I agree with taking some refugees who are screened and are not single young males . The demonization of single young males from the nonJewish Middle East because of the terrorist or criminal actions of a scant few is a problem . Take families first , sure , but let ' s not pretend that single young males from the region are horrible and so deserve to die . I agree with Canada acting as peace keepers . But unless we are paying Canadians to rebuild Syria , I would leave it alone . If you don ' t want to try and work internationally to rebuild Syria , with the purpose of allowing the Syrian people to return home , then you have to content with the refugees acquiring permanent residence . Unfortunately , I think many Canadians including myself are tired of middle eastern affairs . And this is a sweet nothing . Even more so when you consider that Canada ' s hardly been involved in Middle Eastern affairs . but in this case the middle east feels like the mentally ill homeless dude . Sorry , but this is crass hyperbole and nothing more then that . We need to expunge the Israelcentric elements from all levels of government in Canada and adopt a more Arabcentric , Iraniancentric , Kurdcentric policy for the region in general . That ' s the way I see it for the time being .