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Immigrating by investing in Canada
December 15, 2010 – 4:54 pm | One Comment
Immigrating by investing in Canada

Can you buy your way into Canada?

Citizenship and Immigration Canada may not put it exactly this way, but the federal Immigrant Investor Program, which was reopened to prospective immigrants this month, is essentially a

Want to live in Canada? Canada wants you!
November 15, 2010 – 10:50 am | 5 Comments
Want to live in Canada? Canada wants you!

While many countries are trying to limit immigration, Canada is welcoming newcomers.

That’s according to this intriguing New York Times article: “Defying Trend, Canada Lures More Migrants:”

…Rancorous debates over immigration have …

Is Canada a land of opportunity?
September 13, 2010 – 10:32 pm | One Comment
Is Canada a land of opportunity?

“If you were born today, which country would provide you the very best opportunity to live a healthy, safe, reasonably prosperous, and upwardly mobile life?

That’s the question that Newsweek magazine set out to …

500,000 new residents came to Canada in 2009
May 17, 2010 – 10:48 pm | One Comment
500,000 new residents came to Canada in 2009

If you’re new to Canada or if you’re thinking of settling here, you’re not alone.

More than half a million newcomers — permanent residents, temporary workers, and foreign students — came to live in Canada

More American expats give up their citizenship
April 28, 2010 – 7:15 am | 7 Comments
More American expats give up their citizenship

From the New York Times:

Amid mounting frustration over taxation and banking problems, small but growing numbers of overseas Americans are taking the weighty step of renouncing their citizenship.

Why? “…Frustrations over