Posted on 12/21/2023 4:14:35 PM PST by Todd_Gray
OTTAWA — Canada will take in extended families of Canadians in war-torn Gaza for up to three years, Immigration Minister Marc Miller announces.
The move, which is due to take effect on January 9, will allow Canadians to reunite with spouses or common-law partners, children and grandchildren regardless of age, siblings and their immediate families, as well as parents and grandparents.
Miller says the aim of the policy change is “to get people safe” as the humanitarian crisis has made Gaza “unlivable.”
The government had previously focused on getting more than 600 Canadians, their spouses and children out of Gaza.
Miller estimates that it could see hundreds more resettled in Canada while fighting continues.
He stresses at a news conference, however, that it is “extremely difficult to leave Gaza and may not be possible for everyone.”
“These are situations that are not under our control” and there is a “whole waterfall of scenarios where things could potentially go wrong,” he warns.
Miller says he also ordered immigration officials to prioritize permanent residency applications for Palestinians.
The newcomers will require documentation and security checks including a biometrics screening in Cairo before being allowed to board flights to Canada.
Ahmad Al-Qadi, with the National Council of Canadian Muslims, told a separate news conference in Ottawa that many Canadians who fled Gaza in recent months had to make an “impossible decision to leave parents and siblings behind in a war zone because they don’t have citizenship.”
He thanked the government of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau for expanding the eligibility criteria to Canadians’ extended families.
Trudeau wants all the Muslims
You must not have gotten the memo. Diversity is our strength.
My first thought exactly. We need to sue the Canucks for every one of them that sneaks into America illegally.
That’ll work /s
Alberta -Secede Now you are out of time.
COMMITTING SUICIDE BY POLITICS
EGYPT completed a border to keep them all OUT
Good luck Canada, see how that works out for you…
“ You must not have gotten the memo. Diversity is our strength.”
I wonder how this will work out when the Muzzies start throwing the fags off the rooftops in Quebec.
what a nightmare Barbie Trudeau has created
these plo monsters are savages from the 4 th world
Evil to the core
“Gonna need to strengthen the NORTHERN border.”
Minnesota in particular.
Really, Justin?
Geez, another wide open border into the US.
There is also Saskatchewan, a big chunk of BC and Southern Manitoba where many would like to leave as well.
Canada welcomes people who love death.
What could go wrong?
Is that a real one or the one Palestinians train their children with?
We need to restore our republic first.
Canada uses the same kind of voting machines we do.
I’m betting that Canadians didn’t vote for this, either.
They should do it. If Quebec held a binding referendum so the Conservative provinces can too. If they separated the world would be shocked by how quickly the new country prospered by not having Ottawa standing on their necks.
“If Quebec held a binding referendum so the Conservative provinces can too. “
I agree that they shuold hold the Referendums.
However. One of the constants in Canada is that the rules for Quebec are different than for the rest of the country, especially Alberta. I suspect that any attempt to hold a referendum wil be declared illegal, and if they want to leave they will have to fight their way out.
(maybe the Canadian military being run down to zero by the Trudeau’s wil finally be an advantage)
An early test case will be the Canada Pension Plan, which is roughly equivalent to Social Security.
In Quebec, it has always been separate. Alberta now wants to pull their portion out as well. The Federal Government has already announced that they will ignore Court rulings on asset division.
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