Government and Hotels

refugee: The bill to temporarily house refugees in hotels jumped to about $580,000 during the final 30 days, according to CBC. That nearly 10 times the government previous monthly average, according to documents CBC News obtained through the Access to Information Act. Those costs to transport, house and process the refugees amounted to about $1,360 per refugee. Six weeks later, hundreds of refugees are still living hotel rooms in Toronto and Vancouver. Tight turnaround increased hotel bills Settlement workers in three major cities across Canada had asked the government to slow down the pace of arrivals as they struggled to find low-income housing, but the government had a promise to keep. Nearly half of Syrian refugees lack permanent homes, as Ottawa seeks hotels "It took time in January to ramp up," said Carl Nicholson, executive director of Ottawa Catholic Centre for Immigrants. "By the time we got to February, flights were coming in a very regular sequence." "How much value do you put on taking somebody out of harm way Sometimes these things can't wait." Air Transat airbus heading to Amman, Jordan to transport more than 300 Syrian refugees to Canada in January, 2016. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.