With money from his family and profits from the skin care business he ran in Syria, Elias Sabee applied for the Quebec Immigrant Investor Program in 2008. The Quebec investor program requires applicants to make a financial investment in the province. The immigrant investor program was created by Ottawa to attract foreign investment in exchange for permanent residency in Canada. According to the family, Sabee signed an agreement with Desjardins Trust Inc. in November 2008. had already been made in February 2010 and this file remained under the control of Desjardins Trust.”A spokesperson for Quebec’s Immigration Ministry refused to comment on Sabee’s immigration application.

Source: thestar November 12, 2017 02:03 UTC