LIP-Municipal Interactions and CIC’s Strategic Interests

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This report was commissioned from the Welcoming Communities Initiative (WCI) by the Integration Branch of Citizenship and Immigration Canada. Its purpose is to examine and describe the evolving relationship between Local Immigration Partnerships and their municipal hosts. CIC also wanted to know what impact the involvement of municipalities was having on the Department’s ability to achieve its strategic objectives.