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Gerry Mills and Federal Government

federal government: We're hoping he is going to be announcing a different response from the federal government," Mills said Thursday, according to CBC. Grassroots sponsorship, from individuals, families and groups, is a time-honoured method of helping to bringing refugees to Canada but it takes too long, she said. Gerry Mills, operations director for the Immigration Services Association of Nova Scotia says the Canadian government must open its doors to larger numbers of Syrian refugees in the same way the country responded to the Kosovo and Vietnamese refugee crises. "We know that Minister Alexander has gone back to Ottawa today. Sponsorship too lengthy "Right now, the process is so lengthy that it can take a year or two for that to happen. We're waiting for that to take place right now," said Mills. What we are hoping is going to happen is that process is going to be sped up and then we can appeal to community members to help. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.