It has been a long-term risk for immigrant women and men over the decades. We are trying to address that issue by working collaboratively with the governments and the ministries. Particularly to the point in your question about whether recently it has been more difficult for immigrant women to find jobs, in Calgary, we have an economic downturn, so it has been more difficult for anyone to find jobs. We have more than 100,000 people who have been laid off in the last year or so. However, for the clients who come to us for supports for employment—and I mentioned that we have 13 clinical bridging programs—it is not.
As I mentioned, we have achieved a level of labour market involvement of our clients, overall, for all programs, of over 90%. That is because of the well-thought-out and well-executed partnerships with employers that we have for the programs we offer and the clients we serve. It is amazing that we have not had any decrease in the level of job acquisition for clients in the last two years, regardless of the economic downturn. That speaks to the need, along with government endeavours, to put policies in place and invest in employment, and to understand the importance of customizing supports for immigrant women so that we can expedite those beautiful skills that they have brought to Canada in line with the settlement supports.
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