The following was written in response to “Canada’s temporary residence program for Palestinians from Gaza has serious flaws,” published Jan. 29:
In his opinion article, Matthew Behrens criticized federal government restrictions imposed on Gazan refugees who want to come to Canada under a temporary new immigration policy.
Behrens took issue with statements made by Immigration Minister Marc Miller, who, in a recent interview, used the words “terrorism” and “security” 11 times when talking about the program. Behrens wrote that, in doing so, the federal government has been “repeatedly painting Palestinians with the unfair brush of suspicion,” saying “that suspicion is also built into application forms that ask unprecedented questions about the origin of every scar … ”
