Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard says the current debate over security checks on Syrian refugees coming to Canada is exposing the same fault lines that exist in other societies, and that Canada is not unique. Couillard, speaking with Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne, told the Canada2020 policy conference that security can't be used as a mask for racism. (Wynne says the compressed time frame for taking in the refugees presents logistical issues about where they will be housed, but she says the country has managed such influxes before and can do so again.)

Date: 2015-11-20
Placeline: OTTAWA.
Source: The Canadian Press
Length: 18 seconds

Transcript Prediction: << so we have those two Devils within our Society racism and xenophobia they exist and there's a responsibility of political leaders and I got in trouble a few days ago because I said that publicly it is the responsibility of political leaders not to feed the fire ant you know in a very natural thing >>

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