Citizenship and Immigration committee  I don't think you can have a blanket solution to this. Different provinces have different issues. Quebec's different from the rest of Canada on this. However, I think Quebec has proven to do quite well, actually, with their French-language program just because we have a structure in which they're incentivized to learn French by getting a stipend every week.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes. For example, we've had a lot of people who come with tech education backgrounds, especially in the engineering sector. The problem, and this is a common problem, is industry and institutions only recognize Canadian education or North American education. The best way of going about it is getting them into what we call one-year post-graduate degree programs or diplomas to fast-track their equivalency.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you. Honourable Chair, vice-chairs and members of the committee, thank you for the opportunity to submit a brief and appear on behalf of The Refugee Centre. Over the past three years, our not-for-profit organization has been engaged with new and innovative ways to tackle integration in Canada.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes.