Citizenship and Immigration committee  We were cut 100% of our ISAP settlement services--$305,000. We still retain provincial settlement funding. I would add that Minister Hoskins met with us twice already, and he considers us very strong and valuable partners in the delivering of settlement services. He made that very clear.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Part of the problem is that such a determination has not been made. It's not only that they can go there, but that there is a service that will help them when they get there. For example, it's no good sending a Vietnamese-speaking client to another agency if they don't have Vietnamese-speaking staff, or if they don't have specific expertise.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I was having difficulty hearing back there, but I thought I heard one of the CIC staff say they were helping us with transition plans...?

Citizenship and Immigration committee  They said that. Okay. We have had zero contact. I need you to know that nobody has contacted us whatsoever, other than telling us in the form letter in December that they're not funding us anymore. We sent an e-mail to a generic e-mail address, and we all got back the same paragraph that covered every possible deficiency in an application.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you for this opportunity to make the presentation today. Community Action Resource Centre is a grassroots community-based organization in the west end of Toronto. We were informed through a form letter just before Christmas that our federal settlement funding would end 100% on March 31.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes. It's “Newrick”.