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Halifax MP Andy Fillmore, Immigration Minister Hussen bringing Barho relatives to Canada after fire

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Liberal MP Andy Fillmore, right, worked to bring relatives of the Barho family to Canada after a Halifax house fire led to the death of the family's seven children, left, who ranged from three months to 14 years old. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade and photographs courtesy of Facebook

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BY NEIL MOSS

February 27, 2019

Liberal MP Andy Fillmore told reporters on Feb. 25 that visitor visas were arranged for relatives of the Barho family to come to Canada in the aftermath of a horrific Halifax house fire that killed seven. “When I visited Kawthar Barho in the hospital last week, she express...

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