Thursday, 24 September 2015

The Syrians are Coming, the Syrians are Coming!
Have you ever wondered what the Canadians are doing to support the Syrian refugees?
Here is some important background information regarding the Syrian crisis:
  • Over 200 000 Syrians have lost their lives due to four years of armed conflict.
  • Began with anti-government protests, caused by teenagers being arrested and tortured for painting revolutionary slogans on a school wall.
  • Currently a full-scale civil war.
  • Canadian parties are debating on how many Syrian refugees to allow access into the country.
  • Ten million Syrian refugees are now stateless.
<http://www.cbc.ca/strombo/content/images/new-report-on-poverty-and-inequality-canada-is-not-living-up-to-its-potential-and-reputation-feature1.jpg>
Ontario plans on spending 10.5 million dollars to open the province’s doors to 10 000 Syrian refugees, we feel as if this is too many. The Original plan was to bring in 10 000 Syrian refugees over the course of two years, but it has now been shortened to one year. If Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau is elected Prime Minister, he plans to allow 25 000 Syrians access to the country immediately. Cutting to the chase is not the right thing to do as they are shortening the background checks. The government’s lack of security could cause terrorism or could create more conflict with Isis. The government wants to assist the Syrians, however they are not helping their own Canadian citizens who are also in poverty. The Georgian College announced the creation of an award for Syrian refugees to receive free admission and free textbooks to join one of their campuses. Young Ontario students in need of financial assistance don’t even receive free tuition. Ontario is already a densely populated province and the government thinks it will be beneficial to pack even more people into our province. Canadians are already low on jobs and introducing 10 000 or more individuals into the country will increase unemployment rates even more.     

Georgian. “Georgian College Award for Refugees and Displaced Persons will help Syrian refugees.” September 11, 2015. http://www.georgiancollege.ca/news/georgian-college-award-for-refugees-and-displaced-persons-will-help-syrian-refugees/. September 23, 2015.

Lucy Rodgers, David Gritten, James Offer and Patrick Asare. “Syria: The story of conflict” March 12, 2015. Bbc.com. September 22, 2015.
Posted by at

12 comments:

  1. Zquinn924 September 2015 at 06:26

    Easy to read and very accurate statistics. Nice!

    ReplyDelete
  2. Anonymous24 September 2015 at 06:33

    This comment has been removed by the author.

    ReplyDelete
  3. Anonymous24 September 2015 at 06:34

    Very interesting! I did not know about Justin Trudeau's promise to allow 25,000 Syrians access to Canada

    ReplyDelete
  4. Unknown24 September 2015 at 09:58

    This comment has been removed by the author.

    ReplyDelete
  5. Unknown24 September 2015 at 10:00

    Excellent information and posts on this topic. Vice News has an excellent documentary series on this .... but I'm assuming the students are on top of that!
    Mr. Neale

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Unknown25 September 2015 at 05:01

      Thanks for supporting our blog Mr Neale!!!! :)

      Delete
  6. Unknown25 September 2015 at 05:16

    Your blog is very to the point, and there's lots of facts/stats that are very eye opening. I truly respect your opinion, However, have you considered some of the benefits from helping displaced And stateless Syrians find peaceful homes? There are many ways to build our economy off of new people coming to our country. I think it is amazing that Georgian College is offering free tuition and textbooks to a refugee. Ontario students looking to Persue post secondary studies are offered scholarships, OSAP and other forms of financial aid. Helping a refugee have an opportunity to become educated, is most likely something that they would be missing out on.

    We as Canadian citizens have SO much compared to Syrain Refugees, and we should be willing to share it. Lives are being lost & destroyed as we speak, and we should not sit back and watch this happen. Although there is poverty within our own country, we mustn't forget about others who need our help! great blog post and I look forward to your reply!


    "Changing the world is up to us. If each of us tries, the next generation may see a happier, more peaceful world emerge." - Dalai Lama

    ReplyDelete
  7. Anonymous25 September 2015 at 05:53

    An interesting perspective on this world issue! I didn't know that Georgian college was offering free education for Syrian refugees in Canada.

    ReplyDelete
  8. Anonymous25 September 2015 at 05:53

    An interesting perspective on this world issue! I didn't know that Georgian college was offering free education for Syrian refugees in Canada.

    ReplyDelete
  9. Anonymous25 September 2015 at 21:15

    Since the scholarship is a new addition(meaning all other scholarships are still available), why do you believe Georgian should not choose Syrian refugees as a scholarship recipient?

    ReplyDelete
  10. Anonymous27 September 2015 at 15:15

    I thought it was an amazing idea to incorporate the background information at the beginning of the post, especially if there are readers who may have not known anything about the current issue. It was also interesting to discover that Georgian College was offering free tuition and free textbooks! I didn't know of that prior to reading this. Great post!

    ReplyDelete
  11. Anonymous27 September 2015 at 15:15

    I thought it was an amazing idea to incorporate the background information at the beginning of the post, especially if there are readers who may have not known anything about the current issue. It was also interesting to discover that Georgian College was offering free tuition and free textbooks! I didn't know of that prior to reading this. Great post!

    ReplyDelete

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)