Citizenship and Immigration committee  Our government increased funding for the settlement program for 2018-19 by nearly 5%. It was increased to $768 million. With further increases to support more newcomers under the multi-year levels plan, by the end of fiscal 2019-20, this will represent a 32% funding increase for

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you. My next question is for Ms. Hamel. With a lot of focus on language and skills training for adults in order to get into the workforce, sometimes youth are overlooked, yet newcomer families tend to lean more on their children, particularly the teenagers, to assist the

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you, Chair. Thank you to all of the witnesses for coming today as we get to this important study. Thank you, Mr. Hussein, for all the work you do. I hear about your good work all the time in Toronto. Many of my constituents use your services. Mr. Hussein, newcomer wome

Citizenship and Immigration committee  What percentage of refugees are getting the pre-arrival services? Do you have some statistics showing what percentage of them are using those services?

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Have you gathered some statistics or done some analysis of those refugees who use the pre-arrival services to see how well and how quickly they were able to integrate into the Canadian system in getting jobs, versus those who didn't have pre-arrival services?

Citizenship and Immigration committee  My next question is for Ms. Choo. Have you done some of that analysis, because you also provide services to the newcomers when they arrive? Have you made some sort of analysis on how well and how quickly the newcomers integrate, those who have used the pre-arrival services versus

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Do you tend to—

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Okay.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you, Chair and thanks to all three witnesses for providing their testimony today as we start this important study on settlement services. It's an important aspect of the immigration department. My first question will be for IOM. How do you decide where to offer the pre-arr

Citizenship and Immigration committee  You mentioned in your comments that you provide childminding and financial assistance to travel if needed. Is it mandatory by IRCC that you provide the childminding services and travel assistance, and is it the standard requirement across the board for all the agencies that provi

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Do you have some examples where you have seen success stories for these mentoring programs?

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you. Mr. Cohen, we have heard from many witnesses during this study that refugees only turn to irregular channels of migration when regular, legal channels are closed to them, and that they would prefer a regular channel with a low chance of approval over the risk and cos

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you to all the witnesses for coming before the committee in this important study. My first question is for Mr. Brown. I read the brief you prepared for the lobby day on the Hill a few weeks ago. I agree with your two asks about international students. The first one was a

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Is the change to IRPA section 91 across all universities? Is it in some campuses but not in all of them?

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you. Mr. Alio, I was interested to learn about your refugee mentoring program. I know how important mentoring is, in going through my own career. I know that the Toronto Region Immigrant Employment Council also has a similar successful program, and in its budget submissio