Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Minister Sean Fraser said Canada excels in protecting refugees, according to Blacklock’s Reporter. .“We are not just a leader, we are the leader when it comes to resettling refugees,” Fraser told the House of Commons Immigration Committee. .“We have resettled more people in Canada than any other country in the world in each of the last three years and more than one-third of the global total in each of the last two years.”.Fraser did not explain the figures. Canada accepted 16,250 refugees in 2020, a 12% decline from the previous year, according to Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada’s annual report tabled in Parliament..Resettled refugees refers to inhabitants of refugee camps. Canada’s quota of resettled refugees in 2020 was 9,236 people, a decrease of 69% when compared to the 30,087 admitted in 2019. .Conservative MP Brad Redekopp noted cabinet failed to meet its quota of accepting 40,000 Afghan refugees. The number of Afghans who have arrived in Canada totals 25,400 to date. .Redekopp said in the private sector, he was “judged on outcomes.” .“Here we’re spending almost half a billion dollars but a very small number of people have actually made it to Canada,” he said..“Can you honestly with a straight face say this program has been a success?”.Fraser asked Redekopp how many Afghan refugees came under the Conservative program existing for four years before the Liberals formed government. It was about 800 people, and now the Canadian government has welcomed more 25,000. .“If you think that’s insignificant, feel free to take that message back to Yorkton,” said Fraser. .The Alberta government committed upwards of $38 million in July to a new program providing six months of income support and a childcare subsidy for Ukrainian refugees coming to the province..READ MORE: UCP introduces generous support package for Ukrainian refugees.“Alberta's government moved quickly to offer access to healthcare, childcare, education, emergency financial funding, and guidance to get official documents and find work,” said former Alberta premier Jason Kenney. .“Now we will do even more to help them rebuild their lives here in Alberta with these expanded social supports for Ukrainians seeking refuge here."
