Canadian minister 'not contemplating' scrapping immigrant investor program
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12:25 07/01/2013
The Canadian Minister for Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism, Jason Kenney, has told Canadian press agency Postmedia News that he does not intend to scrap the Canadian Immigrant Investor...
Canada's immigrant investor program may be scrapped
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