Presentation by Hon. Dr. Eric W. Hoskins, Ontario Minister of Citizenship and Immigration with The National Ethnic Press and Media Council members.
Some of the highlights of the presentation of issues are as follows:
- Recent announcement by Minister Jason Kenny, Minister of Citizenship and Immigration about the federal government’s decision to impose unilateral funding cuts to vital settlement services
- The fed. Conservative Government plan for ethnic communities visibly contains $44 million cuts to newcomer communities
- more than 10,000 Ontario’s newcomers will loose vital access to services
- It also includes a failure to deliver $207 million due under the first Canada Ontario Immigrant Assistance Agreement, which is a contractual agreement between the province and the federal government for newcomers
- In many cases, immigrants chose to land or arrive in one part of the country and later decides for variety of reasons to move to the other province …