Helping Ontario Newcomers Hurt By
Recent Federal Cuts
McGuinty Government Stepping
In To Support Hardest-Hit Settlement Agencies
NEWS
February 24,
2011
Ontario is
taking action after recent federal cuts to services that help new
Canadians integrate, train, work or start their own business creating new
jobs and contribute to the economy.
The province
will provide one-time funding to assist community organizations hardest
hit by the federal cuts. This support will ensure that thousands of
newcomers can continue to access settlement services and better-integrate,
while agencies develop alternative, long-term plans.
Recently,
the federal government decided to cut $44 million in funding to Ontario
community agencies - leaving some agencies to face layoffs, program cuts
or closure.
Ontario is
committed to helping newcomers settle, find work, contribute to the
economy and build a stronger and more competitive province. Attracting
skilled newcomers and ensuring they receive the support they need to
succeed is part of the Open Ontario plan.
QUOTE
“Cutting
support to help people get settled, find work and contribute to the
economy couldn’t have come at a worse time. Ontario is stepping in where
the federal government has failed yet again. The federal government should
be working with us to support new Canadians, to help find work or start
their own business and create more new jobs that help our economy grow
stronger.”
- Dr. Eric
Hoskins, Ontario Minister of Citizenship and Immigration.
QUICK FACTS
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Ontario will invest up to $500,000 to stabilize services, such as
settlement and job-search assistance.
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In 2010, newcomers to Ontario totalled 118,116, more than the Western and
Atlantic provinces combined.
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Ontario is in the midst of negotiating a new Canada-Ontario Immigration
Agreement with the federal government.
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The federal government has also withheld $207 million owed to Ontario
agencies under the Canada-Ontario Immigration Agreement – funding that
was supposed to provide services like language and skills training to new
Canadians in order to find work and contribute to our economy.
LEARN MORE
Newcomer
Settlement Services in Ontario
Ontario’s
negotiation for a new COIA
