Sask. Premier calls for suspension of federal refugee plan

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“However, if even a small number of individuals who wish to do harm to our country are able to enter Canada as a result of a rushed refugee resettlement process, the results could be devastating.”

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He referenced the recent terror attacks in Paris.

In a scrum with reporters at the Saskatchewan legislature Monday, Wall echoed that sentiment.

If there’s a chance that even, only one person, would use the refugee process to come in to this country, with a plan to do ill, to do bad things in Canada to Canadians that’s worth it, that is worth some circumspection.”

Wall insists this is not borne out of racism or so-called “Islamopobia.”

“At the end of the day you want this to be successful. You want the settlement to work, you want the country to remain safe and it is worth not having arbitrary dates, now 45 days away to achieve those things.”

Wall has heard from municipal leaders who are concerned about capacity. They are asking him how many refugees will there be and where will they live.

He maintains that is why he is asking the prime minister to suspend the plan.

“And we are 45 days away from this deadline and we don’t know where they will live,” he said. “That is part of the issue, 45 days away and there are no answers to questions.”