I would first like to specify that Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada is responsible for determining to what extent Syrian refugees have managed to integrate into Canada. That is one of its responsibilities. We have noted that the existing measures were related only to the federal government's activities, such as determining whether refugees' needs have been assessed in order to be able to decide what services are necessary to their integration and whether they have begun to learn one of Canada's two official languages. In short, those activities pertain only to the federal government.
In order to understand how refugees are settling in Canada, it is also very important to know about provincial-level services.
For example, are the children of Syrian refugees enrolled in schools? Do they have access to the necessary health care services or other services under provincial jurisdiction?
The department determined that such measures were important, but it has not obtained the information needed to assess the integration of refugees at the provincial level. I think it would be very important for the department to have access to that kind of information in order to be able to fulfill its responsibilities, which involve a good understanding of refugees' integration into Canada.