Nic Krawetz, a volunteer with the Ukrainian Canadian Congress, has spent weeks helping Ukrainian newcomers adjust to life in Manitoba and is preparing for more on the way.
He says as of Tuesday, over 700 Ukranians have arrived since mid-April, including 328 who arrived via charter flight from Poland on Monday. Krawetz said there is a need for at least three more charter flights to Winnipeg.He said over 240,000 Ukrainians have applied to come to Canada and thus far 30,000 have arrived across the country."A lot of them are very anxious to work because they want to support themselves and their family members back in Ukraine or those that fled," he said.
Ukrainian newcomers are staying at the provincially run Ukrainian Refugee Reception Centre at a hotel near the airport. They have access to a range of settlement resources there including employment, education, counselling, health, housing, language and other services. The federal government also announced a temporary income assistance program on Monday. As of next week, each Ukrainian newcomer adult to come to Canada through CUAETExperts who work with refugees say the concerted push to bring Ukrainian newcomers to Canada and provide them with immediate access to so many supports is unusual and shows promise as a model for future refugee crises.
Halldorson said despite all the government support, volunteers are still needed to help with translation and other duties including transportation and helping people get to appointments. Animal Food Bank is volunteer-run and doesn't receive government funding, said Frey. The organization accepts pet food and financial donations
I hear McDonald’s is hiring
So unvaccinated Ukrainians will get the jobs that we fired the unvaccinated Canadians from?
Why are they bringing cats and dogs ?
Where are they gonna live? Canadians can’t afford to live in their own country
Will they also be receiving double what Canadian’s gets that’s on welfare or ODSP?