Prime Minister Justin Trudeau congrats Minister of Foreign Affairs Stephane Dion during a swearing-in ceremony at Rideau Hall in Ottawa November 4, 2015. REUTERS/Chris Wattie
OTTAWA/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Canada's government will inevitably have to cut some corners on security screening to achieve its ambitious goal of bringing in 25,000 Syrian refugees by year-end, said current and former security sources.
The plan by newly elected Prime Minister Justin Trudeau seeks to complete in six weeks a process that can take up to two years in the United States, where last Friday's attacks in Paris have sparked a political backlash against plans to allow in 10,000 Syrians over the coming year.
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