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Official Languages committee Yes, what you say is true, but it should be noted that when Canada accepts someone from abroad, a refugee, that person has immigrant status. It's just his experience as a refugee that's not there, but he is considered an immigrant. That is what we must focus on so that they're i
May 15th, 2014Committee meeting
Serge Kaptegaine
Official Languages committee We don't receive any money from the government.
May 15th, 2014Committee meeting
Serge Kaptegaine
Official Languages committee Last year, we received up to $60,000 from the United Way. Other than that, the other refugees are working now and making contributions to the organization.
May 15th, 2014Committee meeting
Serge Kaptegaine
Official Languages committee That depends. They need to get services in order to integrate, but are those services available? In Winnipeg, anyone who comes as a refugee has to go through the ENTRY Program. It's mandatory. The program is delivered in English. The system kind of encourages people to learn Eng
May 15th, 2014Committee meeting
Serge Kaptegaine
Official Languages committee I would say about 30%.
May 15th, 2014Committee meeting
Serge Kaptegaine
May 15th, 2014Committee meeting
Serge Kaptegaine
Official Languages committee I think the Franco-Manitoban system works really well. In fact, just this year, because refugees and other newcomers were asking for education in French, a small school was replaced by a larger one to meet the demand.
May 15th, 2014Committee meeting
Serge Kaptegaine
Official Languages committee Right now, yes.
May 15th, 2014Committee meeting
Serge Kaptegaine
Official Languages committee You asked if most of the refugees were African, and I would like to clarify that. As you know, they are refugees because of war. Whenever you talk about war in Africa, you talk about war in Congo, which, again, is a francophone country, so a lot of Congolese come here. Take the
May 15th, 2014Committee meeting
Serge Kaptegaine
Official Languages committee Of course. One of the 280 people we helped last year was a musician. That's what he did before coming here. We started working with him this year. He just released an album in Winnipeg, Manitoba. He also opened a music school. He finds other children of refugees and teaches them
May 15th, 2014Committee meeting
Serge Kaptegaine
Official Languages committee We have helped more than that.
May 15th, 2014Committee meeting
Serge Kaptegaine
Official Languages committee We have helped refugees who are not francophone too.
May 15th, 2014Committee meeting
Serge Kaptegaine
Official Languages committee Last year, it was at least 90%. The others were anglophone.
May 15th, 2014Committee meeting
Serge Kaptegaine
Official Languages committee Ninety percent.
May 15th, 2014Committee meeting
Serge Kaptegaine
May 15th, 2014Committee meeting
Serge Kaptegaine