http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/britis...ants-1.3213772
"A previous version of this story said the family of Alan Kurdi had applied for refugee status in Canada.
In fact, no formal application for refugee status was made. An application on behalf of Alan's uncle, Mohammed Kurdi, was received by the Department of Citizenship and Immigration Canada but was returned because, the department said, it was incomplete and did not meet the regulatory requirements for proof of refugee status recognition."
http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/father-...-son-1.3223846
"The father of a three-year-old Syrian boy whose body washed up on a Turkish beach has told a German newspaper that he blames Canadian authorities for the tragedy that also killed his wife and another son.
Abdullah Kurdi told Die Welt that he does not understand why Canada rejected his application for asylum, although Citizenship and Immigration Canada received no such application from the man.
"I wanted to move (to Canada) with my family and with my brother who is currently in Germany," Kurdi told Die Welt in a telephone interview. "
But they denied us permission and I don't know why."'
Well I know why. A formal application was never made!
What we do know:
From the start, he wasn't feeling Syria. The media knew this from day one. He was already in Turkey, where he had been for two years.
Fin Donnelly, the NDP MP for Port Moody/Coq, claimed that he walked papers for Abdullah Kurdi to the Conservatives, and said they didn't act on them. Except he didn't do that, at all. According to Kurdi's sister here, Donnelly was supposed to be helping her get a different brother here from Germany. So Donnelly lied. He hasn't been held accountable for his statements.
Look, the world is a crappy place, and it's tragic those kids died. They (and other children) don't deserve that, ever. So if it's indeed true that Abdullah was running as a human smuggler to make a few bucks, I hope he is charged with the deaths of his family members, and he can live with that. As it stands right now the whole story from both sides stinks.
But it hasn't stopped the media from turning this into a giant crapstorm blaming the gov't, and turning this into a wedge issue when we as a country are a month away from a Federal election.