Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I will be sharing the last two minutes with my colleague Ms. Zahid.
Thank you very much to the minister and to staff for appearing today.
I know in my previous work at the Toronto District School Board how important it is for us to successfully integrate newcomers and provide them with the settlement services that they need. In my riding of Scarborough North, in fact, there's a great partnership between IRCC and the Toronto District School Board to establish a newcomer services office, and I was fortunate enough to have helped launch that program as a local trustee several years ago.
I know from a report published by the Centre for Refugee Studies that privately sponsored refugees are less likely to access settlement services. They are also less likely to access language training compared to government-sponsored refugees. Recognizing how important it is for us to successfully integrate all refugees into Canada and that the department has allocated an additional $38 million in the 2016-17 budget year specifically for settlement services, can you share how that money will be used to encourage all refugees, including those who are privately sponsored, to access the services that they may need?