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Chris Alexander, the former MP and former immigration minister under Stephen Harper now running to be Conservative leader, seemed to signal disapproval of Trump’s approach when he said, on Twitter, “We can ignore genocide, bring jets home, put up walls and ban people from our countries, or we can get out there, do good & help save lives.”

Leadership candidate and MP Erin O’Toole was more equivocal, posting this tweet: “A blanket ban is both unfair & ineffective for security. Hope our PM is on the phone and not just on Twitter. #MuslimBan.”

Trump’s executive order, though, is not a “ban on all Muslims,” as Trump had promised during the election campaign, but to both his supporters and detractors it was the next best thing. Each country on the “banned list” has majority Muslim populations.

But notably, so does Indonesia, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and other countries left off Trump’s ‘banned’ list.

In any event, the ban had the effect of, for example, preventing Iraqis who had assisted the U.S. military and were in transit to the United States from reaching safety on American shores. Executives of major U.S. corporations such as Apple and Google who were issued visas from some of the countries on the ‘banned list” were also said to be affected.

Conservative leadership candidate Michael Chong appeared to disagree with Trump’s suspension of the United States refugee program, including the suspension of Syria refugees, “Canada and U.S did away with race-based immigration policies in 60s. That’s the way it should stay #RefugeeBan,” Chong tweeted.