Poll: Trump-style ban
Castanet - Feb 22, 2017 / 2:39 pm | Story: 189648
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One in four Canadians would support a Donald Trump-style ban on Syrian refugees coming to Canada, according to a new poll.
Still, six in 10 Canadians say the government made the right call by standing behind its policy to keep the country's doors open to those fleeing war-torn Syria.
"As the American travel ban on refugees, visitors and immigrants from seven Muslim-majority countries creates serious foreign policy differences between Canada and the U.S., border communities in Manitoba and Quebec are bearing witness to the fallout, watching asylum seekers trudging through the snow to cross the border," says the pollster.
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