Refugees Welcome
And this goes to all the other Western countries too
Nicely done.
Certainly goes for #Canada, too.
Not only has Canada taken in fewer refugees than even the UK (in spite of Mr Trudeau’s welcome tweet), our government is showing no interest in undoing the “Canada-U.S. Safe Third Country Agreement,” an agreement sought by Canada to keep down the potential number of refugees.
“Last year, Canada received less than 0.2 per cent of the overall refugee population in the world, according to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).”
— Globe and Mail: Are asylum seekers crossing into Canada illegally? A look at facts behind the controversy [August 1st, 2018]
Meanwhile, Canada is the 5th biggest war spender in NATO.
If we can afford to destabilize other people’s countries, we can afford to accept the refugees such military interventionism causes.