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: Quebec looks for ways to teach Syrian refugees French Quebec calculating how many subsidized daycare spots it can offer refugees Handcrafted buttons welcome Syrian refugees to Quebec "People have been asking me, 'When are they coming ' They are all excited," said Lu Emanuel, the Sutton resident who started the project to have the town sponsor a Syrian refugee family, according to CBC. The Apkarians will be the first Syrian refugees in Sutton, Emanuel said. A bank account has been opened on their behalf, a home is being prepared and an organic farmer has already promised them free, fresh fruits and vegetables for one year. And while Hay Doun, a Montreal-based Armenian community group, is backing the application, the family is effectively being sponsored by the entire town. "People in the community are by and large very happy and excited we are doing this," Emanuel said. I said maybe I could find a family to sponsor. Emanuel first contacted Rafi Allaouirdian, an Armenian shoemaker from Lebanon who been living in Sutton for several years. "My ex-wife is a Syrian-Armenian," said Allaouirdian. "We know a lot of people who are refugees and living all over the world. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.