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Solicitation Document and Federal Government

Toronto Montreal: First day of transportation is planned to be December 10, 2015, the document says, according to CTV. It notes that the exact schedule for transporting refugees has yet to be confirmed. The solicitation document posted on the federal government buy-and-sell website is seeking letters of interest from Canadian aircarriers that are capable of providing aircraft with a minimum of 200 seats for direct flights to Toronto and Montreal, from Turkey and Jordan. The government is asking interested airlines to provide their availability for each month up to the end of March 2016. The Trudeau government has promised to bring in 10,000 Syrian refugees by the end of the year, and another 15,000 in early 2016. The solicitation was posted on Tuesday and airlines have until Friday afternoon to respond. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.