On 19 September 2015, then Immigration Minister Chris Alexander announced Canada would speed processing of refugee applications by fifteen months, in order to resettle 10,000 Syrians by September 2016 instead of 2017.
On 19 September 2015, then Immigration Minister Chris Alexander announced that Canada would speed up processing of Syrian refugee applications by fifteen months. This would have represented the resettlement of 10,000 Syrians by September 2016 instead of 2017.