Dear Editor,
Re: “Foreign sales peak on Lulu,” News, July 13.
Quebec is unique in Canada as the only province that has full immigrant selection authority dating back to the historical context of the Meech Lake Accord and, as such, runs its own provincial immigrant investor program.
We know that B.C. has historically been the net recipient of secondary migration of immigrants from across Canada — including Quebec.
I recognize that this is an issue in terms of settlement funding equities and that is why I have consistently raised this both with the previous federal government as well as with Minister McCallum.
We are in active conversations with the federal government to gather better data on secondary migration and will continue to emphasize the need for consideration of secondary migration when it comes to settlement services funding.
Shirley Bond
Minister of Jobs, Tourism and Skills Training
