Evidence of meeting #38 for Citizenship and Immigration in the 40th Parliament, 2nd Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was services.

A recording is available from Parliament.

On the agenda

MPs speaking

Also speaking

Sherman Chan  Director, Settlement Services, MOSAIC
Noureddine Bouissoukrane  Acting Senior Manager, Calgary Immigrant Educational Society
Thomas Tam  Chief Operating Officer, S.U.C.C.E.S.S.

10:25 a.m.

Acting Senior Manager, Calgary Immigrant Educational Society

Noureddine Bouissoukrane

Our agency from Calgary has been in the business for 22 years. The only program funded by CIC so far is language instruction.

I can give you another example. There is drop-in ESL funded by the Government of Canada and the Government of Alberta and filled by Canadian volunteers. We don't spend money on that.

For CIC, we only have the English language. We are trying to utilize it to the max.

10:25 a.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative David Tilson

Thank you, gentlemen, for coming.

10:25 a.m.

NDP

Olivia Chow NDP Trinity—Spadina, ON

A point of order.

I don't think we're having a vote, are we, at 10:45?

10:30 a.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative David Tilson

We appear to be having a vote.

10:30 a.m.

Liberal

Maurizio Bevilacqua Liberal Vaughan, ON

Mr. Chairman, just on a--

10:30 a.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative David Tilson

It appears the NDP is up to tricks again.

Could we have some order?

Gentlemen, I want to thank you for coming and giving us your thoughts. They will be noted in our report.

Thank you kindly, sirs.

This meeting is adjourned until Tuesday.