Evaluation of the Strategic plan for settlement and language training under the Canada-Ontario Immigration Agreement (COIA) : Évaluation du plan stratégique concernant les services d'établissement et la formation linguistique de l'Accord Canada-Ontario sur l'immigration (ACOI)

The purpose of the evaluation was to provide an objective assessment of the relevance of the Strategic Plan in terms of: need for the Strategic Plan; consistency with government roles and responsibilities defined in COIA; alignment with priorities and objectives; and the performance of the Strategic Plan in terms of: progress in implementing the actions proposed in the Strategic Plan; and [...] In 2006, CIC and the Ministry of Citizenship and Immigration of Ontario (MCI) began to work together to identify specific needs and gaps in the settlement and language sectors in Ontario. [...] The main purpose of the Strategic Plan was to ―support the achievement of the following long- term outcomes: Newcomers are welcomed and fully integrated into Canadian and Ontario communities; Newcomers are engaged and participate in all sectors of Ontario/Canadian society — economic, social, political and cultural; and Ontario/Canadian society and communities benefit from the contribution of [...] Therefore, while the report presents information on the total budget and expenditures, by comparing the level of investment and number of activities in 2005/06 (supported largely by the base finding only) and the level of investment and activities in subsequent years, the evaluation focuses on an assessment of the value added of the new resources. [...] While the capacity of the federal government to support the delivery of an increased number of projects in Ontario is perceived to have increased over the last two years of the Strategic Plan, further improvement is still required, mostly in terms of the timely processing of calls for proposals by CIC.