Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you. I appreciate that.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  This has definitely happened with our sponsorship. In dealing with our sponsorship agreement holders, they hoped we could get some applications in for November and December, but it didn't happen. Every week that went by we hoped and they hoped. Then March 31 came and there seemed

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Definitely. I know just from the community that I live in that many people want to help and are unsure of how to do that. We had numerous groups mobilize in Dufferin County , as you know. I think a few of them, or one of them at least, did connect with that and they are involved

Citizenship and Immigration committee  No, we haven't had that problem. I was involved in refugee sponsorship some years ago, and I know that the process is a long one. I think that some groups heard that the Syrian refugees were coming right away and they were inexperienced at this, so they jumped into those kinds of

Citizenship and Immigration committee  No, we did not have any financial hardships of that kind. We just have some money sitting there not being used, while we wait for our refugees.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  It's a pub. We're outside a pub in England.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  That is an important question. I'm sure the committee wrestles with this continuously. I think Canada does work with the United Nations Refugee Agency, and that is vital, but there are times perhaps when there are certain refugee populations that resonate with the Canadian popula

Citizenship and Immigration committee  What I'm asking the government and this committee to recognize is the unique situation of asylum seekers in Israel, particularly Eritreans. The process needs to be amended so that private sponsorships can be carried out despite Israel's hesitancy to give the label “refugee” to th

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I do feel like the numbers are arbitrary because I don't know the policy reasons, and I'm not sure how the government communicates those now. Whatever they're doing now, they need to change. I haven't had it communicated to me. I don't know where the numbers come from. I don't kn

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Greetings. I am honoured to have this opportunity to speak with you today. I represent Compass Community Church, a church of about 1,500 people in the Orangeville area. We would like to express our appreciation to this government and to each of you for your work and the care and