Thank you, Mr. Chair.
As we all know, one of the major concerns of the committee is the fact that new immigrants are overrepresented in the unemployment rates, in the poverty rates, and in the under-employment rates of the country, thereby not maximizing the human resources potential of our country. It's in our national interest to provide immigrants with the tools required to bring about the type of change that will make them even more productive in our society. You can go home and think about that, because I think in many ways that embodies one of the major objectives of this committee.
I do want to go back to a point that was raised by Mr. Dykstra, if I can piggy-back on his thoughts. It has to do with the ability to streamline operations and to turn a dollar into two. That's possible. I've seen that kind of alchemy before. It comes down to this. Above and beyond your best practice, I want to hear from you. Give me one example of where you were able to perform that magic. In other words, where did your organization reprofile, reinvent itself, to the point of maximizing the dollar value that you have in your possession? I know these are difficult times, not only for the government and our country--as you know, we are faced with a deficit situation--but sometimes investing can turn that dollar into two.
Can you give me just a couple of examples so that when we write the report we can cite you as three organizations that have been able to creatively bring about that type of transformation?