In its Economic Action Plan (EAP) 2014, the Canadian Government is proposing to eliminate the backlog-ridden and inefficient Investor and Entrepreneur Programs.
http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/department/media/releases/2014/2014-02-11.
"To eliminate the existing backlog, which is diverting resources away from
better performing economic immigration streams, the Government intends
to return applications and refund associated fees paid by certain federal
Immigrant Investor Program and Entrepreneur Program applicants who
applied on or before Budget Day."
www.budget.gc.ca/2014/docs/plan/pdf/budget2014-eng.pdf
Chapter 3.1, page 81
http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/department/media/releases/2014/2014-02-11.
"To eliminate the existing backlog, which is diverting resources away from
better performing economic immigration streams, the Government intends
to return applications and refund associated fees paid by certain federal
Immigrant Investor Program and Entrepreneur Program applicants who
applied on or before Budget Day."
www.budget.gc.ca/2014/docs/plan/pdf/budget2014-eng.pdf
Chapter 3.1, page 81