CAPIC President Jeffrey Hemlin was revoked by CSIC's independent discipline council for serious professional conduct involving signing and selling blank immigration forms to a ghost consultant, controlling his clients' assets and acting without the clients' directions, and submitting a false declaration. CIC chose to endorse ICCRC as regulator, despite knowing that CAPIC was the organization behind ICCRC, and despite knowing of Hemlin's disciplinary hearing. Thus, it would appear that senior CIC officials endorsed the conduct of Hemlin.
Phil Mooney President/CEO of ICCRC has promised to offer consultants (at a cost of $3.6 million in taxpayers money) lower membership fees, free Continuing Professional Development (CPD) and to chase ghost consultants rather than regulated immigration consultants. The regulator will have smaller revenues and thus a far weaker regulatory body than the Law Societies; free CPD means lesser competence as you cannot expect quality education to be free. Chasing ghosts means going after competitors rather than members, and will result in fewer resources being available for investigating and disciplining regulated immigration consultants. CIC endorses the prioritization offered by Mooney, thus supporting the financial interests of immigration consultants over those of their clients.
Standards of professionalism have been threatened as well by ICCRC. The lack of professionalism is self-evident from a review of public statements made by ICCRC supporters. Phil Mooney, for example, referred to critics of ICCRC as dogs. Also, a review of public discussion boards run by ICCRC indicate that ICCRC considers attacking one's opponents to be acceptable. Ultimately, the ICCRC board of directors was forced to apologize for public statements made on that discussion board, which attacked CSIP, CSIC, CMI and their leaders, all with the endorsement of ICCRC directors. CIC has endorsed these unprofessional public statements by choosing ICCRC.
Does Jason Kenney also endorse the conduct of Jeffrey Hemlin, Phil Mooney and ICCRC board?
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