If you've ever worked for the government - at any level - you will know one   
   undeniable thing:     
   no matter how many rules, regulations or laws a government introduces through   
   their legislative process, they seldom follow through with investigative   
   programs or enforcement of those laws.   
      
   And people who work with those government levels or have lawyers who do, know   
   this.  And they take advantage of it.  And these are the results - fraud at   
   enormous volume and cost to correct at enormous cost to us taxpayers . . . .   
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   Globe and Mail / The Canadian Press - August 6 2018   
      
   New federal probe opens on PEI immigrants alleged to have used fake addresses   
   And notice that the federal level Immigration Minister has responded by saying   
   that "his office is observing the cases".  Wow - that should really scare off   
   future potential cheats and law breakers.     
      
   This has been going on for many, many years, in one form or another, in one   
   level of government services or another.  I know.  I've seen it first hand.    
   And it is costing Canadians billions of dollars and displacing many thousands   
   of Canadians for    
   services they deserve and have paid for.     
      
   We need to call a halt to unenforced government regulations and laws.  This is   
   an opportunity to hire a whole lot of Canadians to do the investigating and   
   the enforcing.  And the cost for hiring them will be peanuts compared to what   
   they will save the    
   taxpayers against the cheats and frauds.  Pressure on your government   
   representatives - now!   
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   New federal probe opens on PEI immigrants alleged to have used fake addresses   
      
   A second federal probe is underway in Prince Edward Island alleging hundreds   
   of people gained permanent residency in Canada by using local addresses where   
   they didn’t live, under a provincial business immigration system that’s   
   faced criticism for    
   loose oversight.   
      
   A search warrant from the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) alleges 462   
   applicants to the provincial nominee program used Charlottetown homes   
   belonging to two Chinese immigrants over the past four years as “addresses   
   of convenience.”   
      
   Lead investigator Lana Hicks says in the document, filed June 13, that she   
   suspects the immigrants didn’t come to the Island and settle, contrary to   
   the requirements of the provincial program.   
      
   Rather, she alleged their immigration documents are collected and sent on to   
   them, “at their real address elsewhere in Canada or back in China,” she   
   writes.   
      
   The allegations, which have not been proven in court, come just two months   
   after two Charlottetown hoteliers were charged with aiding in immigration   
   fraud, with the CBSA alleging 566 immigrants used the addresses of the   
   siblings’ hotel and home.           
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   The siblings’ lawyer recently denied the allegations of misrepresentation in   
   comments to reporters, and said they intend to plead not guilty.   
      
   However, the latest allegations, if they lead to charges, would bring the   
   total number of “address of convenience” cases to about 1,000 in the   
   provincial nominee program (PNP), with all but a few of these immigrants   
   gaining permanent residency in    
   Canada.   
      
   Permanent residents are immigrants who are not Canadian citizens, but they   
   have been given permission to stay and work in Canada for five years before   
   applying for renewal.  They have most of the rights of citizens and can take   
   advantage of social    
   programs, but they can’t vote, seek public office, obtain a Canadian   
   passport or hold jobs that require a security clearance.   
      
   Under the P.E.I. program, the applicants provide the Island government with a   
   $200,000 refundable deposit, and commit to invest $150,000 and manage a firm.   
      
   After the deal is signed, the province nominates the investor to the federal   
   Immigration Department as a permanent resident, which they usually receive in   
   the mail before they fulfil the conditions of setting up a business and living   
   on the Island.   
      
   The province has already acknowledged that two-thirds of the PNP businesses in   
   2016-17, a total of 177 people, didn’t get the refundable deposit back, with   
   the majority simply never opening a business.   
      
   The June search warrant alleges that the 462 people giving the three   
   Charlottetown addresses are “well beyond what would be expected for single   
   dwelling homes,” and says the use of the addresses is “concerning and   
   unreasonable.”   
      
   “The numbers are indicative of what is known within Immigration, Refugees   
   and Citizenship Canada and Canada Border Services Agency as an ‘address of   
   convenience,’ which is created to facilitate immigration fraud,” writes   
   Hicks.   
      
   Hicks based her view that people weren’t living full-time at the homes   
   partly on surveillance of the houses, and from “garbage grab” searches of   
   documents thrown out from the homes.   
      
   She says the immigrants’ statements that they intend to reside in Prince   
   Edward Island are “the whole basis for their approval,” and notes that the   
   province’s website and forms repeatedly state this requirement and   
   expectation.   
      
   The issue of false addresses has been arising in other provinces, say   
   immigration lawyers.   
      
   “It undermines the integrity and objective of the (provincial) programs.   
   That’s why Islanders and all Canadians should be concerned,” said Betsy   
   Kane, a veteran immigration lawyer in Ottawa.   
      
   Last year, Chinese immigrants in Vancouver were sentenced to jail and fined   
   for immigration fraud involving 1,600 immigrants for fraudulently helping them   
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   obtain permanent residency by measures that “included creating the   
   fictitious appearance of Canadian residency.”   
      
   The CBSA says that to date it can confirm 81 deportations from that case, with   
   orders to remove 160 other people, with some appeals pending.   
      
   Lee Cohen, an immigration lawyer who is representing the Charlottetown   
   siblings in the earlier prosecution involving the owners of the Sherwood   
   Motel, said in an email that he’s still reviewing his defence, and cautioned   
   that there are problems with    
   how the CBSA has proceeded.   
      
   He says he suspects CBSA went “much too far ... intimidating these accused   
   with the huge posse of officers that raided their home on P.E.I. and   
   mischaracterized their behaviour.”   
      
   “It is too early for me to be more detailed.”   
      
      
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