By Colin R. Singer ( December 3, 2024, 10:02 AM EST) -- Ontario has announced plans to introduce legislation to regulate immigration consulting, aiming to protect newcomers from fraud and exploitation. As the province with 43 per cent of Canada’s newcomers — projected to reach 173,000 in 2025 across all permanent immigration programs — Ontario will become the third province, alongside Quebec and Saskatchewan, to regulate immigration consulting. This comes amid a growing number of reported cases of alleged fraud under federal programs being committed by immigration consultants....