Refugee Sponsorship Programs and Canadians

Canadians: He envisioned a new national charity that would inform Canadians about the plight of refugees, organize sponsorship groups and raise funds to backstop refugee sponsors, according to The Star. Somehow it doesnt fit with the times, he says, noting he ran his ideas past five different focus groups composed of Canadians in their mid- to late 20s in Victoria and Toronto and When he started a year-long quest to revitalize Canadas refugee sponsorship programs last fall, Howard Adelman thought it might be possible to resurrect Operation Lifeline, the makeshift volunteer group that helped resettle 60,000 Indochinese boat people in Canada in 1979-1980. Now, he doesnt think it is possible. Canada and Canadians have changed too much. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.