CIC Celebrates Chinese New Year with Funding for Ottawa's Chinese Community

Monday, 11 February 2008

Citizenship and Immigration Canada Minister Diane Finely rang in the Chinese Lunar New Year at the Ottawa Chinese Community Service Centre, where she announced new funding for the centre. $2 million over two and a half years will go towards settlement and integration services for Chinese newcomers in the Ottawa-Carleton region. The increased funding is expected to help more than 7,000 people benefit from language training services, counseling, and employment-related information and support.
Sharon Kan, Executive Director of the Ottawa Chinese Community Service Centre stated, “We expect to see increasing opportunities to build innovative programs in the language and employment areas so that immigrants are able to thrive in Canadian society.”