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Official Languages committee Yes. People who are bilingual are assigned more points.
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Official Languages committee They would like to have more points. They would like to enjoy a kind of positive discrimination. As we previously said, we cannot force people to move to a given city. If they have a job or family in one place, that is where they will go. We are working with the communities and w
November 24th, 2016Committee meeting
Stefanie Beck
Official Languages committee Absolutely. You talked about our minister earlier. That is one of the things he wants to do in the coming months. I cannot speak for him, but I know that is something he is thinking about.
November 24th, 2016Committee meeting
Stefanie Beck
November 24th, 2016Committee meeting
Stefanie Beck
Official Languages committee A new immigrant arriving at Pearson airport does not take the same path as you, who are a Canadian citizen. He goes through the first checkpoint and, at the second, finds himself among employees who of course speak English and French. Then he is directed to a specific location to
November 24th, 2016Committee meeting
Stefanie Beck
Official Languages committee We have reached contribution agreements with agencies that are required to provide services in both official languages.
November 24th, 2016Committee meeting
Stefanie Beck
Official Languages committee We have 600 different contribution agreements across Canada to provide services to newcomers.
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Stefanie Beck
Official Languages committee It is an integration service—
November 24th, 2016Committee meeting
Stefanie Beck
Official Languages committee It reports to the deputy minister.
November 24th, 2016Committee meeting
Stefanie Beck
Official Languages committee That depends on the location of the airport. The corporation or community in the region handles that.
November 24th, 2016Committee meeting
Stefanie Beck
Official Languages committee We manage it, the Department of Citizenship and Immigration.
November 24th, 2016Committee meeting
Stefanie Beck
Official Languages committee An audit will have to be done, and, if this is not working properly, there will have to be a follow-up.
November 24th, 2016Committee meeting
Stefanie Beck
Official Languages committee You also wanted information on retention, did you not?
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Official Languages committee All right.
November 24th, 2016Committee meeting
Stefanie Beck
Official Languages committee You can think of it as a big job fair. That's really what it is. It's a really big job fair that we have in Paris—
November 24th, 2016Committee meeting
Stefanie Beck