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Response to Parliamentary Committees and External Audits
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Report 2—Best Practices in Settlement Services The Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration presented the report and six recommendations to the House of Commons on March 30, 2010. The recommendations covered a wide range of issues, including: developing a proposal for an interactive website on best practices in settlement services; judging joint proposals for settlement funding favourably; continuing support and expansion of local immigration partnerships; supporting the flexibility under the modernized approach to settlement programming with respect to business and self-employment support programs and mental health and family counselling; permitting greater flexibility in determining the length of time individuals are eligible for particular settlement services; and establishing trauma counselling and school support as eligible activities under the Resettlement Assistance Program. The Government of Canada’s response was tabled on September 20, 2010. The Standing Committee on Public Accounts presented the report and eight recommendations to the House of Commons on May 12, 2010. The recommendations covered issues related to the Federal Skilled Worker Program, including the application backlog and the effects of the high numbers of new applicants. The Government of Canada’s response was tabled on September 20, 2010. The Standing Committee on Official Languages presented the report and 21 recommendations to the House of Commons on November 29, 2010. The recommendations covered a wide range of issues concerning the capacity of official language minority communities (OLMCs) to recruit, receive and integrate newcomers, and the federal government’s capacity to support the vitality of OLMCs through immigration initiatives, partners and funding. Due to the dissolution of the 40th Parliament, no government response was tabled in the House of Commons. Report 27—Chapter 3, Service Delivery, of the Fall 2010 Report of the Auditor General of Canada The Standing Committee on Public Accounts presented the report and four recommendations to the House of Commons on March 25, 2011. The recommendations covered issues related to service delivery at Citizenship and Immigration Canada, including a large backlog and long processing times in the Citizenship Program. Due to the dissolution of the 40th Parliament, no government response was tabled in the House of Commons. The Department was also identified in one recommendation of the following committee report: The Standing Committee on Public Accounts presented the report to the House of Commons in February 2011. The Committee requested that Citizenship and Immigration Canada, as well as Public Works and Government Services Canada, Human Resources and Skills Development Canada, and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, provide the Public Accounts Committee with a report by April 31, 2011, on progress in addressing the recommendations made by the Office of the Auditor General in Chapter 1 of the Spring 2010 Report. Due to the dissolution of the 40th Parliament, no government response was tabled in the House of Commons. |
