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The Government of Canada has announced a goal of bringing 25,000 Syrian refugees to Canada by the end of February, 2016. The majority will be government-assisted refugees who will go to communities across Canada, where organizations with support services are available to help them integrate. We anticipate more communities will get involved in supporting the […]

Ottawa, Ontario December 1, 2015 As delivered Thank you very much, Your Excellency. Ladies and gentlemen, good morning. It’s a great pleasure for me to be at an event hosted by His Excellency because the two of us go back a bit to the time he was Principal of McGill. I was Dean of Arts.

Ottawa, ON – Departmental officials will provide an update on Canada’s plan to resettle 25,000 Syrian refugees. DATE: Wednesday, December 2, 2015 TIME: 10:30 a.m. (EST), Media Technical Briefing PLEASE NOTE: The media technical briefing is for background information only, not for attribution. LOCATION: National Press Theatre 150 Wellington Street Ottawa, Ontario Journalists who are

December 1, 2015 – Ottawa, ON – Federal, provincial and territorial (FPT) ministers responsible for immigration met today to reaffirm their commitment to welcoming Syrian refugees to Canada over the coming days and months. Co-chaired by the Honourable John McCallum, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC), and the Honourable Michael Chan, Ontario Minister

Ottawa, Ontario December 9, 2015 As delivered Well, thank you very much and good morning. Hello everyone. I have four things to announce this morning – not necessarily all of equal importance – but four things to tell you. First, yesterday, I met the head of the International Organization for Migration, Ambassador Bill Swing. Now

Refugees arriving from Syria will be a mix of government-assisted refugees (GARs), privately sponsored refugees (PSRs), and blended visa office-referred refugees (BVORs). Where they will go after arriving in Canada—known as their destination community—is based on one of these three programs. The Government of Canada is working with provinces and territories, municipalities, the refugee sponsorship

Ottawa, ON – The Honourable John McCallum, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship will provide an update on Canada’s plan to resettle 25,000 Syrian refugees following his return from a trip to Lebanon and Jordan. Date: Wednesday, December 23, 2015 Time: 11:00 a.m. (local time) Place: National Press Theatre150 Wellington StreetOttawa, Ontario Journalists who are

Ottawa, December 15, 2015 – The Honourable John McCallum, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, and the Honourable Jane Philpott, Chair of the Cabinet Ad Hoc Committee on Refugees and Minister of Health, will provide an update on Canada’s plan to resettle 25,000 Syrian refugees. The ministerial announcement will be preceded by a technical briefing. 

December 20, 2015 – Ottawa, ON – After a successful trip to Lebanon, the Honourable John McCallum, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, continued on to Jordan for a two day follow-up visit. This is the second trip to Amman for the Minister since the November 2015 announcement of the #WelcomeRefugees initiative. Minister McCallum had

Ottawa, Ontario December 16, 2015 As delivered Hon. John McCallum: Hello. Good morning, everybody. It’s a pleasure for the two of us to be with you today. What we’re going to do is I’m going to turn over to my colleague Jane Philpott, who will talk about the Interim Federal Health Program. And then she