Citizenship and Immigration committee  For certain. One of the lessons—something we underestimated—was that when we knew they were coming, all we knew was that they spoke Kermanji. Understanding all the different languages and dialects they speak is also very important in order to address their needs. Better communica

Citizenship and Immigration committee  The Kurdish language breaks down into two main dialects. Kermanji, I think, breaks down into about 12 different regions. Some of them are only spoken, not written, so one of the biggest challenges is trying to identify the communities, where they come from in the region, and what

Citizenship and Immigration committee  From our point of view, we begin by ensuring that they are fluent in the languages they need to interpret. That would be the first step. Second, we need to focus on the protocols that are followed in the community. Last, we also train in terminology, especially for the medical en

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you, Ms. Kwan, for the question. To begin, we actually have begun training interpreters in Calgary, and I think they can be accessed through different organizations in the city. One of the difficulties, I believe, is connections and communication between different cities t

Citizenship and Immigration committee  We need funding.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I would say $100,000 would go a long way to develop as many languages as possible in all the different communities.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Probably it's—

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair, members of the committee, guests, and witnesses, for the opportunity to profile our organization and the challenges we face evaluating and recruiting interpreters for languages of lesser diffusion. CISOC is a local organization. It was created in 1993. The