What it's like to sponsor Syrians coming to Toronto

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What it's like to sponsor Syrians coming to Toronto
Topic Started: Nov 24 2015, 03:34 PM (785 Views)
Darcie	Nov 24 2015, 03:34 PM Post #1
Skeptic Posts: 31,154 Group: Member Member #714 Joined: March 30, 2010	Quote: Much of the public discussion around refugees has involved how the government will accomplish its goal to resettle 25,000 Syrians in Canada. But how exactly does private sponsorship work? Groups of private citizens are getting ready to help thousands of Syrians find homes and build a new life in Toronto. What you need to know to help Syrian refugees settle in Toronto City of Sanctuary: How ready is Toronto for Syrian newcomers? Turning refugees to newcomers Annette Wilde, a member of the First Unitarian Church in Toronto, is working to bring 10 families to Toronto and Kingston with two families already in the country. Wilde was involved in family reunification. "At the time we thought 'where are we going to find Syrians to sponsor?'" she said. She went to her local mosque to ask about Syrian refugees. That's when she found out about several families torn apart by the conflict in the Middle East, many living in refugee camps. She describes the first meeting with one of her families as "amazing." http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/programs/metromorning/what-it-s-like-to-sponsor-syrians-coming-to-toronto-1.3331052?cmp=rss&cid=news-digests-toronto This is Canada. :wineglasssmile.gif:

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friendshipgal	Nov 26 2015, 04:40 AM Post #16
Guess everyone wants their own Trudashians Posts: 12,815 Group: Member Member #241 Joined: February 12, 2006	Looks like the first 10K will not be government sponsored as originally promised, they will be the privately sponsored groups.



Bitsy	Nov 26 2015, 04:48 AM Post #17
Veteran Member Posts: 31,383 Group: Member Member #267 Joined: March 11, 2006	friendshipgal Nov 26 2015, 04:40 AM Looks like the first 10K will not be government sponsored as originally promised, they will be the privately sponsored groups. Your comment does not jibe with this article., and the sponsors are not happy that there is a delay. Quote: Only 10,000 refugees will come in before the end of December � 8,000 of them will be privately sponsored. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/private-sponsors-disappointed-by-delayed-refugee-deadline/article27474639/ Cheers



Olive Oil	Nov 26 2015, 06:30 AM Post #18
Gold Star Member Posts: 4,747 Group: Member Member #785 Joined: June 10, 2010	I was pleased to see the thoughtful approach taken in dispersing the refuges. For those who do not have friends or relatives in Canada, they will try to ensure that a group of l0 or so families will go to the same community. ensuring they will not feel isolated. It was not clearly stated in my morning paper but there will still be 25.000 government refuges as well as l0,000 or more private sponsorships. There is also a hybrid group that are partially funded by private sponsors AND government sources. It is heartening to see that the cities across Canada are asking for more refugees than available. Many provinces are dealing with aging populations and young people are sorely needed.



Kahu	Nov 26 2015, 11:10 AM Post #19
Posts: 31,109 Group: Administration Member #150 Joined: December 14, 2005	State Housing is getting to be a problem here too ... mainly because of the sky rocketing land values particularly in Auckland. Where once a house sat on it's own piece of land to include garden, play area, and off street parking. This means that a single 50 yr old state house on a quarter acre section could command a million$ plus price tag. Usually developers buy these ... knock down the house and put up to 6 or more dwellings on the space ... and make money!!! Source Link Edited by Kahu, Nov 26 2015, 11:17 AM.



Delphi51	Nov 26 2015, 11:13 AM Post #20
Member title Posts: 13,967 Group: Administration Member #441 Joined: October 10, 2006	Good point about many Canadians needing help with housing. Hopefully any comparisons with the good deal the refugees get will lead to some improvement in that situation, too. I have posted in the past about our governments aggravating the housing problem with the unlimited capital gains tax break on homes - which means millions for some and nothing for all those who can't afford to own. This is a far worse tax measure than the income splitting or TFSA measures the Last government introduced. The new government should limit that, and perhaps the Registered Housing Savings Plan to provide more to those who need it. That cap gain break also causes too many large homes to be built. We need more modest sized homes on the market. For the refugees, hopefully someone in the government will know about Tumbler Ridge, BC and Grande Cache, AB - beautiful coal towns becoming ghost towns as the coal industry dies. There will be considerable space available at Ft MacMurray, too. Refugees will be competing with other Canadians for jobs, too. Perhaps we need to reduce temporary foreign worker programs to make a few more jobs available.



friendshipgal	Nov 26 2015, 01:56 PM Post #21
Guess everyone wants their own Trudashians Posts: 12,815 Group: Member Member #241 Joined: February 12, 2006	More details, and there's now talk that they won't meet the new extended deadline, which is no surprise. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/canadas-new-refugee-plan-what-we-know-and-dont-know-sofar/article27476421/ What they�re actually doing: The government announced Tuesday that 15,000 of the refugees will be government-sponsored, and 10,000 would be sponsored privately. Only 10,000 will come in before the end of December; most of the rest will be in Canada by the end of February. snip The new plan depends more heavily on private sponsorship, which can be a time-consuming and difficult process for refugee applicants. ( Here�s a fuller explanation from Joe Friesen of how it works.) Once here, though, they could spend weeks waiting to be redistributed across the country to the 36 service hubs offering resettlement assistance to refugees. later, gotta watch Adele



Darcie	Nov 26 2015, 02:47 PM Post #22
Skeptic Posts: 31,154 Group: Member Member #714 Joined: March 30, 2010	Delphi, suggest we move our own citizens to Ft. Mac, the ones who made all the big bucks off it and give the refugees their homes. Only right, the refugees have not gained any big bucks from the pollution and should not have to be mired in it and suffer the consequences. Only fair IMHO



yaya	Nov 29 2015, 05:38 AM Post #23
Small Star Member Posts: 838 Group: Member Member #341 Joined: August 7, 2006	Darcie Nov 25 2015, 10:27 AM wildie Nov 25 2015, 10:25 AM Quoting limited to 2 levels deep I will be looking with my beady eyes to see this. Sponsors have to provide housing, they usually rent apartments on the market. There are so many schools who are empty right now in the Province who have a ktichen and bathrooms. Just wondering why they would not be acceptable accomodation for the refugees in the short term???



margrace	Nov 29 2015, 09:13 AM Post #24
Gold Star Member Posts: 5,367 Group: Member Member #723 Joined: April 1, 2010	Yes I wondered that also ya ya there are two large schools in our area one sitting empty that once house 1400 high School kids and another about half that size soon to be closed.



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