First of all, I guess we should go back and say that to my understanding, there are 60 million refugees in the world in 73 countries, so we have a huge problem for mankind. It just happens that with the Syrian refugee crisis, we decided as Canadians to jump on the bandwagon. It is very challenging to look and say, well, we are bringing in all these Syrians, yet we are ignoring the other refugees around the world.
I don't have the answer to that, because I can't play God. I would just say that everybody is equal. It is just that we have gone down this path of Syrian refugees.
The sustainability of our program is going to be critical. I have read some transcripts of past meetings, and obviously sustainability is coming up in what we are talking about today. We have this gentleman who is in his 12th or 13th month. There is a lot of action of bringing Syrians in—and gosh, that's great—but what planning has gone behind that in the long run? You take a look at informing people, educating people, the ESL crisis that was evident today, and then look at people after one year. It is going to be a huge problem.
This is the tip of the iceberg, from my perspective, because learning a language, understanding English, is going to take at least a year, and then people are going to be looking for employment and we are going to be supporting them on a socialized basis. Sustainability is critical.
Are we going to need more money? Well, it just never stops. We are going to need more money. We are fortunate, in our small-town Canada, to be able to go back to the residents, who have tremendous empathy for what is going on, and we will raise more money, but the other thing that is important, as I said, is that the government should recognize what we can do. You are not in the business of relocating people. Let us do it. We have all the resources set in place to take families in. Why should we dismantle this program? There are thousands of small-town Canadas across the country that have put together programs like ours, and we can help the government with the resettlement, whether it is Syrians or people from any other countries around the world. Let's get our act together. Talk to us.
I am not frustrated—I'm sorry, I do get frustrated—