Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes, I agree with that. I think it is a balance.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I think a whole-of-society approach is a useful approach, and I agree. I think many different groups need supports. I think we do need some targeted supports, however, for newcomer populations. Many of the services that we provide are not provided through settlement services, but

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes, I think it's particularly noticeable in terms of refugees. They've often been through very traumatic experiences. I think we need more in the way of mental health supports. More supports in the school system, in terms of counselling and settlement workers, also help. Childre

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I think we need more supports in those areas.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I think increasingly what we're seeing is a federalization of immigration, including settlement; that is, all levels of government are becoming increasingly involved in this because they all recognize the value and the importance of immigrants. I think there is the idea of co-ope

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes, I think those are all really good suggestions. I would say also for other immigrants or prospective immigrants, the pre-arrival services are really important. I think some of those services now are very, very targeted to specific types of occupations. They give really good

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes. I think we need a lot more innovation on this level, and we need to be able to bring the employers into this and get them involved. Mentorship programs and bridge training programs are very useful, but I think a lot of the accreditation bodies are still very resistant to rec

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes. I agree with the comments that Christine has made. Also, through the provincial nominee program, if you look at places like Manitoba, they've done a lot of work in this area. They've brought workers to communities and worked with employers to provide a workforce where it wa

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes, I'd agree with that. The more we can provide language in connection with employment and other connections with the community so that the immigrant can see the practical applications of this, the better the success rates are. Making more of those connections is important.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  That's right. They would be, but it would be good to get a jump on this.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Let me confess that I am not an expert on the language dimension of this, but I think the idea of connecting the language training increasingly with employment is a really good idea. I think, rather than just having language classes but making them more practical, more about the

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I think what we find with universities and colleges is that increasingly they are providing more services for international students. I see it more as a shared responsibility. Increasingly a large proportion of international students are being recruited through express entry. So

Citizenship and Immigration committee  No.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I think that would be ideal. I think in practice that often does not happen. It would be good to have more co-operation on the part of employers in terms of doing more of this. I think there is still some responsibility on the part of the federal government to be a bit more flexi

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Okay. Hence, program funding that connects pre- and post-arrival services would enhance the continuity of services and result in services that are more effective. I'll briefly mention two others. I won't go into any of the details. I think another area is targeted services fo