What is the BC Govt. doing especially for Business Migrants to Canada?
Over the last 10 years, more than 16,000 business immigrants and their families have come to B.C. Together, they have directly invested $3 billion in their businesses and created an estimated 75,000 jobs for B.C. residents. The Agreement for Canada-British Columbia Co-operation on Immigration, includes Annex B on the Realignment of Responsibilities for Immigrant Settlement Services. This annex will mean that in the future, the design and administration of general immigrant settlement services in B.C. will be the responsibility of the provincial government. Canada will continue to provide significant support for general settlement services through a transfer of funds to British Columbia ($45.8 million for each of the 1998-99 and 1999-2000 fiscal years). Mr. Dosanjh said the agreement is a major development for B.C. “It gives the province an unprecedented opportunity to have a greater hand in determining immigration policy to reflect B.C.’s economic and social circumstances,” he said “Ov
