Human Resources committee  Certainly in the work we do we have seen numerous problems with the education of African Canadian children. I think it's well documented that drop-out rates are extremely high. Within Toronto itself there has been a huge debate as to whether the public education system has fail

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Ditto to everything that was said before me. I also think we need to recognize in principle that if we need people to come here and work for us, we need to recognize their worth. We need to allow them to settle here permanently, not dispose of them after they have worked and make

Citizenship and Immigration committee  In terms of our experience at the clinic, ACLC, we work with other groups who are on the ground. We are not on the ground in Ontario--we're a very small office--but we keep in touch with the issues that arise within these very isolated communities. You see, the thing is, it real

Citizenship and Immigration committee  It's a chicken-and-egg thing, because people suffer in silence. We know, from the ones who have spoken out and from working with our advocacy partners, that there are abuses, but the fear is there than when abuses get reported, there are serious repercussions. So we don't know

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I have an oral statement only, as I didn't find out about the standing committee until last week. In the short time I have, I am planning to speak to two issues--temporary foreign workers, specifically the seasonal agricultural workers program, and also immigration consultants.