When asked about the connection between a Syrian so-called ‘refugee’ and the murder of a B.C. teenage girl, Trudeau keeps insisting that Canada’s strength is in its diversity, especially as the world is (rightfully) “hardening its hearts to Muslim immigration.” And the ignorant clapping seals in the audience overwhelmingly appear to agree with him.

Marrisa Shen, a 13-year-old girl was found dead in Burnaby, B.C.’s Central Park in July 2017. Ibrahim Ali, a 28-year-old Syrian refugee who arrived in Canada in March 2017, has been charged with first-degree murder in connection with her death.

Trudeau likes to remind that Muslim refugees undergo a lengthy, multi-step process before they come to Canada — and statistics don’t suggest a close correlation between recent immigration and crime. However, a Statistics Canada report looking at Toronto found that the percentage of recent immigrants was proportional to all types of violent crime, including sexual assault, common assault and robbery.