Ever since its inception in 2007, Ontario had an investor component to its PNP. Under the original program, this remained a little-known fact, and those that knew about the investor component (formerly known as the Multinational Investor Category, or “MNI”) criticized it for being inaccessible as a business immigration option. After approximately 20 months as a pilot program, the province rebranded its PNP as "Opportunities Ontario,” making changes to expand the program, both from a cap perspective, but also in various other respects (such as the elimination of the occupation list).
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Alan Diner heads Baker & McKenzie’s Canadian global immigration & mobility practice group in Toronto.