Citizenship and Immigration committee  We are given some funding for interpretation, to provide interpretation, for us to provide services. The funding is for the settlement agency. But if they are to access services outside of our agency, it is beyond what we have or what is available for funding. For example, in ou

Citizenship and Immigration committee  It is sufficient to the work we do. We use interpretation in our office when we are providing one-on-one settlement appointments. When we have family and youth programs, we use the funding we get from the government to deliver those programs.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  No. Unfortunately our funding doesn't allow it.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  That is correct.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  If they are to be eligible for settlement services that would really contribute to the economic growth of our country.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Of course. Definitely.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Especially for Brandon, where buses run every 30 minutes to an hour, it's not ideal for clients who use public transportation. Once they miss the bus, they have to stand there for another 30 minutes or an hour in this cold weather. If you're a newcomer, you don't have any idea of

Citizenship and Immigration committee  We actually have the same answer as theirs. We make use of the pre-arrival programs. Also, for the economic migrants, most of time the point of entry is where they would hear about our services. It's the same with GARs. It's prior to them coming here. They already know about us

Citizenship and Immigration committee  To continue talking about the new initiative this year, we have the settlement workers in schools, or SWIS, which is a partnership initiative with the Brandon School Division that sees support staff providing guidance and assistance to students and their families as they settle i