MG: You say the Canadian government has put [LGBT] refugee claims on the back burner. Because [Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada] says they don't discriminate, that they accept all refugees that are being referred by the UNHCR [The United Nations Refugee Agency.] MG: For these [LGBT] refugees, was the situation better under the Conservative government? AP: The honourable Jason Kenney was a really good minister of immigration and it was a golden era for LGBT refugees. And if they want to take all of the LGBT refugees in Turkey it's just 1,200 people, we're not talking about 30,000 or 35,000 people.

Source: CBC News February 08, 2017 14:37 UTC