The balance of what would have been spent to bring and resettle hundreds of thousands of Syrian refugees to Canada could then be used to eradicate poverty and homelessness in Canada. For our own citizens, no less.
Refugee crisis: charity begins at home

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two great letters on the Syrian refugee crisis
I am always surprised at how generous Canadians are to those outside of Canada yet we have a staggering poverty rate in this country which is not being addressed. In regards to the Syrian(economic migrants) why would we consider to help resettle people who are compatible with our Westernized values. If we are to help wouldn’t it make more sense to