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Trudeau was at Toronto airport alongside Ottowa premier Kathleen Wynne to personally greet the first arrivals, a military flight carrying 163 Syrian refugees.

If, for some reason, no accommodation is immediately available in the city where are being sent, the government-sponsored refugees will be housed at what Immigration officials are calling “interim lodging sites” at six military bases – Kingston, Petawawa,...

Second, the poll question mentions Trump by name. However, Republicans held greater biases against Muslims, with 48 percent viewing the Muslim population unfavorably and 43 percent holding favorable views toward them.

Fwad Malik, member of a group sponsoring Syrian Families to settle in Canada, holds up a sign welcoming his charges as he waits for them to arrive at Toronto’s Pearson Airport, on Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2015.

Canada’s welcoming stands in stark contrast to the US All 10 of Canada’s provincial premiers support taking in the refugees and members of the opposition, including the Conservative party, attended the welcoming late Thursday. Those bureaucrats will consider the...

The refugees arrived just weeks after Canada’s newly elected Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said his country would pull its fighter jets from a US-led coalition targeting Islamic State fighters in Iraq and Syria.

Although Trump’s name was not specifically mentioned, the title of Ali’s press statement read: “Presidential Candidates Proposing to Ban Muslim Immigration to the United States”.

– Then-immigration minister Chris Alexander admits that fewer than 200 Syrian refugees have arrived in Canada since the July 2013 promise, saying the UNHCR was slow passing on referrals.

At a temporary processing centre at Toronto’s Pearson airport, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau also waited to greet the Syrian refugees.

“Two days ago, we were very anxious about this issue, but thankfully, the government of Lebanon has responded very well and we now have exit visas, certainly enough for the first two planes to come from that part of the world to Canada”, said McCallum.

“Two days ago, we were very anxious about this issue, but thankfully, the government of Lebanon has responded very well and we now have exit visas, certainly enough for the first two planes to come from that part of the world to Canada”, said McCallum.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government plans to resettle 25,000 Syrians throughout the country by February.

The International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach has called on other major sporting organisations to follow its lead in the fight against corruption and doping.

“They generalise”, Bach said.

Trump’s comments were already stirring debate in Israel even before he announced plans to meet with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu there on December 28, sending objections to the next level.