If the Canadian government sticks to its new plans for refugee resettlement, the next three years could have significant implications for refugees and refugee policy beyond Canada’s borders.
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The Conservative pledge to replace government-assisted refugee places with more private sponsorship focuses on the integration potential of refugees rather than their protection needs. That’s wrong.
Favourable public opinion helps create political will to increase resettlement and alleviate the global refugee crisis. A new tool could help build supportive social networks for refugees.
Forty years ago, the Canadian government applied its new program for private sponsorship of refugees allowing Canada to welcome the largest number of Southeast Asian refugees in the world.
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Executive Director, Global College, University of Winnipeg
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Senior Research Associate, Canada Excellence Research Chair in Migration & Integration, Toronto Metropolitan University
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Professor Emeritus for Public Ethics and Fellow at the Centre for Public Ethics, Martin Luther University College, Wilfrid Laurier University
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PhD Candidate, Political Science, Columbia University
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Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, McMaster University
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Professeure titulaire, Département de géographie, Université Laval