"It became a political issue for them — nervousness around the fact that they are seeing they are not meeting their promise so they keep pretending they are meeting their promise,"
Canada Syrian Refugees: Too Much 'Make Believe' In Liberal Refugee Plan, Gerry Van Kessel Says
By News on the Net Huffington Post/Canadian Press——Bio and Archives--December 29, 2015
OTTAWA — As he watches his former colleagues go all out to resettle thousands of Syrian refugees by the end of this year, the civil servant who helped run Canada's last major refugee resettlement program says he's concerned that politics is getting in the way of policy.
Gerry Van Kessel says he's frustrated by the game he feels the Liberal government is playing by constantly affixing and changing targets for their Syrian refugee program.
"There is an element of make believe in all this that keeps the focus on the make believe and not the substance," he said in an interview.
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