Citizenship and Immigration committee  Business is about location, location, location. For retention, it's about information, information, information. That is key for us to be able to stay.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  We have seen an increase in newcomer businesses here in the province. That is a visible trend. The more we have access to information and the more we have access to clear rules and clear regulations, the more chances there are that new start-ups, new businesses, and new productio

Citizenship and Immigration committee  We don't have very much access to that kind of legislation. It is brought up between provincial programming and Memorial University, but we see that the trend in the 1,000 people who come to us looking for help is that the transition from international student to permanent reside

Citizenship and Immigration committee  There are only three of us. There's the Association for New Canadians, which is federally funded; us, the Refugee and Immigrant Advisory Council, which depends only on donations; and the Multicultural Women's Organization of Newfoundland and Labrador, which focuses mostly on wome

Citizenship and Immigration committee  We have seen individuals coming to our door and asking how to establish businesses, including tourism. There are individuals coming to us about tourist activities that are not regular here in Newfoundland. They have new ideas and new concepts to develop, but again the lack of a c

Citizenship and Immigration committee  You're welcome.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  When I mentioned $200,000, Ms. Kwan, it's what RIAC would need to be able to look after a thousand individuals per year. In terms of services, adults don't have access to English as a second language services in a volume that allows them to quickly gain access to the labour mark

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes, exactly. I don't know the tendency or the numbers, but some of the concerns the families bring to us are about how to keep their children, their teenagers, in school when they find that it's boring because they've already seen the topics. They feel that they're repeating and

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  There is a program going on. There is the local immigration partnership with a number of organizations, but the focus of that particular group is more about welcoming communities and how to make people's lives easy in their day-to-day life. There is no specific focus on issues su

Citizenship and Immigration committee  As a matter of fact, newcomers have been part of an increasing agricultural production, and they're bringing new trends and products to the market. A large number of newcomers are working in start-ups and starting industries from perspectives that have never been dealt with local

Citizenship and Immigration committee  In our case, tourism is growing significantly here in Newfoundland and Labrador. Newcomers are playing a big role there, providing new services and new adventures in the province.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I'm sorry about that. The three elements that drive people out are employment, information, and transportation here in Newfoundland.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes. Recently—in the last five years, we could say—the mental health issue has been on the agenda. Just two or three years ago, a non-profit group was formed to deal with the lack of mental health services. Newcomers in particular have no access to that kind of service for the ma

Citizenship and Immigration committee  RIAC has been working since 1983, and we can say that in the last 10 years we have seen a large number of people come through our doors seeking help. In the last three years, we saw around 1,000 people per year come to ask questions and ask for services. That is without our being