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Making good on an election pledge by the new Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to settle 25,000 Syrian refugees in Canada before the end of the year will be a colossal task. Refugee settlement groups openly admit it will be near-impossible.

To settle more Syrian refugees is a priority for the government and the plan is expected to be launched immediately.

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But the time frame is far too short considering that the festive holiday season is just around the corner, when bureaucracy and most official government business slows down considerably.

The easiest way out would be to honour the pledge, but to do it progressively and more systematically over the next six months.

I just returned to Canada from a two-week visit to Turkey, which continues to brace for more refugees from neighbouring Syria. Turkey, roughly the size of Quebec with a population of 80 million, is already home to 2 million Syrian refugees. And more refugees are pouring in every single day.