Page Report: Immigration and Consultants

page report: IMMIGRATION CONSULTANTS OF CANADA REGULATORY COUNCIL By Nicholas Keung Immigration reporter Sun., June 18, 2017 Concerned about the prevalence of unlicensed immigration consultants and what MPs say is the industry's inability to self-regulate, a parliamentary committee is recommending Ottawa scrap the existing regulatory body and take over the policing of the profession, according to Toronto Star. Paid immigration and refugee consulting should be restricted to lawyers in good standing with provincial law societies and consultants registered with the federal government, said the immigration committee in a 60-page report released Friday. Since then the number of licensed consultants has increased from 1,700 to 4,000. The current framework does not provide adequate oversight, the parliamentary citizenship and immigration committee said in the report. It is not the first time Ottawa is reviewing the profession. There are a number of issues with the current framework and more remains to be done to ensure that individuals coming or immigrating to Canada do not fall victim to the abuses of unscrupulous consultants, and that the integrity of our immigration system is not diminished. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.