Section III Expand Your Horizon

1. Section III Expand Your Horizon The Cancellation of Canadian Immigration Program Brimming with the spoils of a historic economic expansion, Chinese millionaires by the tens of thousands are yearning to breathe the free air of Canadian capitalism, wishing to make Canada home for their families and their private wealth. But Canada doesn't seem to want them much.

2. Section III Expand Your Horizon A group of angry Chinese millionaires is threatening legal action against the Canadian government after Ottawa ① cancelled a popular immigration program that dashed the hopes of thousands of wealthy foreigners. The program allowed rich foreign investors to apply for permanent residency in Canada if they had a minimum net worth of 1.6 million Canadian dollars （$1.5 million） and invested 800, 000 Canadian dollars in the form of a multi-year, interest-free loan to the government.

3. Section III Expand Your Horizon By almost all accounts, that program is broken. It's rife with delays, an enormous backlog of files and misallocation of funds ‐ all providing fodder to critics who characterize the Federal Investor Immigrant Program （FIIP） as a cash-for-visa scheme that enriches banks while providing little benefit to the country.

4. Section III Expand Your Horizon The government has decided to scrap the program, leaving behind the 65, 000 people on an enormous backlog of applicants. About three-quarters of those were Chinese, most of them eager for a ticket into the British Columbia Lower Mainland ② , with its familiar culture and access to Canadian food safety and health care.

5. Section III Expand Your Horizon Their hopes now dashed, a small group of those millionaires is now lashing out and demanding compensation, saying they have given up much in waiting to come to Canada, and deserve something for their pain. They have consulted lawyers, but are waiting on Ottawa to formally cancel the program before they complete their legal strategy. They say the program's cancellation is a breach of contract law, and, in a letter sent to members of Parliament, “neither lawful nor ethical.”

6. Section III Expand Your Horizon It is not clear what their chances might be in court. Canada is a sovereign nation, and citizens of other nations have no guaranteed right to a Maple Leaf passport③ , nor residency in Canada.

7. Section III Expand Your Horizon And the immigrant investor program was fraught with problems. The Conservatives, in cancelling it, cited a statistic showing that, over 20 years, an average millionaire immigrant investor pays nearly $100, 000 less in taxes than a live-in caregiver. The Globe and Mail ④ , in a 2011 investigation, found a striking willingness to engage in fraud by consultants working with immigrant investors to Canada.

8. Section III Expand Your Horizon Of 22 contacted, more than 80 percent offered to help doctor documents, including many who promised to make even past prison sentences disappear. Jason Kenney, then the immigration minister, acknowledged that “crooked consultants” were a problem for the program.

9. Section III Expand Your Horizon There are still ways into Canada for a wealthy immigrant, who could, for example, buy a Canadian company and then bring himself or herself in to work for it. But that is a more complicated process, with less assured results.

10. Section III Expand Your Horizon But economic integration is becoming a global reality. The cancellation of the Canadian program offers a window into the hope that this country continues to inspire in the rest of the world. It may be simpler just to look elsewhere. More and more western countries are courting the wealthy of the developing world through their own programs, of which Canada is a pioneer. Already, the United States, Britain and another of other developed countries have already followed Canada's lead.

11. Section III Expand Your Horizon Canada's initial suspension and subsequent plan to cancel the immigrant investor program have coincided with a dramatic rise in the use of the U.S. EB-5 visa ⑤ program, that country's avenue for immigrant investors. Washington once issued fewer than 2,000 such visas; later, 8567 EB-5 visas went out. More than 80 percent of the applicants are Chinese. Canada will lose out at its own game if it doesn't get the FIIP in shape.

12. Section III Expand Your Horizon 加拿大取消投资移民项目 伴随着历史性的经济扩张，成千上万的中国富人渴望呼吸加拿大资本主义的自由空气，希望在加拿大安居乐业，但加拿大似乎对此持保留立场。

13. Section III Expand Your Horizon 一群愤怒的中国富人宣称他们将采取法律行动，反对加拿大政府在渥太华取消了热门的移民项目，使成千上万外国人（移民加拿大）的梦想归于破灭。移民项目原来允许富裕的外国投资者申请加拿大永久居留权，如果他们满足最低净资产160万加元(150万美元)的条件，即可按持续多年（累计）投资80万加元的形式，向政府无息贷款。

14. Section III Expand Your Horizon 据说该项目已经停止。这个项目里面充满了过期的、大量积压的文件和配置不当的资金——这给评论家提供了素材，他们把联邦投资移民项目（简称FIIP）描述为一个现金换签证方案,该方案使银行富有了，却没有为国家提供什么好处。

15. Section III Expand Your Horizon 政府已经决定取消项目，留下巨大数量的积压旧案——65000例的投资移民申请。其中约四分之三的申请者是中国人，他们大多渴望进入英属哥伦比亚大陆，因其有他们熟悉的文化，并可受惠于加拿大食品安全与卫生保健（体系）。

16. Section III Expand Your Horizon 希望破灭之后，一小部分富人联合发起诉讼索赔，称他们为守望移民加拿大的那一天已经放弃了太多——他们的痛苦需要得到补偿。他们咨询律师，想赶在渥太华正式取消移民项目之前实现他们的法律策略，他们坚称移民项目的取消是违法的，并在寄给国会议员的信中提道：“（这）既不合法也不道德。”

17. Section III Expand Your Horizon 目前尚无法确认他们的诉讼是否会被法院受理。加拿大是一个主权独立国家，其他国家的公民不执有享受权利保障的“枫叶”护照，也不享有在加拿大的长期正式居住权。

18. Section III Expand Your Horizon 投资移民项目问题重重。为了取消它，保守党引用统计数据显示，在过去的20年中，平均一个富人移民投资者仅仅上缴了近10万美元的税，比居家保姆还少。《环球邮报》在2011年的一项调查发现了一个引人注目的移民顾问协同加拿大投资移民者参与的欺诈。

19. Section III Expand Your Horizon 在接触的22个人中，超过80%的人愿意帮助修改医学文件，其中许多人甚至承诺消除曾经的入狱记录。然后，移民部长肯尼承认，“不诚实的顾问”是该项目的一个硬伤。

20. Section III Expand Your Horizon 目前仍然有一些方法能使富人移民到加拿大，比如买一个加拿大公司，然后让自己供职其中。但这是一个更复杂的过程，不能确保取得想要的结果。

21. Section III Expand Your Horizon 但经济一体化已成为一个全球性的现实。加拿大移民项目的取消也打开了一扇希望之窗，我们不妨把目光投到其他地方——越来越多的西方国家通过自己的项目吸引发展中国家的富人，加拿大固然是先驱，但美国、英国和其他发达国家也早已跟上了加拿大的步伐。

22. Section III Expand Your Horizon 加拿大最初暂停和后续取消投资移民项目，使美国EB-5签证项目的利用率戏剧性地上升，成了移民投资者趋之若鹜的林荫大道。华盛顿之前签发的EB-5签证少于2000个，后来却签发了8567个出去,其中80%以上的申请者来自中国。 如果加拿大不因势利导的话，它恐怕将在这场角逐中失利。

23. Section III Expand Your Horizon Practice What You Learnt Task 1 Comprehension Check Choose the best answer according to the text.

24. Section III Expand Your Horizon Immigration program once allowed Chinese millionaires to apply for permanent residency in Canada if they. A. had at least 1.6 million Canadian dollars B. provided the government a multi-year, interest-free loan of 800,000 Canadian dollars C. were millionaires by the tens of thousands D. both A and B Answer D

25. Section II Store Your Bricks Why has the Canadian government decided to cancel the Federal Investor Immigrant Program （FIIP）? Because too many rich foreign investors wanted to make Canada home. B. Because the program enriched banks. C. Because the program provided little benefit to Canada. D. Because the program has few problems. Answer C

26. Section III Expand Your Horizon What attracts most rich Chinese to get a ticket into Canada? A. Food safety. B. Health care. C. Free air of capitalism. D. All the above. Answer D

27. Section III Expand Your Horizon Which of the following statements is NOT the reason why Chinese are angry over the cancellation of Canadian immigration program? A. They have given up much in waiting to come to Canada. B. Their chances might be in court. C. Their hope of getting permanent residency in Canada dashed. D. Other ways into Canada are less assured. Answer B

28. Section III Expand Your Horizon What may the rich Chinese most possibly do after the cancellation of Canadian immigration program? A. They may choose other developed countries. B. They may still wait for revised Canadian immigration program. C. They may put the Canadian government to court. D. They may give up their immigration plan. Answer A

29. Section III Expand Your Horizon Task 2 Vocabulary and Sentences (1)Replace the italicized words with the words or phrases given in the box. Change the form if necessary.

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34. Section III Expand Your Horizon (2)Fill in the blanks with the words given, and change the form if necessary. We must respond to well-founded criticism with a __________ to change（willing）. click willingness The ___________ of the football match really ticked him off（cancel）. cancellation click The way Swedes __________ immigrants is, as she feels, 100% more advanced （integration）. click integrate

35. Section III Expand Your Horizon To ___________ matters further, everybody's vitamin requirements vary（complicate）. complicate click The republic's factories have closed for the weekend to _________ energy（conservative）. click conserve Most states _________ the right to free and adequate education（ guaranteed）. guarantee click

36. Section III Expand Your Horizon The book was banned in the US, as were two _________ books（ subsequence）. subsequent click click Upon a negative decision, the ___________ loses the protection offered by Belgian law （applicant）. applicant Non- ________ guests are welcome to use the hotel swimming pool（residence）. click resident

37. Section III Expand Your Horizon They also boldly championed the Christian _______and Western Culture（ethical）. click ethic ____________could dry up and that could cause the economy to falter（investor）. investment click Economic reform has brought relative ____________to peasant farmers（wealthy）. wealth click

38. Section III Expand Your Horizon Task 3 Divergent Thinking Try to make one or more sentences with the given information. And what you write should not be merely from the text.

39. Section III Expand Your Horizon What do many rich Chinese want to apply for permanent residency in Canada? （为什么许多中国富人想移民加拿大？）（free, food safety, health care） The free air of capitalism, food safety and health care attract them much to get a ticket into Canada. Click _______________________________________________________

40. Section III Expand Your Horizon Why did the Canadian government cancel the Federal Investor Immigrant Program （FIIP）? （为什么加拿大政府取消了联邦投资移民项目？）（benefit, fraught with）. The program brought Canada little benefit but it was fraught with problems. Click ______________________________________________________

41. Section III Expand Your Horizon How did the cancellation of the Canadian Immigration Program influence Chinese? （加拿大移民项目的取消是如何影响中国人的？） （ threaten, action） They have given up much in waiting to come to Canada and now their hopes dashed. Click ______________________________________________________

42. Section III Expand Your Horizon How did the Chinese react to the cancellation of the Canadian Immigration Program? （中国人对加拿大取消移民项目有什么反应？） （ threaten, compensation） They threatened to take legal action against Canadian government and demanded compensation. Click ______________________________________________________

43. Section III Expand Your Horizon Compared to Canada's cancelling the Immigration Program, what have other developed countries done? （相比加拿大取消移民项目，其他发达国家做了什么？）（follow, issue） Click They have followed Canada's lead and issued more immigrant visas. ______________________________________________________