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Originally Posted by CaptainYooh
Not.
For as long as we have an array of our own seemingly unsolvable problems with poverty, homelessness, health care, youth unemployment, neglect of disabled, declining civil service quality, which are all exacerbated by declining economy and looming recession, the answer must be "absolutely not". Switzerland, Japan, Luxembourg, Monaco and many other countries have it right. They do not care to upgrade their international political image by doing grand gestures.
Being royally compassionate on behalf of the country is an unacceptable substitute for being responsible and accountable to the people of the country. Those who want to help struggling families can do so financially and personally through a myriad of good organizations.
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Its 25,000 people. Thats a 0.0007% increase in our population and the hope is they become contributing members of our economy which is a net benefit for the country.
I hope this attack increases background checks for the refugees though. Canada apparently has one of the most sophisticated data monitoring systems in the world. ####ty for our privacy but should be pretty good for situations like this.