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PE: CBC demands release of PNP beneficiary list
[CHARLOTTETOWN, PE] — CBC Prince Edward Island is appealing a decision by the province’s privacy commissioner denying the release of the list of Provincial Nominee Program beneficiaries. The CBC has applied to the Supreme Court of P.E.I. for a judicial review of former acting privacy commissioner Judy Haldemann’s ruling earlier this month in which she denied [...] More
PE: Privacy commissioner declares PNP list to be private
[CHARLOTTETOWN, PE] — The province’s acting privacy commissioner has ruled the list of businesses that benefitted from the Provincial Nominee Program will not be made public. A number of media and members of the public requested the list of businesses that received PNP funds, called units, through the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy (FOIPP) [...] More
PE: Opposition angered by delay in PNP evaluation
[CHARLOTTETOWN, PE] — The province’s auditor general told government last year to conduct a review of its controversial Provincial Nominee Program, but a year later that evaluation has still not been done. The issue came up during question period in the legislature Tuesday when opposition leader Olive Crane pointed to Auditor General Colin Younker’s report from [...] More
PE: Opposition questions immigrant recruiting trips
[CHARLOTTETOWN, PE] — Staff of the province’s population secretariat took several trips to Europe last year to try to recruit skilled immigrant workers to P.E.I., but the Opposition says these costly trips attracted fewer than 10 immigrant workers to the province last year. More
PE: Businesses miss deadline to report PNP spending
[CHARLOTTETOWN, PE] — Businesses that received money through the Provincial Nominee Program have not yet accounted for how the money was spent, despite a two-year reporting deadline that, for many, has already passed. The Provincial Nominee Program (PNP) offered expedited Canadian visas to immigrants who invested $200,000 on P.E.I., some of which went into an Island [...] More
PE: Minister denies conflict involving PNP intermediary
[CHARLOTTETOWN, PE] — The firm that audited government’s financial gains from the Provincial Nominee Program made millions from the PNP, but Innovation Minister Allan Campbell insists there was no conflict of interest. More
PE: Report reveals province raked in millions from PNP
[CHARLOTTETOWN, PE] — Financial details about the Provincial Nominee Program released last week show the government corporation that administered the PNP brought in over $295 million in gross earnings for the 2008-2009 fiscal year. That’s more than double the amount earned the year before. More
PE: Crane demands proof of PNP negotiations
[CHARLOTTETOWN, PE] — Opposition leader Olive Crane has challenged Premier Robert Ghiz and Innovation and Advanced Learning Minister Allan Campbell to provide evidence that the government is in negotiations with the federal government for a new Provincial Nominee Investment Program. More
PE: New PNP not on books for PEI
[CHARLOTTETOWN, PE] — It appears as though P.E.I. may not be getting a new immigrant investor program. The Provincial Nominee Program’s immigrant partner category has been mired in controversy for over a year. More
PE: Deposit policy relaxed for PNP immigrants
[CHARLOTTETOWN, PE] — The province’s good faith deposit return policy has been eased so that PNP immigrants no longer have to stay on P.E.I. for 183 consecutive days before getting their $25,000 deposit returned. More
PE: Mismanagement of PNP leaves bad taste
[CHARLOTTETOWN, PE] — CBC News is reporting that the Provincial Nominee Program has not churned out the results hoped for participants or the local economy, according to a University of Prince Edward Island study. For more information, read the story at: http://www.cbc.ca/canada/prince-edward-island/story/2009/11/25/pei-pnp-retention-report-584.html More
PE: MLA demands answers regarding FoodTrust sale
[CHARLOTTETOWN, PE] — Mid-Isle Farms paid the Prince Edward Island government $890,000 for the money-losing FoodTrust but not before the province scratched nearly $1.2 million in losses from its books. The sale was announced in December of last year but it’s only now that the purchase price is being made public. More
PE: PNP business spending put under microscope
[CHARLOTTETOWN, PE] — CBC News is reporting that companies which received money from the controversial Provincial Nominee Program are starting to file the required financial statements, detailing their spending, with the government. For more information, read the story at: http://www.cbc.ca/canada/prince-edward-island/story/2009/10/28/pei-pnp-company-audit-584.html#at More
PE: Silencing accusations hover over PNP probe
[CHARLOTTETOWN, PE] — Opposition leader Olive Crane wants the auditor general to be allowed to give more information on his probe into the PNP, but feels the government is trying to keep controversial details quiet. More
PE: Cabinet ministers excluded from PNP probe
[CHARLOTTETOWN, PE] — Cabinet ministers who put their businesses in blind trust were excluded from Auditor General Colin Younker’s investigation into the Provincial Nominee Program. During a meeting of public accounts on Wednesday, Younker explained that he did not have the power to investigate business interests being held in blind trust by cabinet ministers. He’s now [...] More
