CANADIAN IMMIGRATION NEWS

New Canadian Migrants to receive Government Funding

Monday, 1 September 2008

The Canadian Government helps migrants with the allocation of $390,434 in funding to the city of Moose Jaw to settle into their new communities.

The Honourable Diane Finley, Minister of Citizenship and Immigration, announced $390,434 in funding for the period, April 2008 to March 2009, to help the Moose Jaw Multicultural Council deliver settlement services to new migrants to the city.

The new funding is expected to help 100 migrants access language and employment services as well as settlement and orientation services.

"Canada is committed to helping newcomers succeed," said Minister Finley. "This funding for the Moose Jaw Multicultural Council helps ensure that newcomers continue to get the services and opportunities to successfully settle into this community."

"The Moose Jaw Multicultural Council appreciates the past and present support of Citizenship and Immigration Canada," said Tara Blanchard, Executive Director of the Moose Jaw Multicultural Council. "Now, more than ever, settlement, language and employment services are crucial to the successful integration of newcomers to Canada."

As settlement is an essential part of the federal government's immigration program, Saskatchewan will be receiving more than $5.5 million in basic settlement funding for 2008-209, an increase of more than $1.5 million over the previous year.

Since 2006, the Government of Canada has begun investing an additional $1.4 billion over five years in settlement funding to provinces and territories.

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