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“There has been little to no progress since then,” she said. “The QCGN and the community have invested significant time and resources to engage CIC in narrow areas like research where they can directly support our community. However, (federal) research programs specifically set up … to support our community have proven nearly impossible to access.”

Dan Lamoureux, president of the QCGN, also blamed the provincial government for not supporting the English-speaking immigrants.

“Our communities are integrating newcomers into Quebec society without the support and participation of the government of Quebec,” Lamoureux said. “We have repeatedly tried to involve the provincial government in these activities — especially in supporting newcomer programs run by regional community groups. Without Quebec’s support, there is very little our community can expect in the way of support from our federal partners.”

In general, the report paints the same picture for francophone immigrants.

Also in the report is an analysis of the complaints the commissioner received throughout the year.

Once again, Air Canada figured prominently among the complaints.

In addition to having only satisfactorily implemented one of the 12 recommendations made by the commissioner in 2010, the airline outright ignored five of them, the report shows.