Stephanie Levitz: Testimony Amounts

stephanie levitz: By Stephanie Levitz The Canadian Press Thu., July 21, 2016 OTTAWA—An emotional three days of testimony on the plight of minority refugee groups has ended with no consensus on how the federal government could move forward to help, according to Toronto Star. That has prompted Conservatives and New Democrats to propose their own solutions while slamming the Liberals for their seeming unwillingness to assist one particular group desperate to escape genocide — the Yazidis. But MPs couldn't agree on the best action for Canada to take. All the MPs on the Commons' immigration committee were visibly moved by testimony during hearings on vulnerable minorities that detailed the atrocities facing Yazidis in Iraq. But the immediate response to the testimony amounts to a letter to the federal immigration minister that contains no recommendations other than a call to expedite applications from the Yazidis, a Kurdish minority group which practices an ancient faith. The unusual summer hearings were called to find ways to help. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.