Published: Tuesday, October 21, 2008 | 9:26 AM
Canadian Press: THE CANADIAN PRESS
CBC.ca
HALIFAX, N.S. – The Nova Scotia government is allowing immigrants who came to the province under a tainted business mentorship program to apply for refunds.
The program – which has been sent to the RCMP for review by the province’s auditor general – attracted more than 800 immigrants who paid fees of about $130,000 in return for middle-management job placements.
To qualify for refunds, immigrants must have started work with a so-called business mentor under the program before October 2007 and have lived in the province for 12 consecutive months.
Many immigrants have complained they never received the job training they paid for when they arrived in Canada.
In announcing the refund program today, the province says the amount of money paid back to immigrants would depend on how much they have already been paid back by businesses that hired them.
Earlier this month after the auditor general found irregularities in the program, Immigration Minister Len Goucher said he expected the province would repay money to about 400 immigrants who have remained in the province.
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