What’s the only thing more irresistible than Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau?
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau tearing up upon hearing a Syrian refugee tell the story of the day he was welcomed into Canada.
During a round table with Syrian refugees and sponsors last week, Trudeau got emotional listening to gynecologist Vanig Garabedian recall his first moments in his new homeland, CBC reports.
“When we landed at Pearson airport, and the very first person we shook hands [with] was the prime minister,” Garabedian said, and Trudeau immediately lost it.
“When I met Mr. Prime Minister at that moment, he said two words: ‘Welcome home.’ So imagine you are living in a war zone, you are leaving your home and you are welcomed by two words: welcome home,” Garabedian continued. “So my memories of that moment went back to Syria before war, our life, our happiness there, and the horrible moments we went through during war. So I felt myself that I’m proud to be here.”
Trudeau personally welcomed Garabedian and other Syrian refugees who had arrived on a plane en route to Toronto from Beirut, Lebanon last December.
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He told CBC that greeting them in person was important because the Syrian refugee program was “something I knew that all of Canada was involved in, that making the commitment to bring over 25,000 and more Syrian refugees was something that the government couldn’t do on its own.”
He added, “Watching you and your girls walk through this airport towards me was a moment in which I understood just the kinds of things that we can do as a country and that I get to help this country do.”
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