Citizenship and Immigration committee  The money wasn't used, sadly. I was the person responsible for that in Manitoba, and I administered those funds in Manitoba. The money came from the federal government to the provinces to administer, and the provinces did nothing with those monies. What I think needs to be done

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Canada remains a very attractive place to come and establish a business. The Canadian government has very few programs to encourage that. We try to encourage foreign direct investment, but it's difficult for companies to come here and establish a business. There's a growing desir

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Okay. Finally, if the government agrees to get back into business immigration, please recognize that unless you hire people with a business background, then it's very difficult to develop these programs, as all provinces do that. Thank you very much.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thanks very much for having me. I'm going to be covering two topics today. One is parents and grandparents. The other is business immigration. I'm choosing those because they're somewhat controversial. Many Canadians support economic immigration. They have an understanding of o

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you very much for inviting me. I'll briefly give you a bit of my background. Before I got involved in immigration, I was a commercial banker in Canada and the United Kingdom. I began my involvement with immigration as the manager and founder of the provincial nominee prog