加拿大废除投资移民项目, 一刀切6.6万投资移民申请：温哥华房价要跌

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《环球邮报》今天(2014年2月10日)报道，加拿大执政保守党明天即将公布的2014预算案中，将终结实施差不多30年的投资移民计划。原因是投资移民未给加拿大带来预期经济效益，纳税远低于其它经济类别移民。

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加拿大联邦政府今天2014年2月11日下午公布2014年财政预算案，加拿大一次性一刀切6.6万联邦投资移民，退款2百万加元, 并完全废除这项开始于1986年的联邦投资移民计划。被一刀切6.6万联邦投资移民中大约有5.9万投资移民，7千企业家移民, 在今天或者以前申请的投资移民积案，全部退回，一刀切!

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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.