Citizenship and Immigration committee  No, we have not. Our funding, in fact, has been going down over the years. I feel that to keep the students here, we have to show them that there are opportunities for them.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Like Meredith said, maybe there could be a co-op or an internship working with the businesses. There is hesitance, which I have seen personally, to hire somebody who's from outside of Canada, but remember, these people have been trained here. As you said, they know the language a

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Definitely. I could get that to you ASAP.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  One of the things that I have heard having conversations with universities and colleges here is that one of the people, Bill Best, said to me, “Not everybody can travel”, so we're bringing the world to people. The education and what they get out of that is so important. Bring the

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you for this opportunity. Being at the multicultural centre over the last 15 years, I've been a part of the board there and I have seen the funding cuts that have come in. For us to maintain what we have for the ongoing numbers that we're getting now.... We are very happy t

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Meredith, I could have given you a few of my minutes. I want to introduce myself. I'm the president of the Sudbury Multicultural and Folk Arts Association. I've been in this community for 25 years. I'll tell you all it's a gem. I won't say any more than that. I'm sure Marc has