Community Groups and Harper Tories

David Berson: I should disclose that I too was caught up in this challenge that was taken on by community groups and various faith groups, according to Vancouver Courier. It seemed like such a Canadian thing to do. These are people who have been moved to lend a hand by the horrendous disaster driving hundreds of thousands of people from their homes in Syria and finding themselves in pitiful conditions in refugee camps. Even before Harper Tories, with their pathetic response to this crisis, were knocked from power, Vancouverites, among others, were organizing themselves to reach out to privately sponsor refugees. According to David Berson, who is part of a group connected to Vancouver Or Shalom synagogue, some 3,000 people hereabouts have raised three quarters of a million dollars and have applied to bring in about 100 refugees. When the Liberals took over and committed to increasing the number of government sponsored refugees, while encouraging Canadians to take part in this humanitarian exercise, many more groups in cities and towns from coast to coast joined in. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.