Government Officials and Minister John McCallum

: But specific details of how that will be accomplished are unclear, with government officials unable to say when mass arrivals of refugees will begin, where they'll go after landing in Toronto or Montreal, whether the military will in fact be called upon to assist or the final cost. The decision to abandon original year-end deadline to resettle the entire 25,000 was due to nothing more than a need to institute the best possible program, Immigration Minister John McCallum said. "I've heard Canadians across the country say 'yes, you have to do it right and if it takes a little bit longer to do it right than take the extra time'," he said. "When we welcome our newcomer friends with a smile, a smile alone is not sufficient." Immigration Minister John McCallum announces Canada plan to resettle Syrian refugees, according to Huffington Post Canada. The first group will be made up largely of privately sponsored refugees, whose files, in many cases, have been in the works for months as churches and other community groups moved to assist some of the most vulnerable people fleeing the Syrian civil war. Rather than bring that many people in by year end, the resettlement process will now be split in two, with 10,000 to arrive by Dec. 31 and the remainder by the end of February. For the component to be brought in by government, Canadian officials are working with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees to select people from Jordan and Lebanon. Priority for government refugees will be given to complete families, women at risk, members of sexual minorities and single men only if they are identified as gay, bisexual or transgender or are travelling as part of a family. They will work with the Turkish government to find suitable candidates from that country. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.