A land of promise ... or a land of broken promises? Ontario Fairness Commissioner Jean Augustine on the barriers to better immigrant employment.

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Jean Augustine is the Ontario Fairness Commissioner, and former secretary of state for Multiculturalism.

Jean Augustine is the Ontario Fairness Commissioner, and former secretary of state for Multiculturalism.

Erica Balch is a producer for The Agenda with Steve Paikin. She has produced several news documentaries on a range of issues including the extension of full funding to Catholic schools in Ontario and nuclear power and the inception of national social programs in Canada. Erica also co-produced the hour long documentary, 1985: The Year Politics in Ontario Changed Forever. Follow Erica on Twitter.

Erica Balch is a producer for The Agenda with Steve Paikin. She has produced several news documentaries on a range of issues including the extension of full funding to Catholic schools in Ontario and nuclear power and the inception of national social programs in Canada. Erica also co-produced the hour long documentary, 1985: The Year Politics in Ontario Changed Forever. Follow Erica on Twitter.

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Canada's largest immigrant groups: Why they came and what they found.
Producer: Judy Brake

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Rosa Bustamante , originally from the Phillipines, is a former teacher and columnist at Balita. Rosa has a Masters in Education, Multicultural Studies from OISE/UT, and a Masters in Guidance and Counseling from the Philippines.

Raminder Gill created history in Ontario by becoming the first South Asian member of provincial parliament (MPP) in 1999, and is the first Indo-Canadian to be appointed citizenship judge in the province.

Avvy Go is the clinic director at the Metro Toronto Chinese and Southeast Asian Legal Clinic.

Senthooran Uruthiralingam was born in Jaffna, Sri Lanka and came to Canada in 1993. Senthooran is a fourth year student pursuing a Specialist in Economics and Political Science at the University of Toronto, and serves as vice president external on the student government for the Scarborough Campus Students' Union (SCSU) at University of Toronto Scarborough.

Ting-xing Ye was born in Shanghai, China. In 1997, she was invited by York University to study English and decided to stay in Canada when she finished her studies. She is now a full-time writer and has published seven books, including her first: A Leaf in the Bitter Wind.

Judy Brake is a senior producer for The Agenda with Steve Paikin. Previously she was a senior producer on Studio 2. Before joining TVO, she was the network producer of CBC Radio in Ottawa, was the program representative in CBC's New York bureau, and worked on CBC Radio's: As It Happens, This Country in the Morning, Morningside, Sunday Morning, and created the national magazine program, Dayshift which received an Actra Award.

Judy Brake is a senior producer for The Agenda with Steve Paikin. Previously she was a senior producer on Studio 2. Before joining TVO, she was the network producer of CBC Radio in Ottawa, was the program representative in CBC's New York bureau, and worked on CBC Radio's: As It Happens, This Country in the Morning, Morningside, Sunday Morning, and created the national magazine program, Dayshift which received an Actra Award.

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Queen's Park bureau chief Susanna Kelley discusses your feedback to May 2nd's show.

Susanna Kelley is The Agenda's Queen’s Park bureau chief, a position she has held for TVOntario for over a decade. For 14 years she produced the Fourth Reading portion of Studio 2, and as co-host of Backroom 411, provided insight into the thinking behind many political decisions made in the backrooms of Queen’s Park.

Susanna Kelley is The Agenda's Queen’s Park bureau chief, a position she has held for TVOntario for over a decade. For 14 years she produced the Fourth Reading portion of Studio 2, and as co-host of Backroom 411, provided insight into the thinking behind many political decisions made in the backrooms of Queen’s Park.