“The Liberal government’s plan to resettle thousands of Syrian refugees by the new year is one way that Canada is contributing to the fight against the Islamic State, Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan said Friday.”… “Sajjan was responding to questions about a new poll suggesting just over half of Canadians didn’t support the plan to resettle 25,000 refugees by the end of this year…”

THE NATIONAL OBSERVER: Minister defends refugee plan, says government is “mindful” of recent attacks:
Ben Cousins, The Canadian Press