Citizenship and Immigration committee  No. Legally they're allowed to work.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  It's not contradictory. It's going back to the same thing of not being put on the right path. When I see them being paid in cash, it's not because there's no opportunity for them. There are no programs in place, like the pods that I mentioned, for them to get employment. No Can

Citizenship and Immigration committee  They're mainly in construction, which is what I specialize in. I believe there are other areas they can work in, as you mentioned, such as supermarkets or factories, etc. There are a lot of opportunities for them to get employment, yes. There are a lot of employers.... There's a

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Oh yes, we try to register them for the night classes. They work in the morning and do night classes, and that works perfectly.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Actually, it's about teaching them how to get to areas, what to do for their next steps, plan for them, because they don't know how to plan. In a new country, they don't know what to do first or what's the highest priority to do in this country. Yes, go with them to the doctor's

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes. I don't know the names if anybody wants to ask me for them, but not to get anybody into trouble, yes. Yes, 100%.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes, under the table is going on.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  That was through the organization I work with, the British Columbia Construction Association. They had the program. When I made that pitch, they were really interested. They said, “Let's just see if it works.” It did work. We matched them even with somebody without the background

Citizenship and Immigration committee  With the funding program, they said they needed to give it back to the existing agencies that worked for them before. They handled employment. We couldn't handle employment anymore.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  It was shifted, yes, to only pre-arrivals. It was shifted to only people offshore, not people actually in Canada. They left the “in Canada” for service agencies that are currently being funded, and they have employment programs through the agencies. Every agency we mentioned has

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes, you understand it correctly.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  The kids are in school.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I am not sure if it is the same in Calgary, because I haven't witnessed anything in Calgary. When I say “all agencies”, obviously they are not government agencies. They don't represent the government, for sure, so they are not funded by the government. No, they are not doing thei

Citizenship and Immigration committee  No, no, I know. It's just like Jenny was addressing when she asked me the question. I think we should give an opportunity to those other agencies that haven't been funded by government programs before to get the funds to actually help the Syrian refugees or the people who are in

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes.