I would like to assure the committee that Canada is a model for the world in receiving and welcoming new immigrants. We are rated the best country by the United Nations in welcoming and receiving new immigrants. We also believe that new immigrants have already paid back to the country what we have invested for them. So it's a win-win situation. We help the new immigrants, and once they become contributing members to our society they become a great asset to Canada. So we all benefit from this settlement funding framework.
I know we always have budget constraints, and that's why we have been advocating for creative funding sources. We've been working hard with the private sector, the private sponsorships, to partner with us in different kinds of training for new immigrants, different kinds of services. What we need is for the government to be more flexible in the funding formulas so that we are allowed to be more flexible in terms of seeking new and different funding sources, including private sponsorship.