While Canada should — and must — welcome those fleeing persecution and violence, we shouldn’t be setting them up for failure
While Canada should and must welcome those fleeing persecution and violence, we shouldn’t be setting them up for failure. This is not the kind of Canada that my mother and father saw when they, and other Vietnamese boat people, arrived here as refugees.
Unless the Trudeau government finally heeds the warnings that I and others have been raising about their funding cuts, the system will be further starved of crucial resources. Moreover, the cuts amount to a much greater financial and human cost for the country, and inflict damage on how the rest of the world sees Canada.Article content
When it comes to the Liberal management of this crisis, the best word to describe it is hypocrisy. One can’t claim to have the moral high ground on LGBTQ issues, and then leave LGBTQ people fleeing persecution to sleep on the streets. One cannot declare “Canada is open” over Twitter while starving the system of adequate resources.
Across Canada, from Toronto to Calgary, we are hearing about the implications of the Liberals’ inaction as settlement agencies are forced to layoff and reduce services for newcomers. As a result, what we have seen unfolding at 129 Peter St. will become the norm, rather than the exception. While the Trudeau government espouses a glossy vision of Canada to the world by virtue signalling through photo-ops and Twitter posts, its members fail to practice what they preach. This leaves non-profits, local organizations and good Samaritans to step up to do what they can, with Ottawa arriving late to the scene. The federal government should be working with municipalities to find alternative shelter spaces.
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