globeandmail.com : Immigrant landing-fees to be cut in half
Toronto — Ottawa will forge ahead with a promise to halve immigrant-landing fees, but more intractable problems such as speeding up the landing process will have to wait, Citizenship and Immigration Minister Monte Solberg said Monday.
In his maiden speech as minister, Mr. Solberg said newcomers will pay half the current $975 fee to become permanent residents, with the $83-million fiscal hit to the treasury to be covered by surplus general revenues.
“Our efforts should be focused on welcoming newcomers and helping them fit in, not taxing them to death,” Mr. Solberg told a conference on immigration hosted by the Public Policy Forum.
“They'll get enough of that later.”
globeandmail.com : Immigrant landing-fees to be cut in half
In his maiden speech as minister, Mr. Solberg said newcomers will pay half the current $975 fee to become permanent residents, with the $83-million fiscal hit to the treasury to be covered by surplus general revenues.
“Our efforts should be focused on welcoming newcomers and helping them fit in, not taxing them to death,” Mr. Solberg told a conference on immigration hosted by the Public Policy Forum.
“They'll get enough of that later.”
globeandmail.com : Immigrant landing-fees to be cut in half
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