Transportation Costs and Government

Minister Bill Morneau: The last government organized flights landed on Feb. 29, according to The Chronicle Herald. Ottawa confirmed that it will cover transportation costs for privately sponsored refugees who had already been approved or had their interview completed by March 1, 2016, and that the 10,500 ceiling on the number of refugees from all countries will not apply to privately sponsored applications for Syrians submitted up to March 31. Has the Trudeau government lost interest in the file Between Jan. 1 and March 1, an average of more than 300 per day were arriving, of which close to 100 were privately sponsored. In his budget speech on March 22, Finance Minister Bill Morneau confirmed the commitment to bring in 10,000 more government-assisted refugees in the balance of the year. During the same period, 463 privately sponsored refugees also arrived. That would require 1,000 arrivals per month, but in the eight-week period from March 1 to April 24 there were only 306. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.