Citizenship and Immigration committee  This is part of the problem. I think any system goes through crisis. Any system you set up to deal in a proactive way has to have a component to deal with crisis. I always define the work we do in settlement as organized chaos, and that's very often the way you end up, especially

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Historically, the process to determine who came to Canada as a government-assisted refugee was identical to the immigrant process. It was almost the same as a point system. The education or work experience people had, the level of their English or French, and how fast they would

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Good morning. My name is Morteza Jafarpour. This is a very interesting coincidence for me, because 17 years ago today I arrived in Canada as a refugee claimant. It was the day I came to safety, but at the same time there was a big shift in my career from being a medical doctor to