The witness from Calgary mentioned the key issues that we can see from other countries that are facing similar challenges. Courses on acquiring language skills are the number one key to integration. The women who are taking these courses should be provided with adequate child care facilities and if they are pregnant, if they give birth, they should be accorded the same benefits that women in Canada are eligible for, so that they do not lose the training they've already received. Then they can return immediately after using the maternity leave to the same place they had been before, and not lose their training and their time due to child-bearing that some of them are going through during that period of time.
On November 9th, 2017. See this statement in context.