Any increase in funding expands the reach of the people we help. We're able to hire people who are specific to certain areas. For example, recently, mental health was an issue with the Syrian refugees who came. With those resources, we were able to get mental health services or crisis services, which, incorporated into the service delivery, improves their life and makes them more ready for employment, or if they are going into business, it helps them. It also increases the number of people who go to language classes, for example. It's important that people learn the language so they can be incorporated into the labour market. Having more classrooms and reducing the number of people waiting for language programs helps a lot. In our area we have expanded the language programs and we have reduced our waiting time, so they really impact more people. More resources means more impact.
On February 4th, 2019. See this statement in context.