BURNABY – Monte Solberg, Minister of Citizenship and Immigration, and Colin Hansen, Economic Development Minister for British Columbia, announced August 22, 2006 the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) that will help speed up the process for immigrant entrepreneurs to get to British Columbia. The pilot project outlined in the MOU will allow B.C. and Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) to identify people who have applied to come to Canada as entrepreneurs. CIC will then contact applicants who have indicated an intention to settle in B.C. and steer them towards the Provincial Nominee Program (PNP).
Pictured (left to right) MLA Richard Lee, Parliamentary Secretary for Asia Pacific, Colin Hansen, Economic Development Minister, Allen Born, Chairman of Tekion, Monte Solberg, Minister of Citizenship and Immigration, Dave Hayer, B.C.'s Parliamentary Secretary for Multiculturalism and Immigration.
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