Citizenship and Immigration committee  As Huda said, the officers at the embassy who are assessing and doing the interviews have to have some cultural context of the person they are interviewing, not only from that country but also within the different classes of that country. Some people and some classes are more awa

Citizenship and Immigration committee  The family sponsorship program, especially when it comes to parents and grandparents, should at least consider the impact of a statement saying how bringing your parents and grandparents is going to help your life, how it is going to help your integration and settlement. That's n

Citizenship and Immigration committee  The last time we looked at the processing time, we saw that they're looking at applications from January 2014.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Our recommendation would be less than two years, between 18 and 24 months.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Of the 310,000, only 10,000 being dedicated to parents and grandparents is really not sufficient for the numbers of, specifically, skilled workers who are admitted to Canada. If you count that each one of them will be bringing.... The cap should be at least doubled, because a lot

Citizenship and Immigration committee  On the specifics with the spousal sponsorships, a lot of the newcomer clients that we see, by the time they actually get their finances and their lives together, want to start a new family. They eventually end up getting married, and by the time they come back, a lot of the detai

Citizenship and Immigration committee  With regard to the quota system, we're very happy to see that the quota is the highest its been since 1910. The first issue is with the super visa. While it provides a very swift entry to parents and grandparents for newcomers, the financial requirements are unrealistic and, in

Citizenship and Immigration committee  The problems and challenges that we see are the different school systems that the parents are coming from. There isn't much involvement of parents in their children's education. Once the child goes to school, it is the teacher's responsibility. The concept of being involved in th

Citizenship and Immigration committee  We do have a couple of examples that touch on both issues. We have had overwhelming support from private sector employers. We had employers such as FreshCo. coming to our recent job fair and basically hiring on the spot. They take into consideration the fact that the refugees hav