Trudeau Presses Ahead With Target of Resettling 25000 Refugees

“If we don’t bring them here, then where will they go?” he said.

When asked if his stance on halting refugee intake could fan Islamophobia in the province, Wall said such attitudes “ought not to be part of this debate”. They don’t have documentation as we do and really can’t be thoroughly checked out.

He wrote that while he too wishes to help those fleeing violence, it must be done responsibly. However, Quebec Immigration Minister Kathleen Weil sought to temper expectations. “We’re driving toward a date, 45 days from now, 25,000 refugees and I don’t think it should be driven by a dateline and a quota”.

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Ontario’s health minister says his province stands by a commitment to take up to 10,000 Syrian refugees through 2016.

The exact number has not yet been decided, but it will be a “significant” percentage of the 25,000 nationwide, Eric Hoskins said.

Quebec City’s plan to accept about 200 Syrian families was controversial even before the Paris attacks.

Trudeau said that even before the Paris massacre, his government had made clear the security of Canadians would be paramount when dealing with the refugees.

Finance Minister Bill Morneau stated in an interview with The Globe and Mail that the Liberal Party’s platform, while promising more tax-enforcement for Canada, has not estimated how much extra revenue would be generated by perusing this global agreement.

“There have always been security concerns”, Philpott said.

“I know that Canada has to start demonstrating real action and not just words in order for the world to understand that we are serious and committed to developing our resources in a responsible and sustainable way”, he said.

“Obviously we have more discussions on security, on refugees, on Syria and on our continued commitment to the coalition against ISIS including our military engagements against ISIS in a training role”.

Philpott said she hopes to provide more information this week. “We are waiting to ramp up services that we believe new refugees will need, and to make sure we have enough Arabic-speaking staff”, said Debbie Douglas, executive director of the Toronto-based Ontario Council of Agencies Serving Immigrants.

“It didn’t take the tragedy in Paris for us to suddenly realize that security’s important”, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told the Ottawa Citizen newspaper on his way to a Group of 20 world leaders’ meeting in the Philippines.

“A less aggressive approach on environmental responsibilities in the past led to a ramping up of rhetoric against Canadian oil, and against Canadian energy”, he said.