Canadian security agencies ‘consulting’ with U.S. Homeland Security to vet Syrian refugees coming to Canada

Opposition parties say they don't have any objections Canadian security agencies consulting with the U.S. Homeland Security databases to screen Syrian refugees coming into Canada.
Syrian refugees pictured in 2015 arriving by boat in Lesbos, Greece.
Canadian security agencies responsible for vetting the thousands of Syrian refugees who have been arriving in Canada since late last year have been using a “robust” and “multi-layered” security check process that includes consulting U.S. Homeland Security databases. “On the Syrian refuge...

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