Number one is to manage a successful relationship with the — with the United States. Indeed, the Canadian procedure for vetting Syrian refugees, established when Stephen Harper was prime minister, is similar in almost all respects to the American procedure. “There are some members of the U.S. Congress who even in looking at our policy last year said there are important dimensions of that policy that should be emulated by the United States,” Goodale told reporters Tuesday. The Canadian process includes verifying the identities of any potential refugee and checking that individual against Canadian security databases as well as against databases maintained by U.S. Security officials. And while Canada will accept single male adult refugees through the sponsored refugees process, the federal government, for now, continues to focus on accepting only families or children through the government-sponsored process.

Source: National Post February 01, 2017 01:45 UTC