I totally agree with you, but what I'm really looking at is the language barrier. We recognize that a lot of children are now being put in a role of interpreter. Within my own community we have a very strong Mennonite community. We have had a number of young girls who will come and interpret for their mothers on a child tax benefit application, and they're between the ages of 10 and 12. I see that within our own communities, regardless of where people are coming from.
I think we know that one of the barriers is getting the language requirements. What can we do? I know funding is lacking, but what sorts of programs are available to them now? We could look at it as an entire wraparound program, where you come in, and the children can have play dates and things like that while the mothers are interacting with other women trying to learn the language. What sorts of programs do you have that help?