Syrian Refugees and the Liberal Government

Minister John McCallum: The Liberal government took the wraps off its plan to make good on its promise to bring 25,000 Syrian refugees to Canada, an announcement that Immigration Minister John McCallum cheered as a happy day, according to Toronto Star. This is a national project that will involve all Canadians, he said Tuesday. The government will also count privately sponsored refugees against the total federal goal of 25,000, as well as any Syrian refugee who arrived since the Liberals took power in early November. Still, he conceded that logistics of the complex undertaking would mean the Liberals will not meet their vow of bringing them all to Canada by Jan. 1. But he was confident that Canadians would be understanding of the need to do it right. Instead, while the goal remains to identify all 25,000 refugees by the end of the year, Canada will not be able to bring in the bulk of them until the first weeks of next year. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.