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Citizenship and Immigration committee  Mr. Chair, I think we certainly can draw on the lessons learned from the settlement of refugees in the Atlantic region. I would turn to my colleague Ümit to see if there are any statistics readily available or if we would need to undertake to bring that back.

May 29th, 2017Committee meeting

Laurie Hunter

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I'm sorry, Mr. Chair. That would be a topic that we would think would be a government opinion or decision to weigh in on.

May 29th, 2017Committee meeting

Laurie Hunter

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I can respond to the fact that the Minister of Immigration is on the list of ministers who will be invited to some of the leadership committee meetings, but again, the actual composition of the leadership committee would be a government decision. The Minister of Immigration and o

May 29th, 2017Committee meeting

Laurie Hunter

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes, certainly. I think we'll be looking at different elements of the pilot as it rolls out, and we definitely need to evaluate the results as we go. Looking at the unique settlement component and the components focused on retention, as well as the fact that there are the rural a

May 29th, 2017Committee meeting

Laurie Hunter

Citizenship and Immigration committee  We do have some of those numbers and they vary by program. I don't know if my colleague, Ümit, would like to speak to that.

May 29th, 2017Committee meeting

Laurie Hunter

Citizenship and Immigration committee  One the key gaps this program is looking to fill was the recognition that a number of programs are already serving the Atlantic region. This one was meant to experiment with innovative ways to try to focus on retention, and that's one of the reasons it's testing an employer-drive

May 29th, 2017Committee meeting

Laurie Hunter

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair, for the invitation to speak to the committee today. As noted, my name is Laurie Hunter, and I'm the director of the economic policy and programs division at Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada. With me today are Corinne Prince and Ümit Kiziltan.

May 29th, 2017Committee meeting

Laurie Hunter