According to the Sing Tao Daily, the Canadian federal Department of Citizenship and Immigration announced on August 30 that it will accept applications from various groups from now until December 29 to publicly recruit for the establishment of a new professional immigration consultant regulatory body. This is an important measure by the federal government to reform the professional immigration consultant industry, protect the rights of immigration applicants, and uphold the credibility of Canada’s immigration system.
The ruling Conservative Party introduced Bill C-35 in June of this year to combat unscrupulous immigration consultants, which proposes to strengthen the regulation of paid immigration consultants, close loopholes in the immigration system, and eliminate the market for bad immigration consultants. The bill also suggests reforming the current regulatory framework for the immigration consultant industry. This public tender is conducted in accordance with the spirit of this bill.
The federal immigration department published information about the recruitment of the immigration consultant regulatory body on August 28 on the Canada Gazette, a dedicated website for government recruitment announcements. It also detailed the recruitment conditions, evaluation criteria, and other specific regulations.
Jason Kenney, the federal Minister of Citizenship and Immigration, stated that he hopes the future immigration regulatory body can support the long-term goals of Canada’s immigration system and maintain and strengthen public confidence in the overall Canadian immigration system.
He indicated that the ideal candidates should be capable of effectively regulating their members, conducting effective investigations and imposing constraints on those who do not comply with the rules, while also deeply understanding that the clients served by the immigration consultant industry, namely immigration applicants, are a vulnerable group whose interests must be protected. At the same time, it must ensure that regulated professional immigration consultants operate within the scope defined by Canadian immigration law.
