The recent image of a Syrian toddler whose lifeless body lay on
a Turkish beach, prompted Canada's Citizenship &
Immigration Minister Chris Alexander to suspend his re-election
campaign and issue a statement designed to evoke compassion.
Despite this ploy which took place against the backdrop of the
world's worst refugee crisis since the Second World War, the
conservatives, during the past almost 10-years, have displayed a
heartless record with Canada's immigrant population. Here are
five reasons why.
Refugees
Since mid-2013, Canada has settled less than 2,500 Syrian
refugees. In January, the conservatives announced that Canada would
welcome 13,000 Syrian refugees over a 3-year period, mostly through
private sponsors. Yet our government has been near silent since
then - until last week when it was forced to respond to this
international humanitarian crisis. In contrast, Germany plans to
admit as many as 800,000 asylum seekers this year alone, nearly 1%
of its
