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Refugees Citizenship Canada and Syrian Refugees

National Security Exception: But details around costs will not be disclosed, according to CBC. Syrian refugees see Canada for first time Don't forget homeless Canadians, advocate says Syrian refugees look forward to 'beautiful future' "Given the security implications of this initiative, the government of Canada, as per the National Security Exception, will not disclose the identity of any supplier or the location of where the work will be done," he said. Remi Lariviere, a spokesperson for Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada, said procuring the items to welcome 25,000 Syrian refugees is being done as "efficiently and cost-effectively" as possible. On Tuesday, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Minister John McCallum said he has not been briefed on that. "I have been involved in handing out those parkas, but I do not know the way in which they were sourced, and I will find that out," he said. Upon arrival at welcome centres, the refugees receive: Parkas/jackets for youth and adults. The government website says the exception can be invoked to exclude Canada from international trade agreement obligations for security reasons. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.