Why it’s time to restart the federal immigrant-investor program

An immigrant investor program geared toward job creation in economically challenged areas of the country should be implemented now, writes Jack Silverstone, ex-chief of staff to a former Liberal immigration minister.

Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen announced last December that Ottawa is increasing its immigration levels, and will be accepting more than a million immigrants over three years.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY JACK SILVERSTONE

March 29, 2019

These are exhilarating times for Canadian immigration. Ottawa announced last December that it would be accepting more than one million immigrants over the next three years, with an increase in 2018 to 310,000 from the previous 300,000 annually, followed by a further i...

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