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Trudeau says Canada will take refugees banned by U.S.
https://www.pbs.org ^ | Jan 28, 2017 6:17 PM EDT

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.


TOPICS: Education; History; Reference
KEYWORDS: canada; jodywilsonraybould; justintrudeau; snclavalin
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To: ATOMIC_PUNK

Alrighty! Hark off ya hosers!,eh? Canada’s gonna let ya all in.


41 posted on 06/29/2018 11:51:18 AM PDT by jmacusa ("Made it Ma, top of the world!'')
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To: ATOMIC_PUNK

Gonna need to build a wall on the northern border.


42 posted on 06/29/2018 11:52:22 AM PDT by Louis Foxwell (Islam is Satan's finest work.)
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To: SkyDancer
They’ll come back as soon as they find out that they put gravy on fries

Don't knock it, that's just good eats right there. One of the few things I like about canadians.
43 posted on 06/29/2018 11:52:52 AM PDT by JoSixChip (He is Batman!)
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To: Spruce

“They’re hosed”.
That is because they are hosers.


44 posted on 06/29/2018 11:56:17 AM PDT by certrtwngnut (4- Do something,,,,even if it's wrong.)
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To: ATOMIC_PUNK

GOOD. Let THEM be raped, murdered, robbed, and taken over, just like Europe, in the name of libtard stupidity.


45 posted on 06/29/2018 11:56:28 AM PDT by EinNYC
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To: ATOMIC_PUNK

Hell yeah!


46 posted on 06/29/2018 11:56:42 AM PDT by RedStateRocker (Nuke Mecca, deport all illegals, abolish the DEA, IRS and ATF.)
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To: FLT-bird

Yup-set up a regular pipeline straight NORTH


47 posted on 06/29/2018 11:56:58 AM PDT by SMARTY ("Nearly all men can stand adversity...to test a man's character, give him power." A. Lincoln)
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To: Eddie01

Welcoming children from south of the border.

48 posted on 06/29/2018 11:57:03 AM PDT by Louis Foxwell (Islam is Satan's finest work.)
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To: ATOMIC_PUNK

Suicide of the West.

Wow!


49 posted on 06/29/2018 11:57:22 AM PDT by marktwain (President Trump and his supporters are the Resistance. His opponents are the Reactionaries.)
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To: ATOMIC_PUNK
Didn't he try this before and it kind of backfired?
50 posted on 06/29/2018 11:58:23 AM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear ( Bunnies, bunnies, it must be bunnies!! Or maybe midgets....)
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To: ATOMIC_PUNK

Go right ahead, Justin. And no backsies...


51 posted on 06/29/2018 11:58:57 AM PDT by livius
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To: Ann Archy

52 posted on 06/29/2018 12:00:25 PM PDT by New Perspective (Proud father of a son with Down Syndrome and fighting to keep him off Obama's death panels.)
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To: New Perspective

Be pretty ironic if it turned out that Trudeau really did “grab ‘em in the p”


53 posted on 06/29/2018 12:01:12 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: ATOMIC_PUNK

All talk.

From behind his own walled fortress.


54 posted on 06/29/2018 12:01:42 PM PDT by UnwashedPeasant (I told you so)
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To: ATOMIC_PUNK

I’d say all the C-130 Air Guard pilots just got a real world mission for their next drill weekend.


55 posted on 06/29/2018 12:02:14 PM PDT by ameribbean expat
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To: ATOMIC_PUNK

A Mariel Boatlift coming your way Canada!! You can have them.


56 posted on 06/29/2018 12:02:27 PM PDT by SkyPilot ("I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." John 14:6)
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To: ATOMIC_PUNK

So we are going to need a wall on the other border now?


57 posted on 06/29/2018 12:02:30 PM PDT by Democrats hate too much
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To: ATOMIC_PUNK

58 posted on 06/29/2018 12:03:01 PM PDT by New Perspective (Proud father of a son with Down Syndrome and fighting to keep him off Obama's death panels.)
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To: ATOMIC_PUNK

Good. The USA is already a full blown shithole country because of refugess and illegals. Let Canada suffer now.


59 posted on 06/29/2018 12:07:45 PM PDT by Angels27
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To: ATOMIC_PUNK

DOUBLE the budget for border security. There needs to be a HUGE one on the northern border.


60 posted on 06/29/2018 12:07:49 PM PDT by stars & stripes forever (Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord. Psalm 32:12)
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