We ask you to support sponsorship agreement holders in their professional development and to support the ongoing training of our hundreds of sponsors across the country, including support for eligibility training. This has begun with CIC. It needs to be broadened.
Sponsorship agreement holders want to continue to name refugees in need of resettlement, help Canada meet its global responsibility, and bring in additional numbers. However, I personally believe that the latest move--the even more intense screening--is a form of role confusion. I see it as my role to encourage our church to respond to refugees, not discourage them. I am having to say no more than I can ever say yes, and I have no visa-office-referred cases to refer them to.