Karen Vecchio at the Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities Committee

On February 16th, 2017. See this statement in context.

February 16th, 2017 / 11:35 a.m.

Conservative

Karen Vecchio Conservative Elgin—Middlesex—London, ON

Thank you very much.

Thanks to everybody for coming out today.

I'm going to start with Dianne and Jeannette regarding the Immigrant Access Fund.

Obviously, when I look at the measurements of this, we're looking at 97% to 98% of payback. It is a way of collecting data as well so that we know that people are going forward. I heard some of the obstacles regarding this delay. You put in an application in August and you're still waiting. There could be issues there, but what are some of the other barriers?

We've talked about the provincially regulated bodies. In the province of Ontario I know we have had issues with the medical association for doctors, and things of that sort. What are some of the issues and how do you think we can solve those issues?

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