New Immigration: Immigrant Settlement

Relief Money Dept: Thursday s announcement by Immigration Minister Eric Hoskins is the latest public display of the province s discord with the federal government over immigrant settlement priorities, according to The Star. We will not accept an unfair agreement that puts newcomers who settle in Ontario at a disadvantage, said Hoskins. We are fighting to help newcomers settle quickly so they can strengthen our economy. . . . We are asking for fairness and the province will step in with relief money to help immigrant service agencies that have lost all their federal funding as a result of Ottawa s $44 million in cuts. In announcing an injection of $500,000 to support the hardest-hit agencies, Hoskins also made public the deepening dispute between the governments in negotiations of a new immigration agreement. As reported in the news.
@t eric hoskins, immigration minister