Evidence of meeting #141 for Citizenship and Immigration in the 42nd Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was newcomers.
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Conservative
Michelle Rempel Conservative Calgary Nose Hill, AB
Okay. So the statistic that you cited today was based on a survey of a sample.
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Assistant Deputy Minister, Settlement and Integration, Department of Citizenship and Immigration
Yes, there was a survey of over 50,000 individuals, both clients and non-clients, and 1,200 of the respondents were Syrian refugees.
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Conservative
Michelle Rempel Conservative Calgary Nose Hill, AB
So the survey would have been of a sample. Do you know from which regions the sample was taken? What percentage of the 1,200 was taken from which regions of the country?
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Assistant Deputy Minister, Settlement and Integration, Department of Citizenship and Immigration
We have that information. I don't have that breakdown in front of me, but it was representative of the national scatter of arrival of refugees.
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Conservative
Michelle Rempel Conservative Calgary Nose Hill, AB
What was the question that was asked with regard to employment on the survey?
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Assistant Deputy Minister, Settlement and Integration, Department of Citizenship and Immigration
Mr. Kiziltan may have that. I think they were asked, “Are you in employment?”
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Ümit Kiziltan Director General, Research and Evaluation, Department of Citizenship and Immigration
The question was, “Are you employed?”
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Assistant Deputy Minister, Settlement and Integration, Department of Citizenship and Immigration
The question was, “Are you employed?”
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Conservative
Michelle Rempel Conservative Calgary Nose Hill, AB
So “employment” was not defined by full time or part time.
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Assistant Deputy Minister, Settlement and Integration, Department of Citizenship and Immigration
No.
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Assistant Deputy Minister, Settlement and Integration, Department of Citizenship and Immigration
Yes.
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Conservative
Michelle Rempel Conservative Calgary Nose Hill, AB
Was it verified against any records or was it just self-reporting?
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Assistant Deputy Minister, Settlement and Integration, Department of Citizenship and Immigration
No, it's self-reporting.
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Conservative
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Assistant Deputy Minister, Settlement and Integration, Department of Citizenship and Immigration
Yes.
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Conservative
Michelle Rempel Conservative Calgary Nose Hill, AB
And we don't know what regions it was taken from.
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Assistant Deputy Minister, Settlement and Integration, Department of Citizenship and Immigration
Yes, we do.
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Conservative
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Assistant Deputy Minister, Settlement and Integration, Department of Citizenship and Immigration
If you wish.
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Conservative
Michelle Rempel Conservative Calgary Nose Hill, AB
Thank you.
On page 14 of your departmental performance report this year, it shows a steady decline in the average earnings of economic immigrants to Canada over the last few years. Did you do any analysis on why that could be?
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Assistant Deputy Minister, Settlement and Integration, Department of Citizenship and Immigration
It was a steady decline of economic earnings?
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Conservative
Michelle Rempel Conservative Calgary Nose Hill, AB
It was the average earnings of economic immigrants. I'm just wondering if any economic analysis was done on that trend and if you could table that with the committee.
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Assistant Deputy Minister, Settlement and Integration, Department of Citizenship and Immigration
Is that accurate, Ümit?