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Heart-Warming and Inspiring: Canadian Prime Minister Personally Welcomes Syrian Refugees

December 11, 2015

“Welcome to your new home:” Justin Trudeau greets Syrian refug…Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne greet Syrian refugees upon their arrival in Toronto. Trudeau and Wynne shared a touching moment with the family’s young daughter as they presented her with a teddy bear. Learn more – http://glbn.ca/VKrU9 Posted by Global News on Thursday, December 10, 2015 In a heart-warming video, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Ontario’s Premier Kathleen Wynne personally greeted Syrian refugees upon arrival in Toronto. In a video (above) that has since gone viral, Prime Minister Trudeau chats with a family through a translator before handing them jackets to stay warm for winter. “You are home. Welcome home,” said Trudeau to the family at Pearson International Airport just before midnight. Trudeau also shared a touching moment with the family when he managed to make the family’s young daughter smile after gifting her with a teddy bear. The first plane of Syrian refugees to Canada landed on Thursday. The Prime Minister, joined by a number of ministers, welcomed 163 refugees. “We get to show not just a planeload of new Canadians what Canada’s all about…


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