The federal government is going to slash its immigrant settlement funding by $98.1 million this year, including a 17.3 per cent reduction for organizations that support newcomers in Ontario, the Star has learned.
The across-the-board funding reductions outside Quebec are expected to affect all services, including employment counselling, information and orientation, translation help for appointments and other supports to assist newcomer integration. Newcomer women and caregivers, survivors of trauma, people with disabilities and others who are likely to delay language and other programs are feared to be disproportionately affected, though refugee services won’t be affected by the cuts.
We should be demanding a higher standard of resourcefulness from those accepted into Canada or better yet close the border.
Let me introduce to you…Our Health Minister
MARJORIE MICHEL
She thinks that Asylum Seekers deserve better Healthcare than Canadian citizens pic.twitter.com/aorFh6QLsF
— Ivano Defazio 🇨🇦🇮🇹🇺🇸 (@DefazioIvano) February 24, 2026
