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CANADIAN Prime Minister Stephen Harper has drawn criticism for accusing European states of “chasing headlines” by sheltering refugees.
In a Monday evening election debate, the Tory PM said Canada should not “open the floodgates” to those fleeing war and persecution.
“Some European countries just started letting everybody in and now they’re trying to reverse those policies,” Mr Harper said in justification of his government’s closed-door policy on refugees. “We’re not chasing headlines.”
New Democratic Party head Tom Mulcair condemned his opponent, saying it was “extremely difficult” to hear the PM of a country once seen as a leader in helping the disadvantaged dismiss desperate people in that way.
