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Syrian Refugees and Canada

Bob Hepburn Politics: Order this photo By Bob Hepburn Politics Sun., May 22, 2016 The caller from Hamilton was clearly upset and declared that I must be incredibly naïve to believe that welcoming more Syrian refugees into Canada is a good idea, according to Toronto Star. Don't I know that ISIS terrorists may be hiding among the innocent refugees, the caller asked in responding to a recent column I wrote about how Ottawa has mishandled the Syrian refugee private sponsorship program Don't I care about the safety of women and children on our streets And don't I know that if Canada is so eager to bring refugees here, then a good move would be to stick them in remote, abandoned outports in Newfoundland until we can fully screen them. The federal government is squandernig a great opportunity to allay a fear of refugees held by some Canadians by delaying the private sponsorship program, writes Bob Hepburn. That caller was a stark reminder that millions of Canadians remain highly critical of federal Syrian refugee programs. Others argued the refugees aren't war refugees at all, but rather economic migrants who cannot or will not be assimilated into what one termed mainstream Canadian society. Article Continued Below I say scrap the whole stupid program, another reader wrote. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.