Citizenship and Immigration committee  My reply will be nuanced. The newcomers already have varied schooling levels in their original languages. If someone never went to school in his country of origin, it will take a long time before he learns the rudiments of the language and is functional in the new one. However,

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Very well.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you for the question. About a year ago, the Quebec Ministry of Immigration, Diversity and Inclusion finally agreed, after we exerted pressure, to admit asylum seekers into its part-time French courses. They only let them in about a year ago, so it hasn't been long. Before

Citizenship and Immigration committee  That's fine.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Very well. We read the report of the Auditor General, of course. As an organization and as a group of integration organizations in Quebec, we share her point of view. There are a lot of issues but also a lot of things that are well done. There are a lot of weak points in the adm

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Am I the one who has the floor?

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. First, I want to thank you for inviting me to testify before your committee. I received the memo outlining the topics for our intervention. I know we have a seven-minute limit. It will be difficult but I will do my best. The Maison internat

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I will be honest with you, I do not have any reliable, accurate statistics. However, speaking from experience, I could tell you that, because of the availability of services offered in Quebec, people tend to begin by learning French, because they live in a francophone society. Ho

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I think I understand where you are getting at. Indeed, in order to do more with less, we have to do things differently, no? If I am not mistaken, that is the gist of your question: how to optimize existing resources. Basically, what you are proposing can be useful: a kind of tec

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I will conclude by saying that recently, we have held retreats, days of reflection, at the Maison internationale de la Rive-Sud. We have understood that given the problems related to integration, it might be preferable for an organization such as ours to play a leveraging role wi

Citizenship and Immigration committee  That is a very good question because it is at the heart of the issue. With respect to the ability of organizations like our own, it's all very well, they can do a lot, but they can't do everything. It's our institutions that need to integrate the immigrants. They can start by fac

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Ladies and gentlemen, good morning. I'd like to start by thanking you for having invited us to testify before your committee. I'm very pleased to be here. I'm going to talk to you about our organization which is located on the south shore of Montreal,