We know what happens to these refugee claimants or landed immigrants. The faster they settle and the faster they can find a job, the faster they are going to be able to rent a place or buy a house, and the more property taxes they are going to produce for your city. So in many ways it's not just the status that needs to be fast-tracked--because you don't want to keep people in limbo--but also in the meantime, while we are dealing with the refugee status, it would be useful for them to find some kind of job so they could get off Ontario Works or welfare. And in the meantime, if they are working, then they are paying taxes to all levels of government.
Is there some way we could do more together to help these claimants while they are waiting for us to deal with their status?