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Final supporters
Dear Justin Trudeau,
There is nothing wrong about accepting people from other countries that need our help. There is, however, two major things that are wrong about your concept. First of all, the number of people from Iraq and Syria you're accepting. 25,000 people is not a small number. In fact, it is too big of a number to even secure the fact that everyone who is coming through is a legitimate refugee that needs our help. As the newly elected leader of our country, the safety of our own country should be your first priority and not to help other countries. I am sure all Canadians realize that this situation in Iraq and Syria cannot be ignored and we should provide help, but this isn't how we should do it. We can provide money, shipments of food, or maybe a lesser amount of people coming through. This way, we can actually confirm that the people coming through are in need of help. Although this may seem like a good plan to show how generous of a country Canada is, but this is not the way to show it. Canada itself does not have a strong army and we do not have the power or a strong military force to aid us, if a war/breaks out. We do not need to risk our hard-earned peace. Other countries, such as the United States, Japan or China, had the good sense to not accept any refugees and instead to aid them in different ways. Germany accepted refugees a couple years back, and Germany's crime level rose rapidly. Second of all, accepting 25,000 refugees in merely 2 months is both unrealistic and unsafe. Screening 25,000 refugees typically takes 3 years of time and you are planning to do it in 2 months. You can easily overlook and accidentally accept terrorists into our peaceful countries. Remember that in our country, security and safety should be the first priority and though, compassion is important, it should only be viewed as our second priority. The attack in Paris should be a warning to strengthen our security, and you're doing the opposite of that. This is not to say no to accepting refugees completely, but I think we can all agree that 2 months is not enough time to thoroughly screen everyone.
I understand that you are doing this in the best intentions possible, but none of us want to feel unsafe in our own country.
With all due respect,
A Canadian Citizen
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February 11, 2016
Seeing this movement grow so quickly reminds me how many people share my genuine worry about our national security. It is clear that I am not the only one concerned about the pace of this plan and the safety of our communities.
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What about our Canadian homeless and seniors that don't have enough to live on? Let's let them suffer and go without so that we can bring in these refugees, several of which you can be sure are terrorists, support them on an already over burdened economy and expect us to welcome them with open arms.
Allowing 25,000 refugees who have not been fully screened is the WRONG thing to do to Canadian citizens. It threatens our safety.
Let's clean our own house first!
no more refugees. Help Canadians first
Help our own first once that is taken care of open the gates
Why don't we send trudeau there to live. We don't need him. and send the Syrians back with him. that's 25.ooo votes he can get next time around theirs an election. I wish there can be a non confident vote and have him gone, as well as the immigrant's.
Take care of the Canadians omg so many need help look at our vets that are almost homeless the seniors that need medical expenses and the low income families come on get real here canada
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Status: Closed — this petition is no longer accepting signatures.
Final supporters
Dear Justin Trudeau,
There is nothing wrong about accepting people from other countries that need our help. There is, however, two major things that are wrong about your concept. First of all, the number of people from Iraq and Syria you're accepting. 25,000 people is not a small number. In fact, it is too big of a number to even secure the fact that everyone who is coming through is a legitimate refugee that needs our help. As the newly elected leader of our country, the safety of our own country should be your first priority and not to help other countries. I am sure all Canadians realize that this situation in Iraq and Syria cannot be ignored and we should provide help, but this isn't how we should do it. We can provide money, shipments of food, or maybe a lesser amount of people coming through. This way, we can actually confirm that the people coming through are in need of help. Although this may seem like a good plan to show how generous of a country Canada is, but this is not the way to show it. Canada itself does not have a strong army and we do not have the power or a strong military force to aid us, if a war/breaks out. We do not need to risk our hard-earned peace. Other countries, such as the United States, Japan or China, had the good sense to not accept any refugees and instead to aid them in different ways. Germany accepted refugees a couple years back, and Germany's crime level rose rapidly. Second of all, accepting 25,000 refugees in merely 2 months is both unrealistic and unsafe. Screening 25,000 refugees typically takes 3 years of time and you are planning to do it in 2 months. You can easily overlook and accidentally accept terrorists into our peaceful countries. Remember that in our country, security and safety should be the first priority and though, compassion is important, it should only be viewed as our second priority. The attack in Paris should be a warning to strengthen our security, and you're doing the opposite of that. This is not to say no to accepting refugees completely, but I think we can all agree that 2 months is not enough time to thoroughly screen everyone.
I understand that you are doing this in the best intentions possible, but none of us want to feel unsafe in our own country.
With all due respect,
A Canadian Citizen
Updates
February 11, 2016
Seeing this movement grow so quickly reminds me how many people share my genuine worry about our national security. It is clear that I am not the only one concerned about the pace of this plan and the safety of our communities.
19 Comments
We have First Nation people who don't even have clean water let alone a decent place to live. The Liberals are spending $700 million plus another 30% bringing these 25,000 so called refugees over. Our money would be better spent on our own people. We have 25,000 homeless people in our area. I know the Liberals want votes but at what cost? Justin and his wife are now celebrities and photo ops are their main entertainment. Pierre gave Canada away and now Justin is finishing us off. Way to go.
What about our Canadian homeless and seniors that don't have enough to live on? Let's let them suffer and go without so that we can bring in these refugees, several of which you can be sure are terrorists, support them on an already over burdened economy and expect us to welcome them with open arms.
Allowing 25,000 refugees who have not been fully screened is the WRONG thing to do to Canadian citizens. It threatens our safety.
Let's clean our own house first!
no more refugees. Help Canadians first
Help our own first once that is taken care of open the gates
Why don't we send trudeau there to live. We don't need him. and send the Syrians back with him. that's 25.ooo votes he can get next time around theirs an election. I wish there can be a non confident vote and have him gone, as well as the immigrant's.
Take care of the Canadians omg so many need help look at our vets that are almost homeless the seniors that need medical expenses and the low income families come on get real here canada
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We have First Nation people who don't even have clean water let alone a decent place to live. The Liberals are spending $700 million plus another 30% bringing these 25,000 so called refugees over. Our money would be better spent on our own people. We have 25,000 homeless people in our area. I know the Liberals want votes but at what cost? Justin and his wife are now celebrities and photo ops are their main entertainment. Pierre gave Canada away and now Justin is finishing us off. Way to go.