Citizenship and Immigration committee  Through the chair, thank you for the question. Durham region started to receive funding for our LIP in 2009. That money has been leveraged to bring on board other partners who make financial contributions. When I say that we leverage funding in the community, I mean we host an e

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I'll give you an example of a simple pre-arrival service that I think has been fairly effective. In Durham region we developed an immigration portal, which is an online local resource about Durham region and its eight municipalities. On that portal is all the information you woul

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I'd like an opportunity, through the chair, to reply to that. In Durham region, we adopted what's called a results-based accountability methodology. With this framework we're trying to measure change at a community level. We ask three questions of everything: What did we do? H

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I would reiterate what I said in my remarks, that I honestly link the economic success of newcomers to the collective will of the community in which they reside, and that when all players are engaged and we understand our collective responsibility, and our collective benefit when

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Honourable Chair and members of the committee, thank you for the opportunity to share the perspective of the Regional Municipality of Durham on how to promote the economic prosperity of immigrants through settlement services. To provide some context, I offer the following informa