Citizenship and Immigration committee  As we were saying earlier, the caveat is immigration agreements that do or don't exist with certain provinces. For example, the minister was in B.C. announcing these new funds to British Columbia, but because they're going to go to the province and because of the B.C. and federal

Citizenship and Immigration committee  We have actually had several meetings with the new Foreign Accreditation Agency. They have established it as primarily a referral agency to provincial organizations. A lot of the foreign accreditations happen at a provincial level. We have been watching with great interest how

Citizenship and Immigration committee  May I also respond to that?

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Certain initiatives have been undertaken in some areas that really outline that where a community is welcoming and provides some of the necessary things immigrants need, such as good jobs, immigrants are willing to move and settle. I'll give you an example. An organization in Van

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. My name is Wai Young, and I'm with the Ottawa secretariat of the Canadian Immigrant Settlement Sector Alliance, which is a national umbrella organization for the 450 settlement agencies across Canada. Our vision is that CISSA, which is our acronym, harnesse

Finance committee  We would certainly support that. In fact, there are several pilot projects happening throughout Canada looking at regionalization, which is the term we use. Certainly these pilot projects are very small. We would definitely support that.

Finance committee  Thank you for the questions. Indeed, when the government announced new funding for the sector, we were very grateful. We actually issued a news release saying that it was a great first step in addressing the needs within the sector. To answer your question specifically, the red

Finance committee  Greetings to you from the settlement sector from across Canada. My name is Wai Young and I'm with the Canadian Immigrant Settlement Sector Alliance, or l’Alliance canadienne du secteur de l’établissement des immigrants, also known as CISSA-ACSEI. Our members represent the 450 s