No. The federal government has not provided us with any indication of how many new refugee claimants Ontario will be receiving over the next 18 months, but we do know from the federal government's refugee claimant data that from January 2017 to May 2018 Ontario received 5,585 refugee claimants who made their claim in Quebec and then moved to Ontario. Between January and May 2018, 21.4% or 1,675 of all refugee claimants were children under the age of 15.
We have asked and we would like the federal government to be more specific in the information on the profile of claimants coming from the Quebec border, such as data on education and skills levels. This data can support service planning and costing in terms of language training, as well as other initiatives. It says we look at this. I have a very large ministry. One of the concerns we have, as the bills start to pile up, is where to take that money from.
I am responsible for women who are escaping trafficking or domestic violence. There is the Children's Aid Society, the youth justice system, social assistance, Ontario disability support, children with autism. That's what keeps me up at night. We can go down rabbit holes on terms and get into semantics, but I don't think that's the debate we should be having. We should be having a debate on how the federal government can fully fund the situation so we can make Ontario and our municipalities whole.