https://twitter.com/user/status/1426996544067313664
https://twitter.com/user/status/1427007845564825607
This could have a similar effect to Trudeau as the drowning of Alan Kurdi had on Harper's campaign when his opponents made hay with his death to attack Harper and make him look heartless.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Alan_Kurdi
The difference is that in the case of poor Alan Kurdi, there was no immigration application for him, The NDP lied about handing a letter to the Conservatives to investigate why his immigration application had been denied, there was no application, there was one for his uncle but not the boy.
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The death of Kurdi and reports that his family had been trying to ultimately reach Canada had an immediate impact on domestic Canadian politics. Prime Minister and leader of the Conservative Party Stephen Harper cancelled a photo opportunity and addressed the issue in a campaign event, saying,
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Canadian Citizenship and Immigration Minister Chris Alexander announced he would be temporarily suspending his campaigning in the 2015 Canadian federal election to return to Ottawa to resume his ministerial duties and investigate the case of Alan Kurdi, whose uncle's application for refugee status had been rejected by his ministry.[44] Leader of the Opposition and NDP leader Thomas Mulcair said that "Chris Alexander has a lot to answer for, but that's not where we are right now. We're worried about how we got here, how the collective international response has been so defective, how Canada has failed so completely." NDP MP Fin Donnelly was accused of using the tragic event as a means to garner votes, because he initially told reporters that he had personally handed a letter to Immigration Minister Chris Alexander urging the minister to look at the refugee application of Alan Kurdi's family, but that Canadian immigration authorities denied the family's application.[45][46] However, later the aunt of Alan Kurdi revealed that the application was made only for Kurdi's uncle and was rejected because it was not complete.[47] Meanwhile, the Citizenship and Immigration Canada office clarified that they had not received the proper documentation to certify refugee status for the uncle's family.[3][20][48] Mulcair later defended Donnelly, saying that no apology was warranted because the letter had mentioned both families, and stated that he "couldn't be prouder to have someone of the strength, integrity and hard work as Fin Donnelly" in caucus.[49]
Liberal leader Justin Trudeau said that "you don't get to suddenly discover compassion in the middle of an election campaign" and that "All different stripes of governments in Canada have stepped up in times of crisis to accept people fleeing for their lives", he said. "Canadians get it. This is about doing the right thing, about living up to the values that we cherish as a country."[50] Trudeau also reiterated the Liberal promise made several months before the election to bring in 25,000 Syrian refugees.[50]
Green Party leader Elizabeth May criticized Stephen Harper's response to the crisis, noting the difficulty of sponsoring a refugee in Canada. On the Green Party website, May accused the government of lacking credibility on the issue, "having failed to honour previous [refugee] announcements".[51]
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In this case, the Liberal's handled this terrible, dragged their feet on it, and now it looks like these people are possibly not get out with out a major military intervention. I don't think Justin is going to be able to dodge questions around this situation without looking incredibly bad.
As far as what can we do? Short of sending in troops, and aircraft, and securing the airfield and going in company to rescue and escort these poor people back, there's nothing that we can do anymore. That opportunity passed us by, and its likely that these people are already dead. They just haven't been executed yet.
We broke the faith with these people, and that's on our government.