Yes, or 10 to 12 times....
Evidence of meeting #37 for Status of Women in the 41st Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was youth.
A recording is available from Parliament.
Evidence of meeting #37 for Status of Women in the 41st Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was youth.
A recording is available from Parliament.
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Manager, Counselling Program, Ottawa Community Immigrant Services Organization
Yes, or 10 to 12 times....
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Conservative
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Manager, Counselling Program, Ottawa Community Immigrant Services Organization
I can't tell you that. I can only tell you how many new people the counselling program helps per year.
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Conservative
Joyce Bateman Conservative Winnipeg South Centre, MB
How many new people does the counselling program...?
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Manager, Counselling Program, Ottawa Community Immigrant Services Organization
That's about 500.
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Conservative
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Manager, Counselling Program, Ottawa Community Immigrant Services Organization
Ninety-five percent of our clients cannot pay, so 5% or less.
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Manager, Counselling Program, Ottawa Community Immigrant Services Organization
Yes, it's 5% or less.
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Manager, Counselling Program, Ottawa Community Immigrant Services Organization
Can I tell you, and let's not go into the details of the—
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Conservative
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Manager, Counselling Program, Ottawa Community Immigrant Services Organization
I'll tell you about Ontario.
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Conservative
Joyce Bateman Conservative Winnipeg South Centre, MB
I'm here to learn about the program. We actually have a mandate for this committee, and it's not about Ontario. It's actually about helping young women to achieve economically. That's our mandate, so I'm very interested in what you have to say about how you help young women to achieve in this economic environment. And as I said, when we help immigrants or refugees to succeed, it helps us all. That is what the country has been built on.
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Manager, Counselling Program, Ottawa Community Immigrant Services Organization
I agree, absolutely.
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Conservative
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Manager, Counselling Program, Ottawa Community Immigrant Services Organization
Counselling is considered health in Ontario, and that's provincial.
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Conservative
Joyce Bateman Conservative Winnipeg South Centre, MB
It is funded with a 6% increase annually by the federal government, I might add, so we consider it holistically. We're here to help all people, and we don't want to think in blocks.
To get the 95% of people helped for nothing, we have to charge the health system to get a referral. Does this clinical supervisor need a referral?
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Manager, Counselling Program, Ottawa Community Immigrant Services Organization
No, no....
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Conservative
Joyce Bateman Conservative Winnipeg South Centre, MB
Because it says right here on your brochure, Madam, “To make an appointment or for a referral, contact: Carmen Gloria...” and she's an M.Ed., OACCPP.
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Manager, Counselling Program, Ottawa Community Immigrant Services Organization
Yes, that's a master's in counselling. She's a certified clinical counsellor.
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NDP
The Chair NDP Marie-Claude Morin
If you have any truly specific questions you would like to address with the witness, you could always discuss them at the end of the committee meeting.
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Conservative
Joyce Bateman Conservative Winnipeg South Centre, MB
Yes, thank you. May the committee request some details?