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Ottawa, December 8, 2015 – The Honourable John McCallum, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, will provide an update on Canada’s plan to resettle 25,000 Syrian refugees. A technical briefing will follow the ministerial announcement. The technical briefing is for background information only, not for attribution. DATE: December 9, 2015 TIME: 9:30 a.m. (EST), Ministerial […]

Calgary, AB – The Honourable John McCallum, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship; The Honourable Lori Sigurdson, Minister of Advanced Education and Minister of Jobs, Skills, Training and Labour for Alberta; and, His Worship Naheed Nenshi, Mayor of Calgary will be available to media to provide an update following a meeting with a range of

Surrey, BC – The Honourable John McCallum, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, The Honourable Shirley Bond, Minister of Jobs, Tourism and Skills Training and Minister Responsible for Labour for British Columbia; and, Her Worship, Linda Hepner, Mayor of Surrey will be available to media to provide an update following a meeting with a range

Identifying who may be eligible to come to Canada is an important first step in meeting Canada’s commitment to bring 25,000 Syrian refugees by the end of February 2016. Canada is working with the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) and foreign states to identify registered Syrian refugees who are interested in resettlement to Canada. Canada

Montreal, QC – The Honourable John McCallum, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship and the Honourable Kathleen Weil, Minister of Immigration, Diversity and Inclusiveness for Quebec will be available to media to provide an update following a meeting with a range of local stakeholders regarding the plan to resettle 25,000 Syrian refugees. DATE: Thursday, December

Toronto, ON – The Honourable John McCallum, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship and the Honourable Michael Chan, Minister of Citizenship, Immigration and International Trade for Ontario will be available to media to provide an update following a meeting with a range of local stakeholders regarding the plan to resettle 25,000 Syrian refugees. DATE: Thursday,

Montreal, QC – The Honourable John McCallum, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship will be available to media to provide an update following a meeting with a range of local stakeholders regarding the plan to resettle 25,000 Syrian refugees. DATE: Thursday, December 3, 2015 TIME: 5:30 p.m. (local time) Please arrive by 5:15 p.m. for

November 29, 2015 – Ottawa, ON – As the Government of Canada has stepped up efforts to welcome 25,000 Syrian refugees to Canada, communities from coast to coast to coast are also preparing to welcome Syrian refugees with open arms. A significant portion of refugees arriving in Canada by the end of December will be

November 29, 2015 – Amman, Jordan – Today, the Honourable John McCallum, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, the Honourable Jane Philpott, Minister of Health and Chair of the Ad Hoc Committee on Refugees, and the Honourable Harjit S. Sajjan, Minister of National Defence, concluded a very successful visit to Jordan. Ministers made this trip

Ottawa, Ontario November 24, 2015 As delivered Thank you, Jane (Philpott). And good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. This is a happy day and this is an important day for Canada because it is today that we are announcing a detailed plan to rescue 25,000 Syrian refugees from the most dire circumstances and to bring them