Close X
Sunday, December 1, 2024
ADVT 
National

Premier Kathleen Wynne To Announce Funding For Syrian Refugees On Saturday

IANS, 11 Sep, 2015 11:58 AM
  • Premier Kathleen Wynne To Announce Funding For Syrian Refugees On Saturday
QUEBEC — Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne urged Ottawa on Friday to speed up its process to welcome more refugees to Canada.
 
Wynne also said she will make a funding announcement on Saturday related to the crisis.
 
"I will continue to ask the federal government to streamline their processes so more refugees can come to the country and can come to Ontario," she told a news conference in Quebec City ahead of a meeting between her cabinet and Premier Philippe Couillard's.
 
"I think there should be...a quicker process and I think the federal government needs to step up to that responsibility."
 
Prime Minister Stephen Harper has been steadfast that accepting more refugees and sending humanitarian assistance to displaced people in the Middle East is not enough, and that dealing with the root cause of the problem — taking the military fight to Islamic militants responsible for the carnage — is essential.
 
On Thursday, however, he suggested Canada can and will do more to help Syrian refugees in the face of mounting public pressure on his Conservative government over the past week.
 
Both Wynne and Couillard said it is possible to welcome more refugees and at the same time guarantee the security of Canadians.
 
"The two are not mutually exclusive," she said. "Having the right security measures in place, having the right documentation and the need for documentation, all of that is very very necessary. At the same time,  I think there is more we can do as a nation to expedite the process."

MORE National ARTICLES

Australian-Indian woman Sonia Singh Awarded For Recycling Discarded Dolls

Australian-Indian woman Sonia Singh Awarded For Recycling Discarded Dolls
Sonia Singh, from Tasmania's capital Hobart, has won the Etsy Design Award for her project "Tree Change Dolls" by beating 52 other finalists selected by a panel 

Australian-Indian woman Sonia Singh Awarded For Recycling Discarded Dolls

B.C. Man To Be Sentenced After Second Conviction For Young Woman's 1993 Murder

B.C. Man To Be Sentenced After Second Conviction For Young Woman's 1993 Murder
Neil Snelson was found guilty in June of manslaughter for the killing of 19-year-old Jennifer Cusworth, who was beaten to death after leaving a Kelowna house party where the pair met.

B.C. Man To Be Sentenced After Second Conviction For Young Woman's 1993 Murder

Union Says Ontario Nurses Can't Be Forced To Wear Masks In Flu Season

Union Says Ontario Nurses Can't Be Forced To Wear Masks In Flu Season
The Ontario Nurses Association says hospitals will no longer be allowed to shame health-care workers into getting a flu shot following an arbitrator's ruling striking down a "vaccinate or mask" policy.

Union Says Ontario Nurses Can't Be Forced To Wear Masks In Flu Season

NDP Would End Canada's Mission In Iraq, Syria; Harper Hints At Help For Refugees

NDP Would End Canada's Mission In Iraq, Syria; Harper Hints At Help For Refugees
Tom Mulcair says Canadian military personnel will immediately come home from Iraq and Syria this fall — months earlier than planned — if the NDP wins the Oct. 19 federal election.

NDP Would End Canada's Mission In Iraq, Syria; Harper Hints At Help For Refugees

Parti Quebecois Leader Pierre Karl Peladeau Says Quebecor Shares Put In Trust

Parti Quebecois Leader Pierre Karl Peladeau says he is placing his controlling shares of Quebecor Inc. into a trust administered by a well-known financier.

Parti Quebecois Leader Pierre Karl Peladeau Says Quebecor Shares Put In Trust

Fiat Chrysler Recalls Ram Pickup Trucks To Fix Airbag, Steering Problems

Fiat Chrysler Recalls Ram Pickup Trucks To Fix Airbag, Steering Problems
 Fiat Chrysler is recalling more than 250,000 trucks sold in Canada to deal with problems that may affect driver-side airbag deployment and steering in Ram pickups and Chassis Cabs.

Fiat Chrysler Recalls Ram Pickup Trucks To Fix Airbag, Steering Problems