Thank you, Mr. Chair. I will try to be brief.
Immigration Francophone Nouvelle-Écosse has been providing free services to French-speaking newcomers for 10 years.
As an immigration service provider, Immigration Francophone Nouvelle-Écosse has three main objectives: to increase and retain the number of French-speaking newcomers in Nova Scotia, to foster the integration of the newcomers into the province, more specifically within the Acadian and francophone community, and to increase the reception and integration capacity of Acadian and francophone communities in Nova Scotia.
Immigration Francophone Nouvelle-Écosse is expanding its services. We now have settlement, integration and community connection services, for programs both before and after newcomers' arrival. To better achieve our goals, we work with other community partners, be they francophone or anglophone, to deliver services effectively and efficiently.
Before I get to the heart of the matter, I would like to begin by thanking IRCC and the Nova Scotia Immigration Office for their contribution to our activities. However, Immigration Francophone Nouvelle-Écosse would like the federal government to correct the inequities that have been around for 10 years between immigrant service providers. Immigration Francophone Nouvelle-Écosse is the only provider of immigrant settlement services—