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Originally Posted by llwhiteoutll
So we can somehow afford to take in 25,000 refugees, but we can't take care of the tens of thousands of Canadians that need help? Why do these folks take priority over those already here who need help?
And the issues Europe is now facing are not minor.
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We absolutely could afford to help the people in Canada who need it, we simply choose not to because, as voters and taxpayers, we've decided there are more important issues. Such as the (this is the smallest number I could find, other estimates place it much higher) $211 million for oil and gas subsidies in 2014.
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http://www.albertaoilmagazine.com/2014/07/giver-taker/