When I left Mennonite Centre for Newcomers in the spring of this year we were probably serving about 10,000 people a year. And that varied. That might be somebody coming in for one afternoon's help with their résumé, right through to people living for several years in supported housing facilities that we have. We're one of about five immigrant-serving organizations in Edmonton and one of 450 immigrant-serving organizations in the country that are providing a whole range of services.
But again, the problem is often that the way we approach funding and providing services to immigrants now is almost trapping them for an extended time into needing to depend on services because it's providing a small ration that's stretched out over a long time instead of providing a rich opportunity to make a good start. Then most people, when they have that, take over and move themselves forward.