Liberal Government and John McCallum

Syrian refugees: The announcement follows a pledge by the Liberal government to resettle 25,000 Syrian refugees by the end of February, according to Toronto Star. McCallum, who also toured development projects and refugee facilities during his two-day stop in Jordan, greeted families preparing to board flights to Canada in the Jordanian capital of Amman on Sunday. John McCallum said the Canadian government hopes to resettle 35,000 to 50,000 refugees by the end of 2016. Everyone in Canada is waiting to meet you, McCallum told one family. The aircraft, an Airbus A330, arrived in Canada just after 7 p.m. Air Transat Flight TS8500 left Amman for Pearson airport Sunday morning. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.