The current Immigrant Investor Program stands out as an exception to this
success. For decades, it has significantly undervalued Canadian permanent
residence, providing a pathway to Canadian citizenship in exchange for a
guaranteed loan that is significantly less than our peer countries require.
There is also little evidence that immigrant investors as a class are
maintaining ties to Canada or making a positive economic contribution to
the country. Overall, immigrant investors report employment and investment
income below Canadian averages and pay significantly lower taxes over a
lifetime than other categories of economic immigrants. For these reasons,
the Immigrant Investor Program has been paused since July 2012 and the
Entrepreneur Program since July 2011.
Economic Action Plan 2014 proposes to end these
underperforming programs.
To eliminate the existing backlog, which is diverting resources away from
better performing economic immigration streams, the Government intends
to return applications and refund associated fees paid by certain federal
Immigrant Investor Program and Entrepreneur Program applicants who
applied on or before Budget Day.
In place of the current Immigrant Investor Program, the Government will
introduce a new Immigrant Investor Venture Capital Fund pilot project,
which will require immigrants to make a real and significant investment in
the Canadian economy. The Government will also undertake consultations
on a potential Business Skills pilot program. Together, these pilots will test
new and innovative approaches to business immigration that will better fuel
the continued growth of the Canadian economy.
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