Syrian Immigration to Canada, November 24, 2015

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Toronto Skyline

Canada’s goal is still twenty five thousand Syrian refugees by Dec. 31, 2015 (emended on 11/24 to 25K by the end of Feb.) The nation’s crazy scramble is partly self-imposed and partly the result of our recent election in which nothing much useful occurred at the federal level regarding immigration of refugees (or anything else.) On Sept 2, midway through the election period, this news picture seems to have made a significant difference to the election outcome.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Alan_Kurdi

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The facts that a three year old child was dead on a Turkish beach and there was a Canadian connection, implying a fear-based, all-deliberate-speed approach to immigration by the then-current government, created a wide-spread desire among Canadians to do the right thing for once. Trudeau II’s campaign promise was to bring in thousands of Syrians by year end and some folks are absolutely appalled the winners are actually doing what they promised. (In fact, Trudeau II has been keeping a lot of his campaign promises.) Here are the government’s announcements as to how Canada will try to make this work in the next five weeks. I don’t agree with the exclusions but pray they will soon be dropped. Surely this is only the first round of Canada’s effort, the need is staggering, beyond comprehension, and what Canadian is attempting is only a drop in the ocean.
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2015/11/23/feds-to-complete-screening-of-syrian-refugees-abroad.html
Our church committee’s next meeting is Dec 1, we’re desperately trying to get ready. Finally, here is what I hope our refugees will find when they reach us: http://www.thestar.com/entertainment/2015/11/23/welcome-to-canada-refugees-menon.html