“With three million Syrian refugees and millions more displaced within Syria, the government’s response has been to help only 1,300 refugees,” said NDP critic for Citizenship and Immigration Lysane Blanchette-Lamothe (Pierrefonds-Dollard).
"Canada has traditionally been a beacon of hope for the oppressed of the world, accepting tens of thousands of refugees from countries such as Hungary, Vietnam, and Uganda.
Yet Mr. Harper and his Conservatives have inexplicablydragged their feet on admitting refugees from Syria.
That is why the Liberal Party of Canada has called for the government to expand the target number of Syrian refugees to 25,000, so we can give more victims of war the opportunity to start a new life here in Canada."