- This net worth must have been accumulated through the operation, control or management of a profitable business, either industrial or commercial.
- You must also be prepared to invest CDN$400,000 in Canada for a period of five years.
- LBG Canada (a business group of National Bank Financial*) operates both the Québec and Federal Immigrant Investor Programs. The Québec program applies exclusively to Québec-based businesses and is geared to immigrants to Québec. The Federal program supports businesses in other member provinces and is geared to immigrants to provinces other than Québec.
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- Investors in the programs will receive a permanent resident visa from the Government of Canada. It should be noted that the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, part of the Constitution of Canada (which has precedence over other Canadian laws), guarantees mobility rights, or free movement within Canada: "Every citizen of Canada and every person who has the status of a permanent resident of Canada has the right
a) to move to and take up residence in any province; and
b) to pursue the gaining of a livelihood in any province."
* Formerly Lévesque Beaubien Geoffrion
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