Citizenship and Immigration committee  I'm not the one to answer that question. I think whoever makes those decisions makes the decisions. It's really about not who does it but the fact that someone has to step up to the plate here.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I think that our people are doing the best they can off the sides of their desks for those people. They are having to prioritize really drastic kinds of cases. They can't give them the same wraparound service and appropriate level of service they are giving others. I think that's

Citizenship and Immigration committee  The great question is about the increase in funding, because of the way it's designed. It looks like we're receiving some increases in funding. We receive a base amount and then there's an amendment given, but it takes a whole process of time for this amendment to go through. We

Citizenship and Immigration committee  This is federal.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  There are significant wait-lists. I'm not able to give you an exact number on that for both the childminding piece and the inclusion in instruction.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I would say it's a significant number of them. Most of them are also parents of students in our K to 12 system that are receiving the LINC instruction.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  The LINC is providing the language training for the parents.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  The other ones have students in the K to 12 system.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I think the childminding offers them the ability to attend during the day and someone is minding their children. Am I confusing the question?

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Is it pre-school that you're talking about?

Citizenship and Immigration committee  They are in school. Right.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I would say that it's 80% or more.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  My answer is yes and no, because I believe we are hearing that there will be some modifications to the five-year funding model but not significant changes that we're expecting. We have heard that we'll be able to retain some of the slippage that has been before being taken back.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you. Good afternoon. I'm an assistant superintendent in the Burnaby School District, and I work in the area of settlement services, supporting both settlement workers in schools and language instruction for newcomers to Canada. LINC began in Burnaby in 1992. It was federa