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Question Period: Security Concerns

question period: We don't have to make a choice between the two, according to CTV. You can be rigorous in your screening for security, for health, for criminality. Hussen called Canada a world leader in settling and integrating immigrants, and said despite security concerns raised by some -- including Trump -- it's possible to increase immigration while mitigating potential security concerns. At the same time be ambitious in immigration, said Hussen in an interview with Evan Solomon, host of CTV's Question Period, championing Canada's different direction as the right economic move. South of the border, U.S. President Donald Trump is seeking an immigration clampdown and vowed to step up the Department of Homeland Security's extreme vetting program following Tuesday's terror attack in New York. On Wednesday the federal government announced a three-year plan that will see Canada admitting 340,000 immigrants a year by 2020, an increase of 13 per cent overall. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.