(MENAFN- Jordan News Agency) Canada's Liberal Leader, Justin Trudeau, said he will deliver his promise is promise to bring 25,000 Syrian refugees to Canada by the end of 2015.
In an exclusive television interview with CTV News Chief Anchor and Senior Editor Lisa LaFlamme, Trudeau said "that's something we're getting cracking on right away," adding that he has already met with the Clerk of the Privy Council and the Governor General about implementing his platform. The Liberal leader said that in early September that he supports sending Canadian military planes with security and immigration officials to Jordan, Lebanon and Syria to airlift refugees out of the region, as Canada did in 1979 to rescue fleeing Vietnamese.
Trudeau had long demanded the Conservative government speed up its processing of Syrian refugees. As of September, Canada had only brought in 2,300 Syrians over three years, despite a commitment to accept 10,000.
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