Citizenship and Immigration committee  Language learning is different for many different people. I think developing different strategies for different learning styles is an important thing to think about. Some people learn better while they're at work. Having programs where language can be learned in a work setting is

Citizenship and Immigration committee  This is a bit out of my area of expertise, but I understand that at least in Manitoba where I live, it's the schools that are responsible for the children's language education. But, yes, a variety of strategies need to be sought.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Generally, the people we're bringing in do not have a lot of experience. They tend to be low-skilled. Certainly, matching up jobs with the people and their skills is a challenge. I've certainly heard of credentialing problems, but we haven't dealt much with that because we haven'

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair, for inviting me to speak to this committee on the issue of immigrant settlement services in Canada. Since 1979, Mennonite Central Committee has facilitated sponsorship and settlement of more than 10,000 refugees from around the world. To do this, MCC and ou

Citizenship and Immigration committee  There are some challenges in terms of this program that was landing a lot of people from November, January, and February. It was a big operation and was not sustainable. Now in this post-February 29 era, it's difficult for enough profiles to get to them. That's been the challenge

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I think it's important for the government to build a sustainable program, one that doesn't just move 25,000 in a short period of time, but goes forward from this moment to put in resources to continue to build refugee resettlement. Humanitarian immigration is an important part of

Citizenship and Immigration committee  From my provincial coordinators, I'm hearing the same thing across Canada, except if there has been an economic downturn in an area, in which case, there is more housing available, which is an unfortunate reality. When I speak with groups about sponsorship, I will show them what

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Well, she did.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I think this is an opportunity to look at issues of poverty, of housing, other things. It's complicated because a lot of those issues are provincial, and so it's going to take a federal, provincial and territorial discussion, but I think it's something to look at.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you for the question. I think that there are efforts, and I have been in discussion with the immigration department about their plans for that. They have plans for that. There was a very deep hole dug in terms of backlogs in a lot of the African missions, and they are work

Citizenship and Immigration committee  From what I have seen in terms of arrivals this year, there have been a lot of arrivals from African missions. New cases aren't being put in because the backlogs are there, but there is hope that in the year to come, there will be more opportunities.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you very much for that question. In the five provinces we work with, we have provincial staff in each one of those provinces who work hard to build connections in the community with our constituents, the people who are our natural constituents in terms of the Mennonite and

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you, Mr. Chairman, for this opportunity to come before you today to talk about our part in the efforts to respond to the Syrian crisis. Canada's private sponsorship of the refugees program has been an important part of Canada's humanitarian immigration program, and it's imp