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RSS FeedsOntario should welcome asylum seekers with open arms, Andrea Horwath writes
(The Star Theatre)

 
 

16 july 2018 23:51:21

 
Ontario should welcome asylum seekers with open arms, Andrea Horwath writes
(The Star Theatre)
 


Alan Kurdi was 3 years old when he was found face down on a Mediterranean beach in September 2015, drowned at sea during his family’s escape from war-torn Syria.The devastating image of Alan’s tiny body on the beach reminded us all that the families caught in the refugee crisis are just like our families. The children who are starving, terrified and in grave danger are just that: children.But last week, without warning, Doug Ford and Social Services Minister Lisa MacLeod announced that the Ontario government is done helping families like Alan’s, and they will no longer help municipalities cope with rising numbers of refugees and asylum seekers. Ford and MacLeod are in the wrong. It’s that simple. They’re wrong to want to turn families and children fleeing war away. And they’re wrong to leave Ontario municipalities to cover the costs alone.Estimates indicate that the price tag for municipalities to support asylum seekers will be about $100 million — less than one-tenth of 1 per cent of total spending in the 2018 provincial budget. Both the federal and provincial governments promised to help with that cost — but Ford has backed out.In Quebec, where most asylum seekers arriving in Canada have landed, the provincial government works closely with local governments and businesses to get applicants working as soon as possible, making them self-sufficient. And in small communities that need more workers, the arrivals have meant a much-needed boost to the labour pools.Here in Ontario, while some cities’ newcomer supports are being overwhelmed, other communities are desperate for new settlers to rebuild shrinking local populations and staff up industries that struggle to find workers. This is especially true in the north, where a tone-deaf Ford told local municipal leaders we must “take care of our own” when asked how he would attract new immigrants. Doug Ford’s change won’t stop a single refuge ...


 
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