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Originally Posted by ae118
The CBC is doing a series of one-on-one interviews with the party leaders this week, all taped last week (except Elizabeth May). Trudeau's was taped before the picture of Alan Kurdi's body was top of the news, so my guess is that his refugee-related comments in the interview may be taken as a bit less urgent than he would like at this point. He likely needs to show he cares about the issue (which he may, cynicism aside... I think we should take action sooner too).
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The other interviews are all probably similar in regards to urgency. The LPC position was always humanitarian aid and refugee assistance. In fact, they suggested a long time ago that money being put into military action should instead be used in Turkey to assist the refugee crisis there and stop an en masse migration.
I think he is just using it as political capital. If the other leaders do not accept a meeting to do something, then they look like they are bluffing with their intentions and don't care as much about the crisis. If they accept it, Trudeau looks like a man of action and that he is an alpha leader. It's a win-win.