Posted on 06/29/2018 11:32:53 AM PDT by ATOMIC_PUNK
TORONTO — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has a message for refugees rejected by U.S. President Donald Trump: Canada will take you.
He also intends to talk to Trump about the success of Canada’s refugee policy.
Trudeau reacted to Trump’s ban of Muslims from certain countries by tweeting Saturday: “To those fleeing persecution, terror & war, Canadians will welcome you, regardless of your faith. Diversity is our strength #WelcomeToCanada.”
Trudeau also posted a picture of him greeting a Syrian child at Toronto’s airport in late 2015. Trudeau oversaw the arrival of more than 39,000 Syrian refugees soon after he was elected.
A spokeswoman for Trudeau said Trudeau has a message for Trump.
“The Prime Minister is looking forward to discussing the successes of Canada’s immigration and refugee policy with the President when they next speak,” Trudeau spokeswoman Kate Purchase told The Associated Press.
Trudeau is expected to the visit the White House soon.
The prime minister has refrained from criticizing Trump to avoid offending the new president. More than 75 percent of Canada’s exports go to the U.S.
Toronto Mayor John Tory also weighed in, noting that the city is the most diverse in the world.
“We understand that as Canadians we are almost all immigrants, and that no one should be excluded on the basis of their ethnicity or nationality,” Tory said in a statement.
Trump signed a sweeping executive order Friday that he billed as a necessary step to stop “radical Islamic terrorists” from coming to the U.S. Included is a 90-day ban on travel to the U.S. by citizens of Iraq, Syria, Iran, Sudan, Libya, Somalia or Yemen and a 120-day suspension of the U.S. refugee program.
Trump’s order singled out Syrians for the most aggressive ban, ordering that anyone from that country, including those fleeing civil war, are indefinitely blocked from coming to the United States.
The Syrian refugee crisis became a major issue in Canada’s election in late 2015 because of the haunting image of a drowned 3-year-old Syrian boy washed up on a Turkish beach. The boy had relatives in Canada.
Trudeau’s tweet quickly received more than 150,000 likes. “Welcome to Canada” trended in Canada.
Hahahahaha....
Fidel Castro’s son, indeed.
They’re all yours....
FU PBS.
To think my taxes go to fund this stinking pile of Public Broadcasting Shiite!
Load them on buses and ship them straight to Montreal.
ouch , I think Trudeau’s Riding is already fed up with Trudeau and his Pet Muslims
We’ll need a wall up north, too.
Send all 15-20 million illegal alien invaders to canada TONIGHT! Have fun, hosers!
weren't they just the other day whining about can't take anymore?
Turd Dough wants 50-75 million illegals ? Indulge him.
Just another reason for us to stop subsidizing cheap drugs for other countries - make them pay full price for their idiocy.
What a maroon. Of course, in a generation we’ll have hordes of people fleeing Canada trying to get into the United States, when their society collapses. Only, that won’t happen because the Canadians will through out the Liberal government, but they still won’t stop sneering at the United States.
The Maple Thief
Really? Must have caught him in a ten minute hiatus adjusting his caterpillar brows.
The mention of welcoming immigrants of any faith...still suck muzzlimb azz Justine, eh?
He definitely got his mama’s brains.
Recent polls are close for the next federal election, expected Oct 2019.
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