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Originally Posted by undercoverbrother
I wonder if this will quell the outrage?
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Originally Posted by llwhiteoutll
I think that this will alleviate the concerns that many had around the logistics and security of the previous timeline. Do another poll of the country in a week and I'd say that you'll find the vast majority of people are supportive. Not all the people voicing concerns were advocating closing the border, they just wanted a more realistic timeline and clarity on what's happening and I think the government has provided that in the last few days.
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Pretty much everybody I saw or read about in Canada were legitimately concerned and brought up reasonable points about how the government wasn't giving details, muzzling and not listening to people in the process, and blindly locked into an artificial date for whatever reason.
I'm glad our government thought the process through, listened to the experts that their artificial deadline wasn't realistic, that they're still going to meet their target and commitment in a reasonable short time, and responded to the concerns of the Canadian public. Frankly, they should have done it sooner. It's damn good we're going to be able to bring in 25,000 refugees - we're damn blessed to be in a situation to be able to do it. Perhaps once we fulfill this commitment, we can look and evaluate to see if we can expand the program and the refugee numbers.
The instant banshee wails of "you're a racist", "you hate muslims", "Brad Wall is a ######bag" were GD embarrassing. Sane, rational Canadians bringing up legitimate concerns doesn't equate to burning muslims at the stake or slamming our borders shut. Nobody legitimate in Canada is a Donald Trump. Hell, I probably lean heavily to the social warrior/wizard side way more often than not, but we don't need to be like this: