Canada government lays opportunities in order to make newcomers successful.

On behalf of Minister of Citizenship and Immigration Diane Finley, Parliamentary secretary Ed Komarnicki announced funding in order to help the immigrant-serving organizations to deliver settlement services to the new immigrants in Saskatoon.

The new funding that is more than $2.2 million is aimed at providing the necessary and important programs such as language training for up to 2000 new immigrants. The funding will also be invested towards helping the newcomers get referrals to community resources that will help them in settling into their new community and finding a suitable job.

Mr. Komarnicki said that their government is fully committed towards ensuring that new immigrants integrate into their communities and find meaningful employment. He said that with the help of various settlement programs the government is giving the newcomers the opportunity to succeed and this as a result will ensure Canada’s success.

For delivering a range of settlement services to newcomers in Saskatoon, the Saskatoon Open Door Society will receive $1,276,641 million form the government.

Bertha Gana, the executive director of Saskatoon Open Door Society said the population of newcomers in Saskatoon is growing at a rapid pace and there is a demand for settlement and integration services. More than 5000 clients were served through the major programs of Saskatoon during 2007-2008. This was an increase of 72 percent over the past year, Bertha said. It is believed that the new funding will help the cope with the growing demand for language training, ongoing settlement and integration support for family and youth, HOST programming that will help in enhancing retention and integration of new immigrants in Saskatoon.

Funding will also be allocated to three other organizations serving immigrants. $76,279 will be funded to Global Gathering Place and $754,075 and $121,019 will be funded to the Saskatchewan Institute of Applied Science and Technology and Saskatchewan Intercultural Association respectively.

New immigrants can also seek help from the Foreign Credential Referral Office (FRCO) that helps internationally trained people to acquire the exact information they need in order to get their credential accessed and recognized more quickly. The FRCO was established in 2007 and it provides information, path-finding and referral services to assist internationally trained students make better use of their skills in Canada. At present, there are 320 Service Canada centres throughout the country that offer in-person services to the new immigrants.

The government of Canada currently funds many programs that are aimed at helping the newcomers to settle, adapt and integrate into the Canadian society.