Citizenship Immigration Canada and Minister John McCallum

resettlement program: Syrian refugees touch down at Montreal Trudeau airport Syrian refugee emergency fund donations to be matched until Feb. 29 There was little fanfare on Saturday to mark the milestone, but Immigration Minister John McCallum is scheduled to give an update about the resettlement program in Toronto on Monday, according to CBC. McCallum is expected to outline what actions the program will take in the future. It marks the end of the first phase of the resettlement program launched by the Liberal government shortly after taking office. Officials with Citizenship and Immigration Canada had anticipated reaching the milestone at some point over the weekend, but were unclear exactly when given uncertainty about how many refugees board each flight. The Liberals had initially promised to reach the goal by the end of 2015, but that was pushed to the end of February once they took power. Reaching the 25,000-figure represents an important step for the Liberal government, which made an election promise of resettling that many people fleeing the civil war in Syria. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.