Toronto Star and Interactive Voice Response

Forum Research poll: A Forum Research poll cited by the Toronto Star found 51 per cent of respondents disagreed with the plan and nearly 60 per cent agreed when asked if there is a security risk to resettling refugees in Canada, according to Hamilton Spectator. The survey of 909 adults was conducted by interactive voice response Tuesday. By doing our part for this, we are actually hitting ISIS in a different way as well." Sajjan was responding to questions about a new poll suggesting just more than half of Canadians didn't support the plan to resettle 25,000 refugees by the end of this year. Results are considered accurate plus or minus three percentage points, 19 times out of 20. But he said many of the newcomers will also bring skills that will ultimately benefit to Canada. "They're not fleeing poverty, they're fleeing war," he said. "These people are coming with phenomenal skill sets and the people that do resettle in this area are going to be contributing to our economy." Federal officials are talking with the provincial premiers about the logistics of taking in thousands of refugees. Sajjan said the federal government will be mindful of the recent terrorist attacks in Paris and Beirut when screening applicants and he said the most vulnerable refugees will be selected for resettlement. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.