Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I'm not sure I have all the answers on that one, because it's a difficult conundrum. If the Syrian youth are in school and we can provide some supports outside of school in the times when other kids would be doing clubs or other activities in order to give the youth a safe place

Citizenship and Immigration committee  It's a funding application that we will present to them. I guess....

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes—

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I may edit it a bit because there are things that are specific to them, but, yes. I don't think there is anything highly secretive in there. It's just some of our suggestions about moving forward.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes, we are the only people who provide the refugee sponsorship training program across Canada. We had four people providing service to the entire country prior to additional funding, so you get a sense of how very quickly four people get overwhelmed. Probably the biggest challe

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Sure.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Many of the government-assisted refugees have a very low level of English language skills, and there is a fair bit of illiteracy in their own language. There are issues around employment and whether or not there are skills that are transferable to an urban life in Canada. I am n

Citizenship and Immigration committee  It is not going to have a huge impact on our work, in that we are going to be working with the GARs as soon as they get into their own housing and all the way through.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Month 13 is difficult for them, not us.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I will tackle month 13, because that was actually one of my suggestions. The rates are set by the province, not by the federal government, but I think everybody has some skin in the game in improving the ability of both those on social assistance and the refugees to have an all

Citizenship and Immigration committee  They're incredibly important. Even just filling out paperwork and explaining how systems work and connecting them with other resources is really the heart and soul of settlement, in that it helps with everyday living. It's the ability to get things done in your life. It is to hel

Citizenship and Immigration committee  The program that you're referring to is a program that is called enhanced language training. It is for internationally trained medical professionals to help them bridge into the medical technology fields and use their training and background. A couple of the elements that make t

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you for that question. We are involved in quite a number of high schools in Scarborough and are very involved with the newcomer community in the secondary schools. There are a number of issues with that particular group. Some of it is simply that it's difficult enough bein

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Okay. It is based on provincial welfare rates, and it also sets the financial support scale for the private sponsors. It is completely inadequate in this time period. Thank you, and I look forward to your questions.