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Dear Minister Kenney,

Subject: The immigration consultant problem

The body that was formed to regulate the consultants have failed to rectify the issue as they continue to have internal power struggles and a lack of will to self regulate themselves.

As we all know, unscrupulous consultants continue the rape of prospective immigrant dreams and besmirch the image of Canada. All kinds of measures have been proposed, but the bottom line is that if one can become a consultant for $6000 or less, all one needs is one or two clients to pay for this so called education. Compare it with the many years and hundreds of thousands of dollars lawyers have to pay and it becomes obvious why there are no or very few problems with immigration lawyers.

How then is it possible to regulate people who have so little to lose?

To me, the answer is obvious. Levy a bond of $50,000 on every consultant. They will have to have the bond number attached to every case they submit. If it is erroneous it is rejected and the client is informed about it. Without a bond no consultant can submit a case.

Those consultants who are hard working and ethical should be happy to do this as it will show them in an ethical and professional light, and will mean that they have government recognition as well.

I sincerely hope you will consider this suggestion.

Sincerely,

Naeem (Nick) Noorani

Founder/Publisher

The Canadian Immigrant Magazine