Ramez Ayoub at the Government Operations and Estimates Committee

On March 10th, 2016. See this statement in context.

March 10th, 2016 / 4:30 p.m.

Liberal

Ramez Ayoub Liberal Thérèse-De Blainville, QC

I am Syrian by origin and welcoming Syrians affects me somewhat.

Last year, the Liberal party wanted to bring in a certain number of Syrians. To start with, it was 10,000 Syrians, then another 15,000 were added for a total of 25,000. An additional amount of $5.4 million was requested to deal with the intake of those Syrians.

Will that amount be used now, or is it spread over a number of years? How is that additional amount broken down?

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