Canadian refugee ‘model’ isn’t exportable

In Europe, the problem is not a lack of willingness to host refugees; in fact, they are already hosting millions. The problem is in the numbers, and those numbers are out of our reach.

Immigration Minister John McCallum is mistaken if he thinks Canada can solve the world's refugee crisis or that our immigration 'model' can be adopted by most other countries, writes Angelo Persichilli.The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

Opinion

BY ANGELO PERSICHILLI

September 26, 2016

TORONTO—Immigration Minister John McCallum says the “Canadian model” to deal with refugees could be adopted elsewhere to solve problems in other countries. In fact, last week the minister said that “at least 13 countries have expressed an interest in this. That could be one part of the sol...

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