Settlement Funds and Program Budget

language training: Only $32.6 million in settlement funds was spent in 2015-2016, according to the figures, according to Globe and Mail. The budget is $377 million. But the lion share of the program budget — the cost to actually settle the refugees and provide income support, language training, job services and the like — remains to be spent. Refugee settlement agencies have been appearing before MPs for weeks detailing a laundry list of concerns about the settlement process, from women not being able to attend language classes because they can't find day care to struggles with securing long-term, affordable housing. Report Typo/Error As of May 29, 27,580 Syrians have arrived. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.