Rick Hillier and Canada Border Services Agency

chief reasons: Security concerns were among the chief reasons the previous Conservative government advocated for moving slower on the refugee file — although Harper former chief of defence staff, Rick Hillier, suggested those were overblown, according to Hamilton Spectator. Goodale said his officials assured him they can get the job done, despite the ambitious timeline. Goodale told reporters that security checks on the refugees will be conducted both before and after the refugees begin arriving in Canada. "It will be a combination of both," Goodale said after a cabinet meeting Thursday. Goodale portfolio includes CSIS, which does much of the screening work, as well as the Canada Border Services Agency and the RCMP. "My officials are satisfied that, to the extent that there are security issues, that they can be properly managed within the frame that the government is considering, and that Canada can fulfil the objective of receiving and settling 25,000 refugees in an expeditious way," Goodale said. The details of that plan have not been released, but a source told the Toronto Star that it expected to be revealed early next week. Goodale was speaking after cabinet got its first look at a plan hammered out by a new cabinet committee to meet the end-of-year target. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.