Ali Mustafa and Immigration Minister Chris Alexander

Immigration Minister Chris Alexander: To its credit, Prime Minister Stephen Harpers government has delivered $360 million in aid for Syrian refugees in Turkey, Egypt, Iraq, Lebanon and Jordan. But Ottawa has fallen sadly short in its pledge to relocate at least a token number of people here. Last year we promised to take in 1,300, but Immigration Minister Chris Alexander tells CBC News that no more than 10 have arrived. In contrast Sweden, with less than a third of our population, has taken in 15,000. Ottawa could be nimbler, and more generous, according to The Star. He was killed in a second airstrike on a rebel-held Aleppo neighbourhood as he tried to help people hurt in an initial strike. Seven others also died and Canadian photojournalist and activist Ali Mustafa was a bold witness to Syrias agony at a time when the crisis in Ukraine has all but blotted out the sun. His death on Sunday in Aleppo, where he was trying to help the victims of an airstrike by President Bashar Assads regime, has refocused attention, in Canada at least, on a horrific civil war that seems to know no end. Mustafa, a Toronto-born freelance photographer, had worked not only in Syria but also Egypt, Israel and the Palestinian areas, capturing the human dimension of conflicts. He suffered a lot, said his sister, Justina Rosa Botelho. He saw a lot of tragedy. And he was anxious for the world to know. His powerful photos appeared in The Guardian and The Times, among other publications, helping to prod the worlds conscience. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.