Immigration Minister Jason Kenney

Immigration Minister Jason Kenney: Canada has designed its new Start-up Visa program to make the country more attractive than the United States, where many foreign high-tech workers languish with temporary U.S. visas. More Related to this Story, according to Globe and Mail. Antiquated apprentice rules starving economy of skilled workers: report Immigration Minister Jason Kenney is heading to Silicon Valley this weekend to lure high-tech immigrant entrepreneurs to Canada, dangling a new recruitment program that offers immediate permanent residency to qualifying foreigners. Immigration backlog down 40 per cent, says Jason Kenney (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.