News the Provincial Nominee Program was an issue some powerful people in the party wanted her to drop, and that was a big part of what led to her resignation, according to CBC. PNP was Olive Crane's file, and she hammered away at mismanagement of the controversial immigration program any chance she had. Crane tried to turn over every rock, and she says she didn't care which political stripe she found underneath and relentless questioning around a controversial immigrant investor program was a big part of why some in P.E.I.'s Progressive Conservative Party fought against Olive Crane, the outgoing leader says. Olive Crane says she was told she would never go anywhere in politics if she continued with her questions on the Provincial Nominee Program. The immigrant investor section of the PNP allowed people looking to immigrate to the Island to invest in a local business, and have their immigration fast-tracked. More than 1,300 companies received investments over the life of the program, between 2001 and 2008. But there were allegations of conflict of interest in how the money was distributed. The auditor general found three deputy ministers and/or their spouses received money for their companies. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.